Glasgow Victory - special pictures

If you are wondering what newly elected MP John Mason looks like - here is a picture of him courtesy of The Herald's website.

I'm not sure who the bloke congratulating him on his election is - Alex Salmond the SNP leader maybe?

Congratulations John Mason MP

A fantastic result!

Well done John, Alex Salmond, the SNP and the whole of the national cause.

Scotland, England, Cornwall and Wales are all nearer to self determination as a result of this historic win in Glasgow East.

Hearty Congratulations John Mason MP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!

Canvasing tales

The one thing that political activists, of all parties - from across the political spectrum, share in common is the love of the funny canvasing tale.

I recall an occasion when I spent some time trying to persuade a potential voter in Rhyl of the virtues of Plaid Cymru, only to be told that the party, the candidate and the policies sound like a load of shi*e to me!

Who are you going to vote for then? I asked, so that I could record his opposition accurately on my returns!

Well me mate Neil Taylor, of course said voter.

Neil Taylor WAS the Plaid candidate!

I was tickled by this story from Kezia Dugdale's account of canvasing in Glasgow East:

The Tories are in a spot of bother. A couple of guys in my blitzing team this afternoon chapped every door in a street where the Tories had sent direct mails. Problem was, the Tories didn't put enough postage on the letters and each voter had to go to the Post Office and pay £1.27 to retrieve it - you can imagine how well that went down!

True or not, it made me giggle!