Sunshine in Strathspey

The sun came out for us in Aviemore on Saturday. In weather like this, campaigning is almost a pleasure. There were a lot of visitors - who all got a Euro Election leaflet - but a good many local folk who stopped to talk. Needless to say, most just wanted to vent their anger and frustration over MPs and how they have been abusing the expenses system, but at least they weren't taking it out directly on the party volunteers like us.

A surprising number of people did actually want to talk about politics. Some raised very local issues - Tescos really need to get their car park policy sorted - but others talked about the economy and even the Euro (why haven't we joined it yet)!

We seemed to be the only political party out and talking to people that morning. Maybe even the Liberals are hiding, or maybe they just don't see the need. I got the impression that local people are not too used to their political representatives being seen out and about like this, and were genuinely interested. Hopefully, some people will remember that come election time.