Doorstep politics eats time

The trouble with getting involved is that it takes up so much time. Since I started doorstep canvassing for the Old Firm, it's seriously eaten into my blogging activities.

It's not just the doorsteps (all that walking has given me thighs like tree trunks), but the town centre leafleting ("Get out of my way, you tosser"), the envelope stuffing (I've definitely got Stuffers' Wrist), and...well, just dealing with the pesky public (I mean, I thought I was getting involved in politics, but all these people keep getting in the way).

I've also found myself drafting responses to the avalanche of letters and phone calls which come in every day from the punters. Absolutely fascinating stuff- problems that never seem to make the news, questions about Tory policy, suggestions for new policies, advice on what we should insert into our own anatomies- it's all there. And after the Election, I'm going to blog some of it.

In terms of results, there's a good feeling that we're going to win the constituency, but nobody actually wants to say it, just in case. And nationally, I think we're all resigned to another five years of Socialism.

Still, as Matthew Parris first pointed out, this is probably not an election to win. It's just such a shame that that we all have to suffer such horrific damage before we can at last kick them out for another twenty years.