Chris

Wife and middle child got their postal vote forms today - today is also day official advice is ‘call us if you haven’t had your postal vote yet’. I was all set to phone the helpline after the postman had been today, had he not brought them. I got mine late last week but then I applied for it within a couple of days of the election being called. They left it until early last week.

The postman handed them over with a pile of electoral leaflets. Labour have been very good at sending out personally addressed bumf - more than once in the case of my older two offspring who are first-time GE voters (eldest had the chance to vote in the last Holyrood being over 16 but chose not to). SNP, Lib Dems and even the Tories have sent material via unaddressed junk mail but none of the parties have been seen canvassing in our estate (and I’d know, I work mostly from home and when I walk to work from time to time I walk through the estate so I see most of what goes on around here).

I am aware the Labour candidate has been out personally; one of my church members had her at the door last week and said it was the first time any candidate had called on her in 30 years. Until 2015 this was solid Labour and from then until now it has been solid Nat but this time polls indicate a Labour win, but not a big one. So I’m surprised at the lack of visible, in-person canvassing activity.