Last night my 14 year-old and I went to Pembury, north-east of Tunbridge Wells, to offer a couple of hours to a fellow Lib Dem team, where David Neve is hoping to get elected to Kent County Council on June 14th. David is a hard-working special needs teacher who has been a Borough Councillor for 25 years, and feels that County would be a better forum for his work on transport issues.

It was my son’s first ever stint at canvassing and I think he will be a natural. Knocking on people’s doors is not an easy thing to do, especially around tea time (although more people tend to be in then) and trying to talk politics with them is, perhaps, even harder, especially on their doorstep, but it is always a very positive experience and an especially positive one for me, last night, seeing the ease and enthusiasm with which my son warmed to the task.

It fills me with confidence for the task ahead, here, next year.