Many positive memories have been popping up on Facebook for this time of year from over the decades, but today’s reminder of the weekend immediately after the EU Referendum is pretty miserable, but apposite. Below is my FB post from
I am so grateful to Scottish Borders Chamber of Commerce for hosting such an intesting and brilliantly testing hustings, that really made all us candidates think and work out exactly how to help the many and varied types of business
Had some fabulous Eyemouth fishing village conversations this morning, but this afternoon had yet another longstanding orchestral playing commitment, this time in Edinburgh. I am SO lucky to be able to play the most stonking repertoire with some of the
I had intended to get across to Ettrick, but only got as far as a gorgeous village, not far from Kelso, where I door-knocked the whole lane and learnt an inordinate amount of useful, enlightening, fascinating, troubling and important information
Happy Summer Solstice! At last I feel well enough tomorrow to get back out there and canvass like it’s 199..7 again, or something. I have spent the last four days trying to get my health back on track at home,
[Trigger warning: I’m talking about extremely tough mental health themes in this post. Please make sure you have someone to talk to or something that helps distract you back to positives after reading it, before you read it.] When Rishi
The last of my major weekend commitments away from the constituency is done and dusted, although I’m no good for anything today except catching up on local voters’ emails, hundreds of which are hitting my inbox daily. I am delighted
You can listen to Ellie Merton’s manifesto here: audio-manifesto.m4a
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If you are struggling to decide how to vote, then vote with your conscience and vote for someone without links to the parties you no longer trust. Vote for someone who will tackle the national issues that mean the most