It is up to you... those who don't know
Posted: Thu, 06 May 2010 10:14
After 20 years of working hard in this area it is now D-Day. Decision day.
In the last 13 years as the MP for Lughborough I have worked tirelessy every day for individual people, for local communities and for the constituency as a whole. I take a deep interest in the future of the planet and the poorest people in the world too. We live in a world of injustice still, and I can't rest until more is done to make our world safe and more equal.
But after today I can do none of that unless those 30% of people who still can't decide what to do with their cross vote for me.
Instead we head backwards to a Tory government that would look and feel just like the last one. Mean spirited and quite nasty. They have airbrushed Cameron to look better than Thatcher and her heirs but they are the same old Tories.
So I make a plea to the Don't Knows. We have weathered the economic storm that hit the world last year by taking tough decisions. The Tories bottled it. Please don't put at risk all the extra investment in schools,teachers, teaching assistants, hospitals, nurses, doctors, police on the beat, surestart, -- I could go on.
Today you stand the chance of throwing it all away on change for change sake. Change - but change to what?
As colleagues put it in our final rally cry...
"Loughborough is seat the Torie have taken for granted. They smugly think theyhave already won it. You have the power toshow what you think of their smug claims. "
"You have the power to keep a good, local, hard working MP with a proven track record. An MP who was unscathed by the expenses scandal, who resigned over Iraq and has never been afraid to put morals before party and to put Loughborough first.
"You the undecided voters will decide if Andy is the MP on Friday - you have that power in your cross!
"The choice is simple. If you like and want Andy as our MP you have to vote for him. There are no hiding places in this election. A vote for the Lib Dems just lets the Tory in by the back door. A vote for any body else or staying as home is as good as signing Andy's P45. Don't be responsible for doing that. Don't wake up on Friday regretting losing Andy Reed - our MP.