I know the political editor so i will see what he is able to get in, but if its of interest he will want to see all the blogg sites. I will find out tomorrow
Jonathan Sheppard <jnshep101@...> wrote:
Great re press.
May be worthwhile feeding them the diverse nature of the people making up dd bloggers.
Another angle is that its the dd side who are embracing new methods of campaigning not the so called modernisers. --- Sent via BlackBerry
Great re press.
May be worthwhile feeding them the diverse nature of the people making up dd
bloggers.
Another angle is that its the dd side who are embracing new methods of
campaigning not the so called modernisers.
---
Sent via BlackBerry
i am already chatting to the D. mail, who like DD and do a piece on our blogging success
Serf <eu_serf@...> wrote:
Andrew, exactly what I was thinking. We can then all produce something really good.
Beyond this I was thinking of trying to get the media to take notice of our little campaign in some way. If anyone has any ideas?
Serf
--- Andrew <nontrivialsolutions@...> wrote:
> Sounds good - why don't we allocate specific topics > and dates to each > blogger now to give people time to research it > properly? I'll take > healthcare for starters, next Thursday or Friday, > for preference. > > > > Andrew > > > > _____ > > From: David_Davis@... > [mailto:David_Davis@...] > On Behalf Of Serf > Sent: 27 October 2005 14:43 > To: DD Group > Subject: [David_Davis] The
Week Ahead > > > > I had hoped to stage a blog battle with our rivals > next week. I asked Gavin, the person behind Bloggers > for Cameron if we could run a team debate. > Unfortunately coming late to the game, I don't think > his network is deep enough yet to manage this. > > So I have another suggestion. Next week, lets do a > series of Blog bursts. Everyone pick a topic, and > write a good piece about why DD is the best option > with respect to, foriegn affairs, home affairs, > building the party, Economics, whatever. > > Then we plan our days in advance. One person per > day, > after which they will mail us the link, and everyone > will link to that article. This means each article > will get several times the normal readership. It has > the added advantage that we all end up with more > readers. > > If we have enough
articles, we can continue for a > couple of weeks. After all there are now 15 of us. > > If you are all agreed, lets make a start. > > Laments of a EU Serf > www.eu-serf.blogspot.com > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > How much free photo storage do you get? Store your > holiday > snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos > http://uk.photos.yahoo.com > > > > _____ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > * To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/David_Davis/ > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an
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After a hard evening being flamed on ConservativeHome for criticising the
boy Cameron, I've out a brief piece up about the media and the election on
my blog.
I'll get a positive piece up about DD on the morrow!
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Too long a story.
And too late to change.
In fact I am Peter Briffa
aka
Reactionary Pete
etc.
Sorry guys, but I'm actually going on holiday next week. But good luck
with it.
I shall be posting something Davis-related tomorrow, however.
Knock'em dead.
Andrew, exactly what I was thinking. We can then all
produce something really good.
Beyond this I was thinking of trying to get the media
to take notice of our little campaign in some way. If
anyone has any ideas?
Serf
--- Andrew <nontrivialsolutions@...> wrote:
> Sounds good - why don't we allocate specific topics
> and dates to each
> blogger now to give people time to research it
> properly? I'll take
> healthcare for starters, next Thursday or Friday,
> for preference.
>
>
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> _____
>
> From: David_Davis@...
> [mailto:David_Davis@...]
> On Behalf Of Serf
> Sent: 27 October 2005 14:43
> To: DD Group
> Subject: [David_Davis] The Week Ahead
>
>
>
> I had hoped to stage a blog battle with our rivals
> next week. I asked Gavin, the person behind Bloggers
> for Cameron if we could run a team debate.
> Unfortunately coming late to the game, I don't think
> his network is deep enough yet to manage this.
>
> So I have another suggestion. Next week, lets do a
> series of Blog bursts. Everyone pick a topic, and
> write a good piece about why DD is the best option
> with respect to, foriegn affairs, home affairs,
> building the party, Economics, whatever.
>
> Then we plan our days in advance. One person per
> day,
> after which they will mail us the link, and everyone
> will link to that article. This means each article
> will get several times the normal readership. It has
> the added advantage that we all end up with more
> readers.
>
> If we have enough articles, we can continue for a
> couple of weeks. After all there are now 15 of us.
>
> If you are all agreed, lets make a start.
>
> Laments of a EU Serf
> www.eu-serf.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>
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DD is winning the blogging war by far, this woould make an interesting article in the serious press. I am using my contacts to see if I can get this out in the public domain. Any ideas to make the article dynamic would be appreciated
Andrew <nontrivialsolutions@...> wrote:
Sounds good – why don’t we allocate specific topics and dates to each blogger now to give people time to research it properly? I’ll take healthcare for starters, next Thursday or Friday, for preference.
Andrew
From: David_Davis@... [mailto:David_Davis@...] On Behalf Of Serf Sent: 27 October 2005 14:43 To: DD Group Subject: [David_Davis] The Week Ahead
I had hoped to stage a blog battle with our rivals next week. I asked Gavin, the person behind Bloggers for Cameron if we could run a team debate. Unfortunately coming late to the game, I don't think his network is deep enough yet to manage this.
So I have another suggestion. Next week, lets do a series of Blog bursts. Everyone pick a topic, and write a good piece about why DD is the best option with respect to, foriegn affairs, home
affairs, building the party, Economics, whatever.
Then we plan our days in advance. One person per day, after which they will mail us the link, and everyone will link to that article. This means each article will get several times the normal readership. It has the added advantage that we all end up with more readers.
If we have enough articles, we can continue for a couple of weeks. After all there are now 15 of us.
If you are all agreed, lets make a start.
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Sounds good – why don’t we
allocate specific topics and dates to each blogger now to give people time to
research it properly? I’ll take healthcare for starters, next Thursday or
Friday, for preference.
Andrew
From:
David_Davis@... [mailto:David_Davis@...] On Behalf Of Serf Sent: 27 October 2005 14:43 To: DD Group Subject: [David_Davis] The Week
Ahead
I had hoped to stage a blog battle with our rivals next week. I asked Gavin, the person behind
Bloggers for Cameron if we could run a team debate. Unfortunately coming late to the game, I don't
think his network is deep enough yet to manage this.
So I have another suggestion. Next week, lets do a series of Blog bursts. Everyone pick a topic, and write a good piece about why DD is the best option with respect to, foriegn affairs, home affairs, building the party, Economics, whatever.
Then we plan our days in advance. One person per
day, after which they will mail us the link, and
everyone will link to that article. This means each article will get several times the normal readership. It
has the added advantage that we all end up with more readers.
If we have enough articles, we can continue for a couple of weeks. After all there are now 15 of us.
If you are all agreed, lets make a start.
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I had hoped to stage a blog battle with our rivals
next week. I asked Gavin, the person behind Bloggers
for Cameron if we could run a team debate.
Unfortunately coming late to the game, I don't think
his network is deep enough yet to manage this.
So I have another suggestion. Next week, lets do a
series of Blog bursts. Everyone pick a topic, and
write a good piece about why DD is the best option
with respect to, foriegn affairs, home affairs,
building the party, Economics, whatever.
Then we plan our days in advance. One person per day,
after which they will mail us the link, and everyone
will link to that article. This means each article
will get several times the normal readership. It has
the added advantage that we all end up with more
readers.
If we have enough articles, we can continue for a
couple of weeks. After all there are now 15 of us.
If you are all agreed, lets make a start.
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I have invited Peter from wires from the bunker, D
Vance among others. Feel free to invite new people.
We are up to 14 Members.
Serf
--- wat_tylr <burn.money@...> wrote:
> Serf- that's genius. Plus, I've actually managed to
> get it set up
> first time.
>
> Time to start adding our new bloggers I think.
>
> Wat/Mike
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
> David_Davis-unsubscribe@...
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Chaps,
Some good ideas.
The challenge is to get the pro-Davis message to the unconverted.
There are about a quarter of a million Conservative Party members
whose votes will decide the leadership contest's outcome - and I'm
not sure how many of them are familiar with the internet, much less
blogs.
So our target audience must also include CP activists, councillors -
even MPs. They alone have best access to the people who will put
crosses on ballot papers.
For my part I am suggesting to fellow Party members that we are in
danger of repeating the 2005 mistake of sounding barely an inch
apart from the current regime and so are not offering a distinctive,
meaningful difference to an apathetic - and, hence, largely
contented - public.
We have to get these people to vote correctly and time is short. As
the man says, most of the members will have voted within days of
receiving their ballot papers so he has, effectively, only a few
weeks to make his mark.
And I'm seeing NOTHING of him in the press at the moment.
--- In David_Davis@..., Serf <eu_serf@y...> wrote:
> I like the idea of getting people to sign up and the
> letter writing thing.
>
> I was thinking of writing a letter from us to a major
> Sunday Paper. First we get our numbers up to a more
> respectable level. Then we write in emphasising our
> combined readership, and the fact that Not all
> Conservatives are behind Cameron.Its worth a try.
>
> As for being positive, apart from Principle, DD has
> now been cast as Grumpy Old Man in the Media and thus
> any negativity reflects very bad on him.
>
> Serf
>
>
> --- jnshep101@a... wrote:
>
> > Not sure how helpful this is - but I thought I would
> > circulate.
> >
> > i know the DD campaignw wants as many people as
> > possible to sign up to their campaignw ebsite - as I
> > think that is how they intend to communicate with
> > the members and target any comms before the ballot
> > papers arrive.
> >
> > Therefore any publicity that can be given to the
> > sign up page on the DD website wold I think be
> > useful.
> >
> > Despite being fairly involved with the campaign
> > there are a few things that could be done from
> > outside the official campaign.
> >
> > Perhaps we could identify supporters from across the
> > country who can write in supportive letters to all
> > the papers constantly over the next few days/weeks.
> >
> > We need to be positive not negative.. Along the
> > lines, DC is clearly a very able MP, but DD
> > is....... x y and z and the best man to lead the
> > Conservatives to victory.
> >
> > Key messages about DD to stress:-
> >
> > Judge him on his record
> > Experience counts
> > Background counts
> > The Unity candidate
> > A strong leader
> >
> > Then I think its also worth focussing on areas of
> > similarity. Both DC and DD would modernise our
> > party. They are the same â€" therefore what is
> > different… which brings us back to the key
> > messages to stress..
> >
> > Just a starter for 10.
> >
> > Happy to provide contact lists for all the nationals
> > â€" but we could do we good coverage in the
> > Regionals and local too â€" as that’s what people
> > read.
> >
> > J
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> > David_Davis-unsubscribe@...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Very nice, Mister Serf.
I shall stick that in my sidebar.
I'm a bit busy today, but I shall get a pro-Davis post out tonight.
>From: Serf <eu_serf@...>
>Reply-To: David_Davis@...
>To: DD Group <David_Davis@...>
>Subject: [David_Davis] Banners
>Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:29:01 +0100 (BST)
>
>If you want a 125 by 125 square link in the sidebar, I
>have made one.
>
>Check out The Road to Euro Serfdom to see if you like
>it.
>
>It is up on flickr, so if you paste the code below
>into your side bar, you will get it link and all.
>
><center>
><a
>href="http://www.modernconservatives.com/index.php">
><img
>src="http://static.flickr.com/26/55926907_a5a73d1ecd.jpg?v=0"
>border="0"></a>
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If you want a 125 by 125 square link in the sidebar, I
have made one.
Check out The Road to Euro Serfdom to see if you like
it.
It is up on flickr, so if you paste the code below
into your side bar, you will get it link and all.
<center>
<a
href="http://www.modernconservatives.com/index.php">
<img
src="http://static.flickr.com/26/55926907_a5a73d1ecd.jpg?v=0"
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One of the Students from Warwick University wrote to
DD about his visit there.
Recommended Reading.
http://daviddavismp.blogspot.com/2005/10/what-students-thought.html
On the subject of a Banner, I will also have a go. Any
more offers?
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I've been out all day, but in order of appearance:
a) the stop DD blog looks a bit thin so far- maybe it's just a wind-up
b) letter writing sounds a good idea- maybe for next weekends papers
c) I'm no good at graphics...but am prepared to give it a go if nobody
else can
And positive, positive, positive...yes. In fact I almost think maybe
we should couch everything we say in terms of all those (shudder) New
Labour words- best, fairest, most dynamic, most modern, most forward
looking, etc etc. I'm going to try it.
Wat
I had the following attached message from Steve at
Stirling Times.
We need a Banner. Are any of you handy with graphics?
Or is there a banner in existence?
Serf
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Hello
Our preference was for Liam Fox but we will now support Davis.
Please count us in at http://www.sterlingtimes.com/
We get about 4,300 hits a day.
We should be happy to do the following:
1. Insert a Pro Davis banner at the top of each page (we need a good banner for
display)
2. Cross-post messages from other blogs into our message board to increase
coverage
3. Carry por-Davis news items throughout the campaign
4. Challenge ill-informed articles published by the mainstream press.
We're with you.
Kind regards - Stephen Lewis
Quoting Serf <eu_serf@...>:
> Unless I am very much mistaken, you are a Davis man.
> As Pro Davis Bloggers we are trying to combine forces
> in a campaign in his favour. Would you like to be
> included?
>
> Serf
>
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We were supporting Liam Fox but we'll now shift our support to David
Davis.
The media has managed this campaign so we're not well positioned.
It would probably take a Thatcher endorsement now to shift the balance.
We'll put up a banner, and I'll engineer the regular inclusion of
David Davis newspieces.
Has anyone produced any artwork for David Davis banners?
Kind regards - Stephen Lewis
I like the idea of getting people to sign up and the
letter writing thing.
I was thinking of writing a letter from us to a major
Sunday Paper. First we get our numbers up to a more
respectable level. Then we write in emphasising our
combined readership, and the fact that Not all
Conservatives are behind Cameron.Its worth a try.
As for being positive, apart from Principle, DD has
now been cast as Grumpy Old Man in the Media and thus
any negativity reflects very bad on him.
Serf
--- jnshep101@... wrote:
> Not sure how helpful this is - but I thought I would
> circulate.
>
> i know the DD campaignw wants as many people as
> possible to sign up to their campaignw ebsite - as I
> think that is how they intend to communicate with
> the members and target any comms before the ballot
> papers arrive.
>
> Therefore any publicity that can be given to the
> sign up page on the DD website wold I think be
> useful.
>
> Despite being fairly involved with the campaign
> there are a few things that could be done from
> outside the official campaign.
>
> Perhaps we could identify supporters from across the
> country who can write in supportive letters to all
> the papers constantly over the next few days/weeks.
>
> We need to be positive not negative.. Along the
> lines, DC is clearly a very able MP, but DD
> is....... x y and z and the best man to lead the
> Conservatives to victory.
>
> Key messages about DD to stress:-
>
> Judge him on his record
> Experience counts
> Background counts
> The Unity candidate
> A strong leader
>
> Then I think its also worth focussing on areas of
> similarity. Both DC and DD would modernise our
> party. They are the same – therefore what is
> different… which brings us back to the key
> messages to stress..
>
> Just a starter for 10.
>
> Happy to provide contact lists for all the nationals
> – but we could do we good coverage in the
> Regionals and local too – as that’s what people
> read.
>
> J
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
> David_Davis-unsubscribe@...
>
>
>
>
>
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Not sure how helpful this is - but I thought I would circulate.
i know the DD campaignw wants as many people as possible to sign up to their
campaignw ebsite - as I think that is how they intend to communicate with the
members and target any comms before the ballot papers arrive.
Therefore any publicity that can be given to the sign up page on the DD website
wold I think be useful.
Despite being fairly involved with the campaign there are a few things that
could be done from outside the official campaign.
Perhaps we could identify supporters from across the country who can write in
supportive letters to all the papers constantly over the next few days/weeks.
We need to be positive not negative.. Along the lines, DC is clearly a very able
MP, but DD is....... x y and z and the best man to lead the Conservatives to
victory.
Key messages about DD to stress:-
Judge him on his record
Experience counts
Background counts
The Unity candidate
A strong leader
Then I think its also worth focussing on areas of similarity. Both DC and DD
would modernise our party. They are the same – therefore what is different…
which brings us back to the key messages to stress..
Just a starter for 10.
Happy to provide contact lists for all the nationals – but we could do we good
coverage in the Regionals and local too – as that’s what people read.
J
It probably will amount to nothing so we should not
help its publicity, but here is the latest addition to
the other side.
http://stopdd.blogspot.com/
I have been thinking about Blog Bursting, if anyone
thinks that is a good idea.
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Well, as somebody once observed "I have nothing to offer but blood
sweat and blogging."
First, as Serf says, we need to increase our numbers. At his
suggestion I have sprungcleaned the Bloggers For Davis list,
ruthlessly purging turncoats and even my whimsical inclusion of Tom
Watson.
I've also- again following Serf- put DDFL onto Technorati, and I've
been tracking back through bloggers who've linked to us. So far-
alas- the only new BFD is the Darlington Tory: I've emailed him just
to make sure he's onside.
Naturally I've discovered quite a few fairweather friends- eg:
"David Davis has shown, in one speech, why he is the leader the
Conservatives and, indeed, England, need.
He has made an impassioned speech that talks of the very basis of
his beliefs and looks to his origins. David Davis has said what
everyone secretly knew but couldn't articulate - that England needs
opportunity for all not limited by a welfare state but augmented by
state-sponsored compassion.
I commend David Davis and hope he wins the leadership contest."
Who was that- just a month ago? Why, Gavin Ayling, now blogging as:
http://gavinayling.blogsome.com/
So we need other suggestions- all gratefully recieved.
Second, please let me know when you post pro-DD items- so I can link
to them immediately. Of course, I would be delighted to take guest
posts from any of you on DDFL...but I'm wondering if we'd have more
impact with a lot of links, referenced from DDFL. What do you all
think?
Third, I am going to do a weekly round-up a la Serf's on Once More.
I'll stick a draft on here first to see if I've missed anything.
Fourth, I'm doing a series of posts on DD/DC policy differences. My
particular areas of interest are the economy and public services.
Any volunteers for other areas?
Let's get going.
Best wishes
Wat (aka Mike)
Have you asked The Political Thinker? Former Fox man - now for Davis:
http://www.realpolitics.co.uk/
In terms of lines to take, I think this is bang on the money:
Sir - We understand how we public schoolboys (and gals) have to stick
together, but even I am bemused by the relentlessness of the Telegraph and
Spectator group in promoting the cause of David Cameron to be the next Tory
party leader (News, October 16).
It is claimed that he leads the polls in the Tory countryside; that is the
result of the media-hype campaign. Your group is probably the primary
reading matter among the 300,000 members who will have six weeks to make the
choice.
The power of the media is such that its own hyping can achieve the
apotheosis of the chosen recipient and create the poll lead. The media
should never pretend that the reaction to the agitprop is spontaneous and
they are only reporting facts as a detached observer. That is dishonest.
David Davis brings to the contest his knowledge of: inner cities,
deprivation, struggle, grammar school, redbrick, business, commerce,
industry, the North, the Midlands, the working class, the middle class, the
suburbs, the Army and the views of a practising Christian. And inside
politics, 18 years' slog, five important offices and a Privy Councillorship.
Mr Cameron brings his experiences: nanny, prep school, Eton, Oxford, riding
to hounds, St James's clubs, the aristocracy, privilege, stately homes,
private wealth, hunt balls, and the Home Counties; plus 11 years' attendance
at party headquarters. And as an MP, four whole years, the shortest period
of any leader-candidate in party history.
On a more serious note… supposing The Sunday Telegraph editorial conference
was told that the Editor, Sarah Sands, was resigning and the editorship
would pass to a cub reporter who had been a working journalist for four
years. The response would be a stunned, disbelieving silence. Point taken?
Frederick Forsyth, Hertford, Hertfordshire
>From: Serf <eu_serf@...>
>Reply-To: David_Davis@...
>To: DD Group <David_Davis@...>
>Subject: [David_Davis] Lets Go
>Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:33:18 +0100 (BST)
>
>Dear Friends and Davis Supporters
>
>Now that the race is into its final stage Wat and I
>have been thinking about how to broaden our Blogging
>campaign on behalf of DD. Up until today, Wat has done
>a great job of cheerleading the campaign in the
>blogsphere, but he can’t do it all himself. This
>mailing list is designed to help us pool our ideas and
>readers and make a much bigger impact than we could
>possibly manage on our own.
>
>The brutal truth is that failing a major turnaround,
>our man is not going to win the leadership. The Media
>has taken to his opponent and decided that he is the
>winner. The polls on the weekend do not look good.
>David Davis himself was quoted in the papers as saying
>that he had only three weeks to turn it around.
>
>So what can we band of mere bloggers do against the
>might of the Press & BBC?
>
>It is my belief that Cameron’s big lead is a result of
>the fact that members believe he is going to win. They
>will vote for him because everyone else is voting for
>him. Our Man is actually closer to them in terms of
>beliefs, background and age (though don’t shout about
>that too much).
>
>So the one thing that we can attempt to do is to
>undermine the idea that everyone loves Cameron. By
>clearly identifying ourselves as his supporters and
>regularly posting about the campaign, we can try to
>create the image that Conservative Bloggers are
>heavily in the Davis Camp. We can Force the other side
>to argue their man’s case.
>
>We need to find a constant and steady stream of new
>Blogger For Davis, to add to Wat's list. The image of
>Momentum is very imortant.
>
>I personally believe that we should keep to a positive
>message, because attacking the blue eyed boy has
>proved counterproductive, is Labour’s job not ours and
>lets face it, we will probably need to speak up for
>him later.
>
>As of Today, there are just about 10 members of the
>group. What I will request from you is the names of
>other Bloggers who are supporting Davis. Bearing in
>mind the time constraints, we need to reach a much
>higher number in a very short space of time.
>
>This leadership campaign is an excellent chance for
>all of us Conservatives to have an open debate about
>where our party needs to go. It keeps us in the
>headlines and keeps our ideals in the spotlight. Let’s
>both make the most of this and also do our best to
>undermine the image that Cameron has already won it.
>
>The list is open to all of you, lets hear your views.
>
>Serf
>
>
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>
>
>
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Dear Friends and Davis Supporters
Now that the race is into its final stage Wat and I
have been thinking about how to broaden our Blogging
campaign on behalf of DD. Up until today, Wat has done
a great job of cheerleading the campaign in the
blogsphere, but he can’t do it all himself. This
mailing list is designed to help us pool our ideas and
readers and make a much bigger impact than we could
possibly manage on our own.
The brutal truth is that failing a major turnaround,
our man is not going to win the leadership. The Media
has taken to his opponent and decided that he is the
winner. The polls on the weekend do not look good.
David Davis himself was quoted in the papers as saying
that he had only three weeks to turn it around.
So what can we band of mere bloggers do against the
might of the Press & BBC?
It is my belief that Cameron’s big lead is a result of
the fact that members believe he is going to win. They
will vote for him because everyone else is voting for
him. Our Man is actually closer to them in terms of
beliefs, background and age (though don’t shout about
that too much).
So the one thing that we can attempt to do is to
undermine the idea that everyone loves Cameron. By
clearly identifying ourselves as his supporters and
regularly posting about the campaign, we can try to
create the image that Conservative Bloggers are
heavily in the Davis Camp. We can Force the other side
to argue their man’s case.
We need to find a constant and steady stream of new
Blogger For Davis, to add to Wat's list. The image of
Momentum is very imortant.
I personally believe that we should keep to a positive
message, because attacking the blue eyed boy has
proved counterproductive, is Labour’s job not ours and
lets face it, we will probably need to speak up for
him later.
As of Today, there are just about 10 members of the
group. What I will request from you is the names of
other Bloggers who are supporting Davis. Bearing in
mind the time constraints, we need to reach a much
higher number in a very short space of time.
This leadership campaign is an excellent chance for
all of us Conservatives to have an open debate about
where our party needs to go. It keeps us in the
headlines and keeps our ideals in the spotlight. Let’s
both make the most of this and also do our best to
undermine the image that Cameron has already won it.
The list is open to all of you, lets hear your views.
Serf
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