I had my meeting today with the council's electoral services department at their offices on Smeaton Road. I was slightly delayed due to the traffic disruption caused by the Metrobus works, thus giving me ample time to prepare my big speech to the council, if elected, asking why it is taking them 18 months to build a glorified bus lane when Brunel managed to convert the entire Great Western main line between London and Bristol from broad gauge to standard gauge in a weekend.
The officers of the council spent a long time dotting every i and crossing every t, and ensuring that everything was signed in triplicate, but eventually my papers were accepted. The only thing that remains is for them to verify the names on my nomination paper, but I don't anticipate any problem with that.
The preparation is over. It is time to begin the campaign in earnest.
The officers of the council spent a long time dotting every i and crossing every t, and ensuring that everything was signed in triplicate, but eventually my papers were accepted. The only thing that remains is for them to verify the names on my nomination paper, but I don't anticipate any problem with that.
The preparation is over. It is time to begin the campaign in earnest.