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New wordpress blog 22 May 2010 | 12:11 pm
Now blogging over at this site. Everything will be transferred over once I work out how to do it. Kerry McCarthy www.Kerry-McCarthy.blogspot.com www.KerryMcCarthyMP.org
Dodgy emails 15 May 2010 | 06:21 am
OK, someone is having a laugh.... Not only have I been trying for months to stop Conservative campaign HQ sending me 'personal' and to be frank, rather over-friendly, emails from David Cameron, George...
@actionaiduk - Make Your Mark 15 May 2010 | 05:23 am
I've been asked by Action Aid to publicise this on my blog, and very happy to do so. It's part of a campaign to get 1000 new sponsors in the Bristol area to support children in developing countries. I...
M32 park-and-ride 5 May 2010 | 04:39 am
One other issue I just wanted to flag up, before going out on door-knocking again... the M32 park-and-ride. To summarise very briefly. Yes to more park-and-ride schemes, and for that we need cross-bor...
Where have all the Green Tories gone? 5 May 2010 | 04:18 am
Over on my website I've listed some of the pledges I've signed up to during the course of this campaign; it's by no means an exhaustive list, but covers some of those I've been asked to sign by severa...
Change we see - or will see! 5 May 2010 | 03:46 am
Juggling all sorts of stuff in the office at the moment, i.e emails and letters that need to go out before Thursday, plus still a fair amount of ongoing casework. One of the things about spending so m...
Vote for animals 2 May 2010 | 04:36 am
Just picked up an email telling me that Protecting Animals in Democracy have decided to endorse me "as the best voting option in your constituency to protect millions of animals from the cruelty of bl...
Community and youth facilities in east Bristol 30 Apr 2010 | 09:32 pm
One of the issues I've flagged up on my latest leaflet is the lack of community and youth facilities in some parts of east Bristol. There's never space to go into much detail about what is in the pipe...
"No-one's knocked on my door" 30 Apr 2010 | 08:48 pm
I've had a few people get in touch with the office to say that they haven't had any election literature from Labour or any contact on the doorstep. Many, many more people than that are returning slips...
Another penitent sinner... 30 Apr 2010 | 05:36 am
Here's a statement I issued earlier: "On hearing the results of a random and unscientific sample of postal votes, I posted them on Twitter. It was a thoughtless thing to do, and I very quickly realis...
