Cats, Cars and Toads - Caring Conservativism in action

It's been some weekend on the campaign trail. 

Whilst my namesake from Fife once claimed to have saved the world , I've saved a couple of potentially catastrophic calamities whilst out delivering my resident's survey over the past 48 hours.

Down in South Gyle on Saturday, I was met by a young mum with her wee kid & whilst discussing the issues surrounding dog fouling in the area, something caught her eye.  "Is that car moving?" she enquired...

Like Ussain Bolt out of the blocks, this retired rugby prop forward made an emergency dash to halt the runaway motor from careering into a park car.  I made it with inches to spare!  Phew. 

A grateful resident came out to secure the handbrake and off I went to finish my delivery run.

Today, it was the turn of the Toad.

Yip, there was a toad on a wee Sunday sojourn to the Craigmount part of the ward.

Blissfully unaware of the dangers around it, our wee amphibian friend just sat there minding its own business.

Thankfully, lets call him Tory Toad, was grateful for the assistance in getting him back onto the grassy verge away from danger.

Regular viewers of my Twitter feed will also recall a couple of weeks back when I saved a cat from being the cause of a certain crash and a potentially poor outcome for the moggy.

The big question is - will I carry this luck with me to the ballot box on May 3rd?

I'll be out on the hunt to cross as many black cats over the next 53 days of campaigning....

Four seasons in one canvassing day...

As the old saying goes, "If you don't like the weather in Edinburgh, hang around 5 minutes".

That was certainly the case in Craigmount, Wester Broom and South Gyle today as I experienced hail, snow, sunshine and freezing cold conditions during a positive day on the campaign trail.

It was an interesting and educational day, discussing issues such as schools, elderly care (I was actually horrified at one particular story relayed to me), potholes and parking on pavements with 100's of residents.  I even had one resident tell me that she put a fence round her garden as a result of finding two youths having sex in her garden!! 

It is abundently clear that a lot of people are looking for change at the Council come May 3rd.

Now, I am not as deluded as some to suggest that everyone is voting for me.  That would be foolish and unwise.  Indeed, I still chuckle at the level of activists and candidates who proclaim on Twitter etc to have had a cliche-tastic 'great day on the doorstep'. 

However, with my growing record of action delivered in the ward since my selection, together with more positive outcomes to be announced shortly, I believe that I have made and will continue to make the case to encourage residents to come out on May 3rd and vote Conservative for a change.