The message is clear in Cromer – voters can choose between Conservative parliamentary candidate Trevor Ivory or Gordon Brown.
Trevor puts it even better: “Vote Ivory, go blue. Vote Lamb, go Brown.”
My MEP Robert Sturdy joined Trevor today to support his election campaign in North Norfolk, visiting a local business and farm, and later hosting a meeting for farmers.
It’s hard to know why this rural coastal constituency is not Tory. As I headed towards Cromer through its winding Norfolk country lanes boasting stunnings spring display of daffodils and primroses, I smiled as I passed through what I call in my mind “Liz Truss country” – or what I hope will be.
“South West Norfolk will be in safe hands,” I told myself, I have no doubt about that.
The same could be said for Trevor, who saved all his annual leave to campaign full time for this election; I never fail to be impressed by the sacrifices our candidates make to get into parliament.
He recounted an amusing incident which had taken place a few moments earlier on Cromer Market Place where both he and local Lib Dem MP Norman Lamb were doing a walkaround and talking to shoppers.
One local man pointed to Lamb saying: “I voted for you last time, but I won’t be voting for you again. You are all mouth and no trousers.”
He then pointed to Trevor and said he would be supporting him, and voiced his concerns about the local NHS.
It looks like other people there have the same idea too. As I drove from Holt to Cromer, I counted at least a dozen banners supporting Trevor, but not one Lib Dem or Labour poster.
I will be publishing a video about this visit tomorrow.
This is almsot word for ward the sort of rubbish Iain Dale used to write about North Norfolk in his blog five years ago.
The stuff about signs is ridiculous. Count how many there are in two weeks time.
At the last election we (Lib Dems) had 1000 poster boards up. It is clear why you cannot understand why it is a Lib Dem seat. You talk to farmers and look at teh countryside whilst ignoring the issues.
Ivory has been invisible for the last two years. He’ll do well to add to Iain Dale’s 30% last time.
Nich, are you serious, it’s going to take you another two weeks to get your posters up, and the campaign has already been running for almost a week! Why couldn’t you get any out in the first week?
And if you haven’t seen Trevor for the last two years, that gives us more reassurance because it shows you have been walking around in cloud cuckoo land. 🙂
We haven’t got any Conservativer posters up around where I am yet. They need to get working. All I see are those of the creepy Labour candidate Tom Watson.
Got my Conservative poster board up today in Happisburgh. Seen Conservative poster boards up in Cromer and Weybourne especially. Poster boards mean very little though. Liberal Democrats had 1,000 up at the last election. The Conservative had 1,300.
I met Trevor Ivory three years ago for the first time. Was most impressed and as a result I have campaigned for him ever since.
The Liberal Democrat MP is a nice man. Huge shame about his party. So clear they would prop up Gordon Brown’s Labour party if there is a hung parliament.