Well, with less than 10 hours to go before the polls open my quest to engage online with the candidates of Newcastle North is over. I didn’t watch any of the TV debates from start to finish preferring to play footy.
In the end, I had lots of contact with Catherine McKinnell, a little bit of contact with Ron Beadle and none whatsoever with Stephen Parkinson.
Catherine has answered my questions via email, responded to tweets and I have also spoken to her in person outside the school that my daughters attend. Realistically, I couldn’t expect much more. Regarding the other two candidates, Ron replied to my second email and I have failed to illicit any response from Stephen.
What occurred to me was that they all failed to do some of the simple things. A well worded auto responder could have gone along way to giving me valuable information and managing my expectations.
http://www.catherinemckinnell.co.uk/blog/
http://www.ronbeadle.org/
http://www.stephenparkinson.co.uk/
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