Exercise your choice and voice.
An aide-memoire for questions when you meet your local candidate
In yesterday’s post, we reminded readers in the UK and soon in the US that they have a golden opportunity to decide which party or candidate to support.
We are unsure how the system works in the US, but there will be a significant element of canvassing and face-to-face meetings with candidates. In the UK, you will probably get a knock on the door by a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed person asking for your vote, so you can ask the candidate five simple questions when confronted at your doorstep or local village hall.
We have listed four core questions to ask and one nation-specific question, five in all, simple and straightforward. It has nothing to do with hordes of boat people spilling over the border or President Putin putting novichok in your breakfast jam. Here they are [with suggested answers in squares].
Core questions:
Did you support lockdown? …
