The best weather of the campaign so far, and we spent today in the tropical southern paradise of Rothesay - look, there are palm trees to prove it! A bigger team (our numbers were supplemented by EIS activists Aileen and Dorothy - thanks guys) meant that we canvassed and leafletted the Bush, High St, Ladeside, Columshill, Ballochgoy, Barone and Bridge St areas of the town - in all we reckon about 70% of the households.
Our campaign team was further supplmented by Murphy and Millie - enthusiastic to the last, and spurred up the hills by the promise of ice cream at the end. Oh no, that was the humans...
On a more serious note, we got a good response again in Rothesay, particularly on local issues such as council cuts and school closures, low pay and unemployment. The cost of fuel and ferry fares exacerbate the problems faced by many on this island community, and despite the unseasonably warm weather today, fuel poverty is a major issue for the large number of pensioner households in the area.
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