The whirlwind tour of places in need of a Returning Officer continued last night as this usually mild-mannered city dweller found himself in deepest Oxfordshire, Didcot to be precise, meeting the Selection Committee for Wantage Liberal Democrats.
I used the outward train journey to mark application forms for Parliamentary Candidate approval so the time was at least spent profitably, although I would have preferred to gaze out of the window.
Having been picked up at the station by Local Party Chair, Peter Kent, and his wife Jean, I was whisked to the home of Wantage's Membership Secretary, Jen Parry, to meet the rest of the team. Clearly, a great deal of thought has gone into the process from their end, as the paperwork was virtually in finished form, and it wasn't long before documents, timetable and process were agreed.
Back to London on the train and, after the hassles of getting home from Maidstone last week, I was pleasantly surprised to get home in just two hours, door to door. It just goes to show that you can provide a train service that helps rather than frustrates - South Eastern Trains, please note...
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