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GREETINGS DR POZOR VLAK,
PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I HAVE THE BELIEVE YOU ARE A REPUTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON I CAN DO POLITICS WITH FROM THE LITTLE INFORMATION SO FAR I GATHERED ABOUT YOU DURING MY SEARCH FOR A PARTNER AND BY MATTER OF TRUST I MUST NOT HESITATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.
I AM FUTURE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER NICK CLEGG, 43 YEARS OF AGE. ONCE I AM INSTATED IN MY RIGHTFUL PLACE AT NO. 10 DOWNING STREET, I WILL BE ABLE TO LIBERATE £80,000,000,000 (EIGHTY BILLION BRITISH POUNDS) FROM THE DEFENCE BUDGET BY SCRAPPING THE PROPOSED TRIDENT NUCLEAR MISSILE SUBMARINE REPLACEMENT, AND DISBURSE A PERCENTAGE OF IT TO YOU IN THE FORM OF REDUCED CUTS IN PUBLIC SPENDING.
I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAY: THAT YOU PLACE AN "X" IN THE BOX NEXT TO THE NAME OF MY LOCAL AGENT, MR KEVIN LANG, AT YOUR LOCAL POLLING STATION ON THURSDAY 6TH MAY, AND THAT YOU THEN PLACE THE FOLDED BALLOT SHEET IN THE IRON BOX WITHOUT MAKING ANY FURTHER MARK ON THE PAPER.
THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS.
NICK CLEGG.
More seriously, how much of the evaporation of the Clegg Bounce is due to what appears to have been a protracted Lib Dem spamming campaign directed against the entire electorate? Going through my recycling bin, I find that Lib Dem flyers outnumber all others by more than two to one, and my constituency wasn't even particularly marginal. I can't have been the only one annoyed by this.
Edit: OK, looks like the Lib Dem spam mountain wasn't as universal as I'd thought. I guess it was all the "Vote Clegg, get your worst nightmare" propaganda after all. FWIW, the flyering score was Lib Dem 7 (including "personal" letters from Nick Clegg and Vince Cable!), Labour 2, Green 1, all others 0.
PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I HAVE THE BELIEVE YOU ARE A REPUTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON I CAN DO POLITICS WITH FROM THE LITTLE INFORMATION SO FAR I GATHERED ABOUT YOU DURING MY SEARCH FOR A PARTNER AND BY MATTER OF TRUST I MUST NOT HESITATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.
I AM FUTURE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER NICK CLEGG, 43 YEARS OF AGE. ONCE I AM INSTATED IN MY RIGHTFUL PLACE AT NO. 10 DOWNING STREET, I WILL BE ABLE TO LIBERATE £80,000,000,000 (EIGHTY BILLION BRITISH POUNDS) FROM THE DEFENCE BUDGET BY SCRAPPING THE PROPOSED TRIDENT NUCLEAR MISSILE SUBMARINE REPLACEMENT, AND DISBURSE A PERCENTAGE OF IT TO YOU IN THE FORM OF REDUCED CUTS IN PUBLIC SPENDING.
I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAY: THAT YOU PLACE AN "X" IN THE BOX NEXT TO THE NAME OF MY LOCAL AGENT, MR KEVIN LANG, AT YOUR LOCAL POLLING STATION ON THURSDAY 6TH MAY, AND THAT YOU THEN PLACE THE FOLDED BALLOT SHEET IN THE IRON BOX WITHOUT MAKING ANY FURTHER MARK ON THE PAPER.
THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS.
NICK CLEGG.
More seriously, how much of the evaporation of the Clegg Bounce is due to what appears to have been a protracted Lib Dem spamming campaign directed against the entire electorate? Going through my recycling bin, I find that Lib Dem flyers outnumber all others by more than two to one, and my constituency wasn't even particularly marginal. I can't have been the only one annoyed by this.
Edit: OK, looks like the Lib Dem spam mountain wasn't as universal as I'd thought. I guess it was all the "Vote Clegg, get your worst nightmare" propaganda after all. FWIW, the flyering score was Lib Dem 7 (including "personal" letters from Nick Clegg and Vince Cable!), Labour 2, Green 1, all others 0.