2008-03-07 10:49:42, Mark Pack

Rachel won with a big increase in the majority. Details at:
http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/03/rachel-wins-and-more-than-doubles.htm

2008-02-26 14:05:08, Fred Carver

From Rachel

I just wanted to write to thank you for the enormous amount of help I have received. We've made a really good impression here in Highgate and Archway and that is in a large part down to your hard work, I cannot thank you enough.

It's not over yet though! There's still a lot more to
do before polling day so please do come along and lend a hand to help us over the final few hurdles.

Canvassing:
We will now be meeting outside Jacksons Lane at 6:30 every weekday plus at 11am and 2pm on Saturday and 11am and 6pm on Sunday. If you are coming please ring ahead on 07763745402 so we have enough stuff prepared for you.

Delivery:
To convert all our effort over the last few weeks into an actual result we need to get our last few leaflets out. Our Three Compasses HQ (62 High St N8 http://threecs.notlong.com) will be open from 10 till 10 every day so please come along and pick stuff up.

Office tasks:
We have to stuff our final personal letters from me - a huge task - so they can be delivered before polling day. They will be available from Thursday evening onwards so please come along and lend a hand.

Polling day 6th March:
If you could sit at one of the polling stations taking
down numbers from supporters for a couple of hours
please get in touch with Monica on 0797 666 5110. This is a very important job and would be much appreciated.

For the rest of the day, and for everyone else, the
day will start at 5am at my house (28 Claremont Road N6 http://RachelAllison.notlong.com) with our first delivery. Knocking on our supporters doors will
continue throughout the day until the polls close at
10pm. we'll then go to the pub - our pub (the Three
Compasses, address as above) to wind down whilst
waiting for the result. They are licensed until one.

It's going to be a lot of work, but it is very much
worth it, and we're having a lot of fun along the way.

Again, thank you, and I hope to see you over the next week.

Best wishes,

Rachel.

P.S. Why not add my facebook event at
http://byelection.notlong.com so you can keep in touch with all the latest developments?

2008-01-28 21:37:17, Fred Carver

I'd like to introduce you to a friend of mine. Rachel Allison is our choice to be the next Councillor for Highgate. She is a worker, with a passion and a knowledge for the local area and the drive and determination to make a difference for local people on the council.

Rachel is intimately involved with the life of Highgate and Archway. She has lived in Claremont Road, Highgate for twelve years ? having first moved to Haringey in 1986. Her children attend St Michael ' s Primary, and she has recently been appointed as a Governor of Blanche Neville, another Highgate School. Rachel cares passionately about the environment. She has an allotment on Shepherds Hill, drives a hybrid car and is a member of Friends of the Earth, and the Organic Association. With a hugely varied career and range of talents, Rachel has worked as a freelance video producer and copywriter ? but her skills don't end there. She has recently created a cold sore remedy!

I think Rachel would make a fantastic councillor - but in order to achieve that we are all going to have to work our socks off ! If you can help, please come to the Three Compasses, 62 High St, Hornsey N8 7NX (map http://threecs.notlong.com) between 10am and 9pm seven days a week and muck in. Right now our main priorities are:

Canvassing - we will have canvassing available from the Three Compasses at all times, or if you'd like to meet Rachel we will have two large teams canvassing from Highgate tube - the first at 6:30pm on Thursday and the second at 11am on Sunday .

Delivery - Our next leaflet - introducing Rachel to the people of Highgate and Archway - will be ready for dispatch from mid-afternoon on Tuesday. Come along and take some.

Clerical - If you are not able to canvass or deliver, then you can always give us a hand with our clerical operation. In addition we would really appreciate someone working our stuffing machine on Thursday and Friday of this week.

I'm looking forwards to seeing you either at the 3 Compasses or on the streets of Highgate!

Best wishes,

Lynne.
Lynne Featherstone MP - Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green


P.S. Polling day is now set for March 6th. Please keep the day free (or just the evening if you work) and come and join us to give the residents of Highgate and Archway the new champion they deserve.

2008-01-18 12:31:21, Fred Carver

Dear friends,

I'm writing to let you know that my friend and colleague Justin Portess is standing down from the Council. He is starting a new family and moving away from the area, and therefore feels that he can no longer represent the ward. As a result there will be a by-election in Highgate.

Highgate is a strategically very important ward and - despite our strong record of local action - we are sure to have a fight on our hands. For this reason we will be campaigning very hard straight away!

If you can help, please come to the Three Compasses, 62 High St, Hornsey N8 7NX between 10am and 9pm seven days a week and muck in. We have activities to suit all types of people: doorknocking, delivering leaflets and clerical tasks - we have a lot of envelopes to both address and stuff. If you would like to do clerical tasks at home, or if you live close to Highgate and would like us to bring tasks to you, please get in touch on 07763745402 or hornseyandwoodgreen@yahoo.co.uk.

We don't know when the by-election will be but it is likely to be very late in February or early March. I hope to see you some time before then on the campaign trail.

All the best,

Lynne.
Lynne Featherstone MP

P.S. You can contact the campaign at its new website http://campaigns.libdems.org.uk/highgate