On the 11th to the 13th of April, I gave up some of my free time to come back to Aberystwyth to help Brad Vaughan with winning the Bronglais council seat from Plaid to Welsh Conservatives. Unfortunately this didn’t happen, and was probably somewhat unrealistic. Though for me and Brad it gave us a taste of grass routes politics. We spent a two days knocking on doors and got a brilliant response, at first we were unsure about the reception we would getthough door knocking really is't that bad at all, we will all have to do it at somepoint, whether for councillor of MP. The best moment was in the evening on the 12th outside the polling station (the day of the election), the outgoing Plaid candidate was stunned that there were two Conservatives greeting and welcoming voters, as they made their way up the steps. Frantically he was dialing numbers, and a few minutes later the Plaid battle van came whizzing round the corner, with Elin Jones, in the front seat, and microphones, they were going off collecting known Plaid voters, picking them up and then dropping them off round the corner, out of sight so it looked like they had come walking down. To sum it up the Welsh Conservatives are in business and we gave Plaid a run for their money!!! Let's build on it! Next Year!
