Let`s face it - standing in any election in Scotland as a Conservative is a bit of a challenge. Going round the doors the government of Margaret Thatcher is still thrown in your face . . . and that`s going back decades! Scots have long memories - particularkly of the dreaded polltax.
However on a local level as councillors we have a good record; in the past five years we`ve turned South Ayrshire Council around from running at a loss to having healthy reserves and we
have a good message to put out - so why does the national government (Westminster)seem hellbent on making life difficult for us?
First there was the `granny bashing` in the budget - and dare I say it a lot of our supporters qualify for the bus pass - rapidly followed by the kitchen suppers at Dowing Street, hints of buying influence, then we had the wonderful Francis Maude.
We are panicked in buying up petrol because of a strike that hasn`t taken place,with queues at filling stations and some running dry. Then it is suggested a we should hoard petrol in containers, against all the advice of the Fire Rescue Services. And I am not even going to get into the fiasco of the VAT on hot pasties! What will happen to all those queues at Greggs waiting for sausage rolls?
The government looks hapless and is widely portrayed in the press as being out of touch with the electorate.
Fortunately the same cannot be said about your local Conservatives who are all about working with the local communities, giving people more responsibility for their own lives.
A message I will be trying to put out as the campaigning for the local elections steps up a gear.
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