Politics is about listening to people. Politics is about being seen to campaign on the issues that matter to them in their local area. And don't forget, it's usually our local area as well: we do have some self interest in going about doing this! In general, people get involved in politics because in their own way they want to make the world a better place. That might mean stopping a by-pass, protesting against a war or just getting the drains in the neighbourhood cleaned. It doesn't have to be big things that annoy us, after all.

We campaign ourselves into the ground. We stuff envelopes for hours on end, that most people only glance at on the way to the bin when they arrive through their doors. We try and make things as personal as possible: hand written envelopes (and on occasion letters), personal telephone calls from the candidate, house visits, single issue leaflets to cover just one or two streets.

Why do we do this? We work for change. Positive change. We don't always succeed, but at least we try.