Labour floundering

There was much hilarity at Arsenal tube station today as we assembled to start our evening canvassing session. Labour's General Election candidate, Jeremy Corbyn, was there with a film crew in in tow - they got some great footage of people taking Green leaflets and turning down the offer of Labour ones.

Those who did take a Labour leaflet were in for an amusing read. Labour's candidate claims to have been "committed to environmentalism" for over 20 years - it's a shame that Labour's commitment to the environment didn't surface while they were running the council and only makes it onto their leaflets when they are about to lose one of their few remaining seats to the Green Party.

As usual, most of their leaflet is dedicated to attacking other parties rather than putting forward their own policies. Interestingly they manage to attack us both for being a single issue party only concerned with the environment and for not mentioning the environment during the campaign.

They also attack another candidate for having no policies on Council Housing, care for the elderly or schools - all issues which Labour have not addressed in any of their leaflets.

The final attack, if it can be called that, is a quick summary of the Green Party's policies on asylum, fair trade and progressive taxation. They are quick to reassure voters that Labour priorities include a plentiful supply of cheap, imported electronic goods (it is not clear how this fits in with their "Green" action plan).