Fired up and ready to go!

As with all Labour Party events, notice is very short. I was notified about an event at around 5:00pm in the evening, within twelve hours I was setting out to the station in order to get to Labour Party campaign HQ in Victoria.

Having arrived promptly at campaign HQ at 9:30, we had brief respite until setting out on leafleting in Charing Cross station. By chance, just as we passed Downing Street, the Prime Minister had just got out and was on his way to the Palace at 10:00 to meet with the Queen at and dissolve Parliament.

At 10:30 we returned back to HQ and then took the tube to St Pancras station though had no idea what we were to do there. We waited and waited, for more than half an hour. Then rumours quickly started spreading that the Prime Minister was going to be going through and catch a train to Kent. Within minutes, the cameras were rolling, I, and many other Labour activists had managed to shake the Prime Minister's hand as he went past, which was terribly exciting for someone who had never seen a Labour MP in the flesh until last Friday.

Afterwards we returned to campaign HQ to hear a speech. Mr Alexander is the director of Labour's campaign, and spoke about Labour's pledges to secure our economic recovery, to establish a fairer society, and to continue investing in public services. Each and every time Labour had made the right decisions on the economy, and though we are the underdogs in this race and the Tories have Ashcroft's money, Labour have the greatest number of youth members of the other political parties - and David Cameron had lost 40,000 members during his tenure as leader. He concluded by urging Labour party members to engage with undecided voters, to listen to their specific concerns, and then to talk about how Labour would be the best choice.

Douglas Alexander was followed by Harriet Harman, who made a brief speech concentrating on a number of "F" words:

Future - How Labour want to transform Britain into a digital economy, and reform Parliament.
Fairness - How Labour would create a fairer society with greater social equality.
Fear - of a repeat of the 1980s under Thatcher.
Footsoldiers - The Tories might have Ashcroft's money, but Labour would directly engage with voters on the doorstep
Families - Child Tax Credits, Sure Start, Maternity and Paternity Leave, and much more.
Fighting - Even though we are the underdogs in this race, if we keep at the top of the game we can succeed.

Finally, the day was finished off with some leafleting on behalf of Transport Minister Sadiq Khan MP in his constituency in Tooting. This is a crucial seat that the Tories need to win to win an overall majority in Parliament. While I returned home exhausted after an eventful day, I knew that mentally I was fired up and ready to go for the election on May 6.