The Mayoral Election In Hackney - A Tight Battle Between Our Little Fiefdom And The Tory Majority

Another day, another ward, another canvassing session. This time it was that bit of the massive, run-down Woodberry Down Estate that's in Brownswood Ward. I had to go to this tiny little bit of the estate, of course, because it's Labour-controlled. Even so, I felt very nervous, with loads of people telling me to f**k off.

We made 120 contacts of which 44 identified themselves as Labour votes and the remainder said they would vote against Labour or not vote at all. That's not bad, I suppose, compared with the vast majority of the Woodberry Down Estate which falls inside the Tory-controlled New River Ward, from where Boris will be getting quite a few votes next week.