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  Phil - there will always be positive and negative aspects to electioneering. A part of what an opposition must do is point out where a Government went wrong and say what they would do different. What I dont like is where Government make false claims about the policies of the opposition instead of discussing real issues. The recent dodgy dossier was a prime example of that, a tissue of lies and misrepresentation.
  
  As for the campaigning.
  Political Parties are damned if they do and damned of they dont as far as door knocking is concerned.
  
  You are just as likely to be critisised because no-one from your party knocked on your door, as by those who feel they have been disturbed.
  
  Just remember this.... Those people who knock on doors on behalf of Parties are volunteers, they are not paid party hacks. They are ordinary people motivated by wanting to help a friend, member of their family or a cause they believe in. There is no need to be rude or to lie to them, just say honestly whether you might or might not support them and that will be it. If you dont intend to vote for anyone, just say so, dont lie.
  
  Liers, incidentally, end up the worse off because they will then get knocked up repeatedly by all the Parties they lied to on election day and it serves them right.
  
  All political parties have a problem getting enough help to cover the whole constituency and invariably large parts of any constituency does not get canvassed, there just is not the time or manpower resources.

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