{"id":249,"date":"2010-04-24T20:11:57","date_gmt":"2010-04-24T19:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/?p=249"},"modified":"2010-04-24T20:11:59","modified_gmt":"2010-04-24T19:11:59","slug":"mike-weir-admits-angus-is-three-horse-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/mike-weir-admits-angus-is-three-horse-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Weir admits Angus is three horse race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montrose Academy held a mock election on Friday, run magnificently by Ian Watt.  It was great to see Sean Massie, the Liberal Democrat candidate win the mock election.  Congratulation to Sean and his class who ran an excellent campaign.  I&#8217;ve had to ask Sean for a copy of his stump speech, as it included some key points I hope to use.<\/p>\n<p>I really appreciated being invited to attend a hustings after the vote, between the Angus parliamentary candidates.  During the discussion, Angus SNP candidate, Mike Weir admitted that there are three parties whose candidate could be elected, saying:<\/p>\n<p><span>Whoever gets elected whether it is the SNP, the Tories or the Lib Dems,&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Conspicuously absent was any mention of the Labour candidate, Kevin Hutchens.  Clearly, Mike has recognised that people in Angus are looking at all the main options available to them.<\/p>\n<p>The national campaign shows this will not be just a once in a lifetime election.  It will be a unique opportunity to sweep away the two old parties\u2019 grip on power. They have and will do anything to stop things really changing.<\/p>\n<p>It is no longer a two horse race nationally, nor is it here in Angus.  Residents do not have to pick the least worst option.  <\/p>\n<p>When choosing between myself, Mike Weir and Alberto Costa, Angus residents now realise that by voting for the Scottish Liberal Democrats, by voting for me, Sanjay Samani, their vote will count and their voice will be heard.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Hustings at Montrose Academy, Mike Weir admitted that there are three parties that can be elected in Angus<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,42,194,6,102,106,40],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1VHxS-41","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanjaysamani.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}