Yesterday Mr S reported how Labour have enlisted the help of people with identical names to Tory leaders for their latest email campaign. Lame as it may be, they have at least managed to send their emails to the right people. Alas, the same cannot be said for the brains at CCHQ this week.
Word reaches Steerpike that invitations meant for Conservatives have been winging their way to members of the opposition. First, a Labour MP’s assistant received a call from CCHQ inviting her to help campaign for a Tory MP’s marginal seat. When the Labour employee asked who they thought they were speaking to, the reply was Nick de Bois’s office:
‘It was very odd. They didn’t realise they’d made a mistake until I corrected them, then they said they thought they were talking to Nick de Bois’s office.’
Things only got worse the following day, when a Labour MP received an email from Sarah Newton asking her fellow Tory MPs to join her for a telephone canvassing session:
Comrade,
The Whips have very kindly organised a telephone canvassing session for tonight in CCHQ between 6 and 8.30pm.
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