Off to a flying start

posted by: Nick | on: Thursday, 17 January 2008, 22:55

Wow, what a day it has been. We have been preparing for the launch of our new website for several days now, fine tuning here and here repeatedly, but there is always some trepidation when the moment comes and the site goes live. To be honest I was in bed when the site went up but of course I couldn't sleep so my day started ridiculously early.

And it has been non-stop ever since. This morning I had a meeting at SERTUC, the regional TUC, to discuss the forthcoming London elections and then over to The Mirror to discuss possible joint work over the next few months. Then it was back into central London where I had a meeting with a potential press officer and finally I had a meeting in the House of Commons to discuss the London elections.

This last meeting brought together fifty people from a range of community organisations, trade unions, political parties and faith groups. There was a real buzz about the place. We are all acutely aware of the threat posed by the London elections but there are also opportunities through which we can push our own agenda of hope. Frank Dobson MP chaired the meeting. Obviously I can't go into the details of this meeting at this stage but more shall be revealed when we launch our London campaign in a few weeks.

It's not 10.48pm and I got home to find over 250 emails waiting for me. Almost all are complementary about our new site, a few offer some suggestions for improvement and there are even a few donations towards the campaign. Not bad for a first day.

With the anxiety of the website launch now over I really do feel that the campaign has begun.