I read in our local media that Lowe was the Reform candidate for Great Yarmouth...not my constituency but close and was holding a public meeting at a pub about 20 minutes away.
I have often wondered how it would feel to get the chance to tell him how I feel and, at my age I'm not going to get too many chances so I went along and as I entered he was walking towards me in that vile, yellow check jacket so I addressed him by name and he turned, no doubt thinking and asking if I was a supporter....I knew I'd not get much of a chance before the knuckle draggers would surround me so I asked what he was doing so far from his home. I asked, as loudly as I could without being too aggressive what, as a failed businessman and bringer of all things that Brexit has brought to the UK, he thought he could bring to a area that was already suffering. His henchmen gathered around and suggested that we talk outside...I said I was happy to but felt that the assembled pub crowd should know what sort of person they were putting up as a candidate. I was asked if I believed in democracy - I said that was what I thought I was practicing by being there? The landlord then came and started shouldering me towards the door - been a few decades since I was evicted from a pub - and I went on my way.
In real terms it was all pretty futile but I can't tell you how good it felt to get off my chest all those things that I usually feel when singing 'Swing Lowe'...and can recommend the experience tp anyone who sees him and gets the chance to speak - it's a therapeutic and cleansing few minutes worth!