Had the privilege to be joined whilst out collecting signatures for the petition to keep our post offices open today by William Hague, Shadow Foreign Secretary and real gent.
William visited Pontefract and met members of the public out and about and also visited a local post office to find out more about the situation in our part of Yorkshire.
At the moment the Post Office is sitting on a list of branches for closure and will keep that quiet until the 13th of May, having been persuaded to do so by the Government to wait until after the May 1st Local Government Elections.
Whilst with us William met candidates: Mark Crowther (Pontefract South), Phil Thomas (Pontefract North), Richard Wakefield (Normanton), Gordon Tennant (Altofts and Whitwood), Tom Dixon (Knottingley), Richard Molloy (Ackworth) and Eamonn Mullins (Castleford & Glasshoughton). We finished by William addressing the Chairman, Committee and an enthusiastic group of Club Members at Pontefract Conservative Club, National Club of the Year, whose committee and members have been great supporters of our campaigns to grow the number of Conservative Councillors on WMDC. He was very well received and the visit was a great success.
UPDATE
Having spent time in the market place in Pontefract today Saturday, again hugely impressed and thankful for all those members of the public who signed up to the petition. Several times had people queuing up to sign.
This included a number of people visiting from other parts of the country who have already lost their own post offices and did not want to see us losing ours.
Thank you one and all.
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