Kitty Ussher is Labour candidate for Burnley. She's writing a campaign diary for us until the election. Today she relates the curious case of the Burnley Labour Party Chicken.
"My campaign manager has turned into a chicken. Quite literally. Unprompted, and rather to my surprise, he turned up at our pre-arranged rendezvous outside a local primary school yesterday dressed up head to toe in a bright yellow chicken outfit."
Kitty Ussher writes:
"Apparently he'd cancelled the planned leafleting activity that morning to go round the local fancy dress shops to find it. But I do have to say it suits him. Indeed I'm beginning to wonder if perhaps he's always had secret chicken tendencies that he was unable to fulfil in his day job as an engineering consultant for the mattress-making industry and it's only through this campaign that he's been able to fully express himself.
"I'm delighted that the Labour party has been able to be of such service. But it's certainly been a hit with the children. We're doing our bit for the prime minister's school gates initiative by standing outside a different one every afternoon to chat with the mums and dads and give "Vote Labour" stickers to any children who want them. We're far more popular now that we have the world-famous Burnley Labour Party Chicken with us. He can also be seen with placards on strategic roundabouts in rush hour.
"Come along and meet him!"
