With the tech issues 95% sorted, this post can convert into a first day report.

We’re a bit washed out with today’s hassles but the system and site don’t look too bad now and meanwhile, the main thing, people becoming signatories, has been proceeding steadily.  I flatly refuse to beat this up and if it was dire, I’d tell you.

But it hasn’t been dire.  I’m not sure yet exactly how many good souls have put their names down but it’s in the dozens and it’s been constant all day.

We’ve had to reword some of it and that’s fair enough – it was an upfront thing prior to critical comment.  I hope that the bulk of this has now been addressed.

One criticism was from a UKIP lady that it was appalling to launch at the exact same time as Armistice Day, when we were supposed to be remembering the fallen.  That might not have been made clear by me – we launched at 11:03, after the silence and after the last post had ended.  I know this because I stood for the silence and the last post.

As for launching today, it was quite appropriate indeed because it was not advertising anything commercial and was not party political.  As three people said today, it was turning words into actions on restoring the very things our soldiers died for, so that they did not die in vain.

That was the point of it.

So, now the hard work begins, getting mass communication going, writing to people, sending out press releases and so on.  We’ll be discussing that tomorrow most likely.

Time for early bed methinks.

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