{"id":9526,"date":"2014-10-22T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/?p=9526"},"modified":"2024-04-11T10:52:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T10:52:12","slug":"wednesday-22nd-october-2014-ive-been-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alfiesdiary.uk\/index.php\/2014\/10\/22\/wednesday-22nd-october-2014-ive-been-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 22nd October 2014 &#8211; I&#8217;ve been busy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/11Dog1Vote-colour.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/11Dog1Vote-colour-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"(1)1Dog1Vote colour\" class=\"wp-image-9527\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As many of you may know I am the leader of the Pet Dogs Democratic Party. I set the party up a number of years ago to champion the cause of the underdog. I have been working very hard to bring all our policies together in time to launch our manifesto before next year\u2019s general election in the UK. The manifesto needs one final round of revisions before it is all finalised, but the illustrations are complete and I\u2019m starting to make sure the part infrastructure is in place. Our policies are fresh and different to any of the current mainstream political parties, although we are expecting other parties to steal some of our ideas when they see how good they are. I can also reveal one of the illustrations for the book and will soon be able to bring you the book cover. The illustrations have been done by the wonderful Katie Stewart of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.magicowldesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Magic Owl Designs<\/a>, who also did the book cover for Alfie\u2019s Woods and my Mistress\u2019s book The Lifetracer. I shall carry on bringing you news as we set more things up. The party will be open to membership soon and members will receive a paw signed membership certificate with my paw print on as well as being listed as party members. We will also be offering party merchandise to all our supporters so you will be able to show your support that way too. I\u2019m quite excited about it all and realise now that nearing retirement age doesn\u2019t mean life comes to an end it just takes a slightly different path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t forget our competition to win Free Tickets to <a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/2014\/10\/20\/monday-20th-october-2014-meet-our-breed-at-discover-dogs\/\">Discover Dogs<\/a> at Earl\u2019s Court on 8<sup>th<\/sup> and 9<sup>th<\/sup> November \u2013 you can find it <a href=\"http:\/\/alfiedog.me.uk\/2014\/10\/15\/win-free-tickets-to-discover-dogs-at-earls-court-8th-9th-november\/\">HERE<\/a>&nbsp;and send us your photos to include in the blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alfie\u2019s Diary \u2013 the Book is available at Amazon UK &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA\">https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B00583ZGSA<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can find short stories to read at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alfiedog.com\">www.alfiedog.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>As many of you may know I am the leader of the Pet Dogs Democratic Party. 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