Heap of praise

One wet morning in election week, I & some comrades were outside Seaview School at 8.30am, meeting the mums and getting them to sign our petition against cuts in the education budget, when Uriah Heap (Cllr Peter May the Lib-Dem candidate) emerged from a nearby house – and was as much surprised to see us standing in the road by the garden gate, as we were to see him. Where had he come from, had he materialised? We all pointed to him and shouted, "That's the man – he's the one going to cut your children's education" (or somesuch) and he scuttled back inside pronto. We didn't see him again – so I suppose he waited us out. That must have been a bit awkward.
However, you have to admire the Heap's dedication to the cause of the individual voter, that he was out so early (sometime before 8.30) on a very wet morning, canvassing. I'd also like to know how he had stayed so dry without a coat – I was soaked. You have to hope that after all that effort he got that vote.