OK, so of the four main parties here:

• one set me up for a meeting with their deputy leader which was very entertaining and enlightening
• one set me up for a meeting with their director of elections, who pulled out at the last moment but sent a well-briefed substitute
• one set me up for a meeting with their deputy press officer, who forgot to show up and then promised to put me in touch with their campaign manager for the June election, once they’d decided who it would be
• one completely failed to get their act together to set up any kind of meeting with me despite repeated phone calls

…and interestingly but not surprisingly there is a very high level of correlation between the relative levels of efficiency as revealed in the above list and their relative placings in the popular vote in last November’s election!

(Since I’m staying with the fifth party it can’t be fairly compared.)