Comments on: RSH: The “personal” vote http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2008/05/05/rsh-the-personal-vote.html News, Law and Opinion from Alan W Collins Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:36:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: John Ward http://www.viewfrommedway.co.uk/2008/05/05/rsh-the-personal-vote.html/comment-page-1#comment-5176 John Ward Fri, 09 May 2008 10:14:08 +0000 http://www.alanwcollins.co.uk/?p=897#comment-5176 Thank you for this. One of the outcomes from this by-election has been the confirmation (in spades) of what might have previously been considered my boastful stance of having a huge personal vote. In fact, it was my attempt to inform, rather than a boast (indeed it felt like Atlas must have felt when carrying the sky on his shoulders!) and those who went out canvassing and the rest of it brought back the almost overwhelmingly strong message that I was the key to the Conservative success in this ward. Since then I have, of course, sought to bring in other strong contenders to share the load and the limelight, and Trevor was already intended to be part of that (as I have commented elsewhere on your site), thus making us resilient in case anything should ever happen to me. That has proven crucial, as yesterday's by-election results demonstrated very plainly! The community comes way ahead of any individual, and it will turn out to have been my greatest achievement that, even when I left the Council, that was maintained, because of all the work that went in during these past eight years, both in the public eye and behind the scenes. Thank you for this. One of the outcomes from this by-election has been the confirmation (in spades) of what might have previously been considered my boastful stance of having a huge personal vote.

In fact, it was my attempt to inform, rather than a boast (indeed it felt like Atlas must have felt when carrying the sky on his shoulders!) and those who went out canvassing and the rest of it brought back the almost overwhelmingly strong message that I was the key to the Conservative success in this ward.

Since then I have, of course, sought to bring in other strong contenders to share the load and the limelight, and Trevor was already intended to be part of that (as I have commented elsewhere on your site), thus making us resilient in case anything should ever happen to me. That has proven crucial, as yesterday’s by-election results demonstrated very plainly!

The community comes way ahead of any individual, and it will turn out to have been my greatest achievement that, even when I left the Council, that was maintained, because of all the work that went in during these past eight years, both in the public eye and behind the scenes.

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