Category archives for: 2007 Local Election

Assessing the local election in Medway: it’s a small world after all

Assessing the local election in Medway: it’s a small world after all

One of the most important things people keep reminding me is to remember who your friends are – you never know when you may need them. So while my local MP all-of-a-sudden ceases to be a Blairite and moves onwards to brown nose Brown, I thought that I would take a look over the Candidates [...]

Assessing the local election in Medway: a sad state of affairs if politics has come to this

Assessing the local election in Medway: a sad state of affairs if politics has come to this

For some people it is about the party. For others it is about the people. For most it is about not bothering to turn up at all. But for those who do turn out in local elections, it is about voting for candidates to work hard for residents.
Or so I thought. Because whilst my faith [...]

Assessing the local election in Medway: Twydall

Assessing the local election in Medway: Twydall

The Twydall Labour Councillors (the last in Gillingham and Rainham) have released their post-election thank you leaflet.
Spanning two pages, they provide a brief assessment of their achievments and also explain what they are going to do in the next four years – including knocking on all 6,500 doors in Twydall (they obviously see this as [...]

Assessing the local election in Medway: did CRAG achieve anything?

Assessing the local election in Medway: did CRAG achieve anything?

The Chatham Regeneration Action Group (CRAG), alongside Kent Reliance Building Society (KRBS), provided a clear message to voters in the run-up to the local elections: “Don’t Vote Tory”.
Mike Lazenby of KRBS denied that it was Party Political, but all key Conservative wards, including Rainham Central, were targeted by CRAG’s leaflets, directing people how to vote [...]

The people have spoken in Brighton & Hove

The people have spoken in Brighton & Hove

A LITTLE while ago, I wrote a post on the outrageous case of Brighton & Hove Labour Councillor Juliet McCaffrey, who was ousted from the committee whe sat on for wanting to use her democratic right to freedom of choice to perform her democratic duty to represent the people who voted for her.
At the end, [...]

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