5 May - It’s the Tories by a landslide…
…of election literature that is. Over the past month or thereabouts I have
received 12 different items about the general election from the Conservatives
and none at all from Labour. I’ve also had one each from the BNP, Christian People’s
Alliance, English Democrats, Greens, an Independent, Liberals and UKIP. Weird
that nothing came from Labour; I was a “don’t know” when the election was called
but Labour seems to be complacent in Erith & Thamesmead this time around. Just by
chance I’ve bumped into rosette wearing Conservatives three times in as many weeks while
walking around locally. No others.
I think I found the Christian People’s Alliance leaflet the most interesting
read but there are more important things at stake than their complaints and the
Independent candidate rather blew it for me by picturing himself alongside the now
deceased former MP, Bernie Grant. I used to work on the same job as Bernie Grant and
his brother in the 1970s. One was a hard working and decent man and the other
was a rogue who was eventually dismissed for dishonesty. You can guess which one
went on to become an MP.