18 November (Part 1) - 10 things you didn’t know about…
Yesterday’s
link to Jasper the dog provoked a lot of interest. You can always tell when a
nerve has been touched because the number of hits from Parliament and the
Greater London Authority goes up, and the phone rings and the anonymous (and
some not anonymous) messages come in.
Messages ranged from the ‘who the hell is Xxxxx X***?’ variety to well; I’m not
saying. JXxxxx X*** tells all about himself on his website.
On council matters he says he is chairman of Children Services Committee, governor
of Eastcote Primary School and “a keen supporter of the Bexley Youth Council and
in promoting Bexley Youth Services at every opportunity”.
He
is a big wig Scout master, County Executive of the Greater London South East
Scouts no less and has been in the Air Training Corps. He has a Bachelor’s degree
in theatre and ran a children’s talent agency on the back of it. All good stuff.
One of my correspondents was jumping to conclusions…
“Will the Xxxxx Xxxx news prompt Barnbrook to begin canvassing or leafleting in
East Wickham for a third time?” That is so wrong on so many counts. There has
been no real news about Xxxxx Xxxx. We know he is a dab hand at Google blogspot, we
know he has a dog called Jasper and we know his style of writing when
impersonating a Springer Spaniel. Presumably his stage skills come in handy there,
but no more is known.
I was not aware that Michael Barnbrook had canvassed in East Wickham twice before,
I’ll have to ask him. I know that he stood for the British National Party in
2009 and lost by eight votes and I know he will never do that again because he
isn’t a member of that party any more - or any other. He once confided to me that joining
the BNP thinking he could change the leadership’s corrupt ways was a huge
mistake and an act of supreme arrogance on his part. Extending his mission to
clean up politics to the BNP ultimately failed, Nick Griffin ensured that. If
Michael Barnbrook ever stands in an election again I feel sure it would be as an Independent.
Michael is not really a party political animal. He brought down Derek Conway
(former Conservative MP for Old Bexley) and almost single handedly pursued Ian
Clement when he was Boris’s second in command at the GLA. He also played his
part in the jailing of four expense fiddling Labour MPs. He is not a man who tolerates cheats and
liars and is busy right now formulating letters to the Information Commissioner and
the police at the highest level about those we have in Bexley.
And to those who ask why the national press has not become involved in Bexley
politics, all I can say at present is “Patience, patience”.
Michael Barnbrook’s confidence betrayed with his permission.