27 October (Part 3) - An insult a Day keeps the sympathisers at bay
There
has been a certain amount of dithering on my part over the question of
free meals for
children during half term. One can argue it both ways but I managed to
provide myself with an answer by posing this question…
If a mother with young children was in front of me in Sainsbury’s and didn’t have enough money to pay
for obvious essentials, would I whip my bank card out?
So that was that settled.
I dithered again when I saw the worst of the Labour activists apparently more
interested in abusing Conservatives. I labelled them the Nasty Party but not long afterwards
noticed (see Tweet) I might not be in very good company.
I must have said so before but the Mayor of Bexley is one of the good guys and
many a time he has joked about his weight when chairing Scrutiny meetings.
I once cheekily joked about his girth while exiting the Council
Chamber and he took it all in good part.
On another occasion I walked with him for around a mile and he set a cracking pace.
If I have to take issue with the Tory Tweet it would be that the duo behind that
account has a long history of lying and until
the
new Code of Conduct (†) put an end to it, of abusing me personally.
Most people in politics are disreputable but not James Hunt - unless he
accidentally steps on your toe.
† The Code of Conduct says that Councillors should not block people on Twitter.
Maybe someone should tell Philip Read and the Council Leader.