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News and Comment April 2022

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12 April - None of the Above

Here in Belvedere there is not a lot of choice for the May election. It is Conservative, Labour, Green or None of the Above.

I cannot possibly vote Conservative at the moment. We have proven liars in charge locally, we have an ostrich leading the Conservatives at the GLA - she denied that Cressida Dick was a corrupt police officer after she was specifically identified for willfully obstructing the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel - and nationally we have politicians who think students should be fined £10,000 for boozing with their mates in their digs while allowing karaoke parties in Whitehall. (For the record I think Dick retrospectively investigating hypocrisy is a huge waste of taxpayers’ money.)
Dick DickI might consider a Tory vote locally if their candidate publicly condemned lying but none have, although if I wished to risk the careers of more honest ones I could name three who have made their views a little clearer.

Green? You know me better than that. I may run an electric car, installed solar panels in January 2011 and squeezed my total energy bill inder £2 yesterday but it is all about saving money. As a proper Conservative I still believe in the freedom of choice abandoned by the main parties.

And then there is Labour, the party whose local secretary reported me to the police four times and put a solicitor on my tail for reporting absolute facts. Probably three votes lost there.

But most Bexley residents have a real choice - up to a point that is. One wrote to ask how he can contact a Reform UK candidate when every single one standing in Bexley prefers to suppress their contact details and has not delivered a leaflet - and probably won’t.

I think the answer has to be that unless you are one of the many who are happy to vote for a party leader rather than the candidate you probably stay at home. They will have sacrificed their vote on the altar of secrecy - and deservedly so.

 

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