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News and Comment May 2022

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9 May - More of the same…

Friends who enquired as to where I was after election day will know that I was away celebrating my son’s 50th birthday; as if I actually needed a reminder of my obvious aging.

Bexley’s election results have by now been analysed to death but these two pie charts probably sum it all up. The Conservatives won 47% of the vote but thanks to First Past the Post gained 73% of the seats.

Will the Leader continue to brag at every opportunity that her Council is backed by most residents? Probably she will, if she was willing to claim that every Manifesto commitment since 2006 has been fulfilled when Freedom of Information requests proved 100% failure since 2018, it would be silly to expect anything other than service cuts and price rises.
Bexley votes Bexley seats

The Conservatives can no longer claim to represent the majority of Bexley residents.

Leader

Business as usual.

 

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