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3 April (Part 2) - Spinning in his grave

Norman Dodds HouseThe Labour Constituency Office for Erith and Thamesmead is in Northumberland Heath in a house given to the party by Norman Dodds who was a local MP for 20 years until he died at the young age of 61. But then the premises were taken over by a new breed of MP with no knowledge of the building’s history and who thought her name should take precedence over his - and spent a lot of money on the transformation. (It was to be fair in need of some some renovation.)

Now it is up for sale.

My most active - now former - Councillor Dave Putson is not happy about it and has written an interesting essay on the subject. (Active in terms of resident engagement.)

He asserts that it is Keir Starmer’s doing…

Keir Starmer's decisionDave Putson said with Starmer’s Labour it is only about the money and equates him with Margaret Thatcher. Having ejected so many activists he has to scrabble around looking for corporate donors and hoping that 13 million voters will not notice that the Labour Party is no longer about Fairness, Equality, Human Rights and Internationalism.
Members expelled
Well worth a read. My guess is that Starmer will be elected and not last five minutes. The population is angry now and won’t be at all happy when Starmer is found to be worse than Sunak. Then the left wing will come and get him. And then what will we do?

Note1: I must be in Dave’s bad books. he didnְ’t tip me off about his web page.
Note2: Within an hour or two of publishing this Dave Putson had emailed to say how busy he had been - with examples - and said I am not in his bad books after all.

 

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