1 August (Part 1) - Under attack
I
think I am going to blame David for this, he was
the reader who
said he was expecting election comment here when I wasn’t sure I wanted to
stick my oar in and risk offending old friends. In the event he got more than I had expected to be able to provide.
The Labour Councillor in Crayford was backed as a very
honest man although later on the comment went just a little bit towards the negative.
The Conservative in Old Bexley was backed as my preferred candidate but I
allowed Dimitri to take a very different view.
I took the mickey out of Rishi Sunak and Kier Starmer and said that in my own
constituency a clown with a red rosette could take the seat.
The Reform UK manifesto/contract was welcomed as the most appealing to me and I related
how my friends in Old Bexley were going to vote Reform. I eventually decided I
would do the same in Erith & Thamesmead where my vote counts for nothing anyway.
There was a reference back to a Reform UK candidate’s problems whilst a
Councillor in Bexley but it provided no explanation as to what those problems were
or a link to the Bexley Council website which continues to provide the details. One of the
Conservative Party’s X accounts was just a little more forthcoming.
So no deep political analysis, rather a bit of knockabout fun.
Despite that one of the candidates plans to take legal action against me if I do
not remove all historical blogs. I have counted 61, none of which are critical although perhaps they
should be; and pay the candidate £4,800 for, well I am not quite sure. Damaging electoral chances I suppose.
Quite an achievement for an old fashioned blog which attracts a tiny fraction of the number of readers than once was the case.
This index links to every 2024 General Election blog so you can see what I might
have done wrong. Has anyone any idea?