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News and Comment August 2024

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1 August (Part 1) - Under attack

Election resultsI 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?

 

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