The unusual site banners are to bring attention to the fact that Labour activists in Bexley are manipulating Facebook Groups with fictional posters. They deny it, threaten police action for ‘harassing’ a fictitious character and then demonstrate their willingness to impersonate by creating a false Administrator account in my name. The banner on display is chosen randomly from a selection of three, with a fourth bearing the familiar Bexley Council is Bonkers logo.
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?