9 October - Selective leafleting
I
was sitting in my neighbour’s house when his letter box rattled and the
long
awaited Labour by-election leaflet arrived. I asked if I could borrow it in case
the Labour lot had been too lazy or too stupid to deliver one to me and he said I could have it anyway.
Like many people he is not an enthusiast for our new Government and he read not one word of the leaflet.
My own quick verdict was that It seemed to be a reasonable effort in need of a better proof reader and my
mind drifted towards putting a positive spin on it. Am I much bothered by who is elected in Belvedere? Not really but to see
Keir Starmer humiliated again is never unwelcome.
As expected no leaflet had dropped on to my own doormat which caused the idea of a
positive spin to take something of a back seat.
A Labour Councillor having the support of the local Labour MP is not really much
of an “honour”; it is to be expected. Belvedere still needing a “strong [Labour[ voice” could be
construed as a criticism of the 30 man years of Labour support that has brought
Belvedere to its present position. Did the Labour candidate really mean to say
that the Thameslink trains are polluting Belvedere? Despite living only 50 feet
or so from the railway line I was unaware that the trains are noisy although triple glazing may help.
He rightly says that there is a local housing problem but where isn’t there? An
ordinary house like my own rents for £2,300 a month or more. That is plain silly but I
was unaware that Belvedere was blighted by fly tipping. To be fair it must be a
year or more since I last walked around the Nuxley Road area.
It is not a big problem in the vicinity of Lesnes Abbey. Maybe that is a credit to its Labour Councillors.