22 September - “Send Labour a message”
David McBride is
the Liberal Democrat candidate who chased Daniel Francis in the Bexleyheath
and Crayford General Election campaign and now he is chasing his ‘ghost’ in Belvedere.
His
by-election leaflet is beginning to circulate; though not yet to my door.
‘Send Labour a message’ and ’Labour do not deserve to win’ are his slogans which
pretty much accords with my own views but his claim to be “not just another
vote” will be difficult to fulfill. As a Lib Dem Councillor Bexley Conservatives will
simply ignore him as they have the Labour Councillors Belvedere has had for the past 10 years.
His priorities appear to be pretty standard fare; transport, overflowing bins
and fly tipping, and a rather strange implication that Lesnes Abbey Park
Playground is in danger of being lost and must not be. David McBride was Mayor of Bromley 2011-2012.
Personally I find it strange that David’s General Election webpage shows him
both shaved and scruffy. He chooses the latter look for Belvedere.
Despite having a few feelers out, none of my contacts has yet received a Labour
Party leaflet. Maybe it is because all of them are pensioners who are no longer considered fertile ground for votes.