A correspondent who did not leave any contact details suggested that I look at what was being said by the landlords of the Alma pub in Sidcup
about former Conservative Councillor James Hunt and with the aid of Google, curiosity got the better of me.
They are for some reason loudly supporting the position of the Rose Bruford College
which recently acquired a Youth Centre on lease from Bexley Council. It
immediately raised suspicions. Why would one business be supporting another with
which there is no obvious connection? I smelled a political or business
connection and there may be. Links led me from the criticism of James to the
Sidcup Business Improvement
District Chairman who would have very close connections to Bexley Council the Leader of
which obviously hates James with a vengeance. So that would be a very good reason to be supporting Bexley Council’s line; but why is the College
itself silent on the matter while the pub is so keen to associate itself with the name calling?
There must be more to this than meets the eye.
I messaged James Hunt about the personal attack and all I got out of him is that he is
trying to address concerns expressed to him by residents. It is probably best if I keep out of this
one; Bexley Council is not known for its honesty and I think the pub’s response
should be treated with caution. Google Alma Sidcup etc. and decide for yourself.
There
is however a political connection which may or may not be significant. Googling around a little more, I
discovered that the Alma pub is the headquarters of Reform Old Bexley and Sidcup branch.
I have very mixed views about Reform UK. Farage is, or pretending to be, some way
to the left of me politically and much too pro-immigration but on the other hand no one can be as utterly
useless as the traitorous Kier Starmer.
Click image for more of Old Bexley Reform’s Facebook page.
What I don’t understand about Bexley’s OB&S Reform members is why so few of them
have thought to ask why their Chairman has four times in the past twelve months
demanded that I sign a gagging order that would prevent me from ever mentioning her name again.
Why would anyone want to be doing that? Not someone whose life has been an open book of honesty and saintliness, that is for sure.
I have a meeting with Reform coming up soon. They are not all stupid, neither are they OB&S members.