Whilst the socialists have had their humour removed, I'm pleased to see that the LibDems have firmly kept hold of their sense of irony. I received a leaflet of theirs through my door at the weekend with a catch-phrase logo "Working All Year Round" and which included the phrase "we need to make sure that you are properly represented". Difficult to argue with, surely? Yet I find both their catch-phrase logo and this particular statement both quite ironic. And why? The leaflet is co-authored by one of their candidates who has attended only 12 out of a possible 35 Full Council Meetings in the last four years. In my maths that's a 34% record. One year it was only 2 out of a possible 10 meetings [20%]. Here is that figure on the MSDC website:-
Its the line second from bottom in the photo. The worst attendance record out of all the councillors.
Perhaps we have different definitions of "working all year round" and "properly represented"? I feel most strongly (even passionately!) that the electors of Claydon & Barham Ward DESERVE BETTER than a councillor who frequently does not even bother to turn up to represent them yet still asks them to give him a second term of office! My second leaflet gives the electorate the opportunity to ponder this important issue whilst putting myself forward to fill this void. Democracy in action!
The only downside is that as of Tuesday evening, with 35 hours until polls open, I still have a phenomenal number of second leaflets still to deliver. Here's a photo of my campaign headquarters with a table still full of leaflets.
Will anyone be coming to my rescue? I'll never get all these out on my own tomorrow! Come back tomorrow evening for an update.
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