21 December (Part 2) - Doubting Thomas
You need to be a glass half full sort of person to see this as an unmitigated good news
story but someone far more sceptical than me submitted an FOI on
Councillor French’s claim to have given up his Councillor’s allowance now that
he is MP for Old Bexley & Sidcup.
The only thing I had against Louie French is that I knew nothing about him and
he was prepared to support Boris Johnson’s incompetent unConservative government -
and then he didn’t -
but no way was he a liar who followed the great tradition of Bexley’s Cabinet.
Of course he has given up his ten grand a year.
In May Bexley is going to lose a Councillor with principles who fell out with
the Council Leader. That is most definitely not good news. All the best Councillors have
fallen out with the Leader and the likely newcomers in May 2022 will take time to
establish themselves. One has proved himself in Council on a previous occasion
so the omens are far from good.
Bexley’s future will be in the hands of Felix, Frazer and Patrick and presumably
others yet to be revealed. Assuming of course that an anti-Boris
tidal wave doesn’t sweep them all away.