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News and Comment April 2022

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22 April (Part 2) - Which side are they on? You need to know

Another Conservative election leaflet has come my way. It introduces the two unknown candidates from St. Mary’s and St James. (Bexley Village area).

Their enthusiasm for putting their credentials before the electorate is understandable. Replacing two familiar old faces presents problems especially with their party in turmoil nationally. Why the trio in Belvedere didn’t bother I have no idea, maybe they never expected to win or maybe they have nothing to crow about.

BypassKurtis Christoforides is a former police officer but saw the light and isn’t any more so you cannot hold that against him.

Both go a little off the rails by claiming that local services are excellent and implying that Council Tax is low but by the standards of such things the leaflet is not unreasonable. Keeping Bexley Village moving may be a pipe dream given the congestion there is more or less constant. Perhaps it would have been better not to cancel the bypass. (See map.)

The promise to keep Bexley safe might have been more believable if the borough’s CCTV system was fully operational. Neither candidate looks to be old enough to remember when Cabinet Member Craske announced that the Village would be the first of the smaller communities to benefit from CCTV.

They are on firmer ground with road maintenance. While driving yesterday I was struck by how nice and smooth Townley Road and much of Long Lane now is. That must have cost a pretty penny. A pity that some of the left overs were not used on Knee Hill and my own road.

They don’t like Khan’s ULEZ which makes sense when the best selling cars in the UK month after month are Teslas. Khan is only interested in fleecing motorists. Correction. Pretty much everyone.

If I knew what they thought about Bexley’s leadership I might be tempted to vote for them. If you are in Bexley Village you can ask them on stmarysandstjames@gmail.com.

Neither Kurtis Christoforides or Cameron Smith have gone down the creepy questions route so the omens are good.

 

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