The unusual site banners are to bring attention to the fact that Labour activists in Bexley are manipulating Facebook Groups with fictional posters. They deny it, threaten police action for ‘harassing’ a fictitious character and then demonstrate their willingness to impersonate by creating a false Administrator account in my name. The banner on display is chosen randomly from a selection of three, with a fourth bearing the familiar Bexley Council is Bonkers logo.
23 May (Part 1) - Home from the count
The election declarations at Bexley’s Crook Log Sports Centre were not complete until just after eight thirty, some three
and a half hours later than anticipated and you will all know
the results by now.
It took 25 minutes to get out of the car park.
There was a nice bonus at the end of an otherwise fairly dull and predictable night when cabinet member Chris Taylor was kicked
out of office in Blackfen and Lamorbey thanks to the Independents who took
2,104 votes from the Conservatives; I bet he wishes he hadn’t done the
Chicken Run now.
Those 2,100 votes allowed UKIP to slip into third
place. Ironic when you consider that the Independents were at work for 34 days and the
UKIP candidate didn’t knock on a single door and, according to one of her
colleagues, found time to leaflet only eight roads.
There will be a blog later describing the eleven hour experience and eventually an analysis
- if that is the right word - of the voting numbers plus some of the more
gossip-worthy incidents. Meanwhile there is nothing to stop you doing the arithmetic
yourself, just follow the link at the end of the first sentence.