6 May (Part 2) - Desperate Dan
The
big two political parties are getting very twitchy before tomorrow’s vote. The
Conservatives are promising not to build on Bexley’s parks and open spaces
while planning to build on Bexley’s parks and open spaces.
Labour has in the Facebook Group they control brought out the ‘big guns’, their MP who voted to kill viable foetuses at
full term and kill, on Labour’s own estimate, 3,000 elderly people by withdrawing
the heating allowance; not to mention maliciously asking the government not to grant
Bexley any money for road repairs.
Hypocrisy and politicians go hand in hand.
The lizard incident Daniel Francis references is six years old and was totally
unacceptable. The alleged ReTweeter is Nicola Jones who is a candidate in
Falconwood. I might think twice if she was standing in Belvedere.
Another candidate, Pamela Andrews (also Falconwood) is separately criticised in
the linked video for referencing Nick Griffin’s criticism of “the EU’s global warming fixation” twenty years ago. Lots of people will agree with Pamela. Not
obsessive Lefties obviously but they were never going to vote Reform anyway.
A former Reform candidate, Caroline Panetta (Erith - nomination withdrawn) said
that “Islam is the religion of rape, incest, and pedophilia [sic], where they bow down
to a stupid rock and a false prophet”. It is a comment tailor made to upset the
Left but it is not entirely untruthful where the more extreme Islamists are
concerned. She also expressed scepticism for US policeman
Derek Chauvin’s conviction over the killing of a drug addict (who had just shot a pregnant
woman) during his arrest. There are loads of
US websites that express a similar view.
Colin Grostate (Bexleyheath) is criticised for considering standing as an
Independent before deciding to join Reform UK. This is desperate stuff by Daniel
Francis who says that is a totally different position. Not if Colin’s views are unchanged.
The anti-semitic references may be nothing but an invention. No evidence is provided. I can only say
that I have been with Reform candidates while they argue vociferously for
Israel and Jewish people against the Palestine supporters. One of their candidates (Lynn Smith, Blackfen and
Lamorbey) said back in 2020, that as a woman she was in fear of the growth of
Islam. Many will share her concerns.
Covid vaccines are widely blamed for what has been called turbo-cancers in
young people. Covid scepticism is probably a good thing. Would anyone want
to repeat the mistakes of 2020 and 2021?
It is probable that some of the Reform UK candidates, if elected, will
prove to be inadequate as Councillors; it is a difficult job; and just
possibly some will prove to be naive or dishonourable, but it was always thus.
The Conservatives are standing a candidate who I saw and heard committing
perjury in Court more than once and another who the Crown Prosecution
Service recommended be charged with Malfeasance in a Public Office. I have
the email they sent to Bexleyheath police. He was let off only because of political
string pulling at the highest level.
A former Conservative Leader was given a jail sentence for fraud but the recently departed Leader refused to report him to the police.
Bexley’s current crop of Labour Councillors have not seriously shown
themselves up beyond encouraging bin strikes but it wasn’t always so. In
2014 one of their Councillors was found out falsifying qualifications. He was
thrown
out of the Co-operative Society and the Labour group for bringing it into disrepute.
That is how it should be and if Kent County Council is any guide, any bad apples
will be thrown out of the Bexley Reform barrel too, although one must hope that
none are so dishonest as the notorious unmentionable lady now seeking refuge in Restore Britain.
The problem is, if Reform UK are forced down a similar route in Bexley, the electorate will not be in a forgiving mood.
But is seems to me that all parties tend to attract the occasional idiot or
crook and it is a risk one has to take when placing your X on a voting paper. Otherwise we shall be stuck in the same rut for ever.