| Topic: | Re:Re:Time to Break Labour Stanglehold of Ealing | |
| Posted by: | Mark Evans | |
| Date/Time: | 23/03/26 09:12:00 |
| Rosco, you may consider your neighbours idiots but, on the evidence of your posts here, ending your MENSA subscription isn't going to a cost cutting measure you would ever have the option of taking. Your contributions amount to 'Labour bad' but I have never actually read anything from you that reaches the level of cogent criticism. As a lifelong Labour voter, I can recognise that this administration has its flaws principle of which is an overreliance of fine and charge revenue (which is essentially regressive taxation) to balance its books. However, they are in power in what is an extremely difficult time for local authorities due to cost pressures from things like SEND and they have had some successes e.g. Warren Farm. I am not so partisan that I would never consider voting for another party and I know that the most important thing about a councillor is not their political beliefs but their work ethic. When I lived in different ward I gave one of my votes to a Lib Dem councillor because I was aware of the time and effort he put into the role. You may consider me 'the idiot vote' but nevertheless you need to articulate why I should consider alternatives. The Lib Dems ultimately don't seem to have much to distinguish themselves policy wise from Labour and while they have a small number of excellent councillors, it is debatable that they would be able to form an administration with sufficient breadth of talent. The Greens seem to have made precious little impact in the borough. The Conservatives seem to be riven by internal division. A friend of mine who is a party member says that good councillors were sidelined by a faction who just saw being on the council as a stepping stone to being an MP. The party didn't pull up any trees when it did get control of the borough and look at the mess that it has made of Hillingdon. As for Reform, they also don't seem to have much a presence in the borough yet and seem everywhere to struggle to find candidates who aren't swivel-eyed loons with a social media history that would make Lucy Connolly blush. Even if we did, their disasterous record at all the councils they have won control of serves as a warning. You may therefore consider that it is not a matter of your neighbours being idiots but that they rationally choose an option that is the least worse of those available. |