In Goldsmid the Lib Dems are over 390 votes away from being elected in a seat they definitely cannot win, yet they claim 'The Lib Dems can win here', taking votes off Labour to ensure people unwittingly end up with Tory councillors they never wanted.
If you can't even trust their election leaflets how can we trust these people as councillors? As the previous Lib Dem councillor in Regency proved, Lib Dems soon get bored and become absentee councillors - not surprising for people with no position on anything, no ideas. They cannot make their minds up whether they are left or right so end up propping up right-wing Tories in one area while slagging them off in the next. The Lib Dems are a blank cheque that the electorate should beware signing.
How prophetic. Can't believe how the Tories and Greens have taken the day. And how the lib dems have screwed up Goldsmid too. I am feeling physically sick at the thought of a tory/green council being in charge (sic) until 2011. Hopefully they will have screwed up so right royally by next general election that labour will be back in the race. As i sit here, I make it 13 tories, 10 greens and 2 labour. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteAnd Roy, if you are reading this - we love you :)
ReplyDeleteReally pleased the Lib Dems' lies backfired on them big time. I knew the Greens could do well here. Congratulations to Sven and Hermione - they ran an honest campaign.
ReplyDeleteThe big shock for me is the Tories picking up a seat each in Moulsecomb and in North Portslade. That is a very bad result for Labour and has handed the Tories the council. Nicole not winning in N.Portslade should finish her chances of becoming an MP.
Unfortunately despite the poor performance of the Lib Dems going from 3 seats to 2, because the Tories picked up 26 seats, it could be a Tory/Lib Dem coalition.
The council is
Tories 26
Labour 13
Greens 12
Lib Dm 2
Ind 1
Disappointed for Roy and Dan after all the effort they put in.
The Lib Dems must have delivered more leaflets to my house alone than all the votes they recieved.
Regency result
Sven Rufus (Green) 863
Hermione Roy (Green) 781
Roy Pennington (Lab) 565
Michael McFarlane (Con) 525
Robert Nemeth (Con) 516
Sue Bucknall (Lib) 454
Dan Yates (Lab) 447
Kevin Donnelly (Lib) 425
Corinne Attwood (B+H Ind) 218
Tony Davenport (B+H Ind) 57
The Tory seat in Moulsecoomb is certainly down to the school admissions issue, and possibly the same in Portslade. Locals felt betrayed by one of their representatives, who happened to be standing down. At the end of the day you have to stand up for your constituents. If Kevin and Juliet hadn't done that in Preston Park there would have been two more Green winners.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree - aside from the national trend, the local schools issue was a biggy. How they thought they could get away with it I don't know. News: may 15th schools adjudicator is holding meeting a city college to hear all the objections. Whilst the tories did a flip flop in their support and then (too late) their rejection of plans, they may yet have to sort it all out. Serves them right and hooray for the likes of Kevin and Juliet.
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