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Phil Bond
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Election Postscript
« Thread Started on May 8, 2005, 12:05pm »
Thanks to the 13,642 people who vored Labour in Canterbury, to Alex for his enthusiasm and hard work, to all who helped in the campaign. We didn't make it this time but we held our ground in the face of the national trends and can be proud of our efforts.

In her speech after the declaration, the Lib Dem candidate commented on the friendly spirit between the candidates and I applauded her observation that it was not necessary for the campaign to degenerate into dishonest and unpleasant squabbling.

It is sad that her local party seems not to share her view. This is a direct quote from their post-election web site:

BATTERED LABOUR REEL FROM BALLOT BOX SHOCK
  • Labour vote down in all elections
  • Labour's "local candidate" Alex Hilton returns home to Ilford on the first train - he doesn't even stay for the County Council results. We say good riddance.
  • Labour's third place in Westbay means no Labour Lord Mayor
[One wonders, who is their enemy? Have they given up all hope of defeating the Tories in Canterbury?
Where did their "local candidate" come from?
They could equally well have said: "Tory win in West Bay means the end of the Labour/Lib Dem partnership's control of the City Council" or even: "Defection of Lib Dem Councillor costs them Council Leadership."]

LibDems Celebrating
  • Jenny Barnard-Langston increases LibDem vote
    (of couse, we wouln't expect them to comment that she still came third)
  • Martin Vye storms to County Council victory
    (Fair enough, one is pleased for him but "storms"? His majority was nothing exceptional)
  • LibDems increase share in County votes across district
    (Moe or less inline with national trend - they don't say they still have only one seat of eight in Canterbury and only 6 of 84 county-wide)

Thank you to everyone who voted for us!

We all try to present the best case for our party (when othrs do it, we call it "spin") but I hope our web site tries to present all the relevant information in a reasonablt balanced way. (I did add a bit after reading the Lib Dem comments!)

Phil


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Re: Election Postscript
« Reply #1 on Jul 11, 2005, 3:16pm »
That sums up the lib dems in Cant and Whit. Well I doubt that they were going to mention that Barnard-Langston has run as a tory before!!!
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