| Topic: | :Re:May 2010 - a great month for BC&I | |
| Posted by: | Steve Taylor | |
| Date/Time: | 29/05/10 09:00:00 |
| "I am of no doubt that Ann was selected because she was the best." Of course Patricia is quite entitled to opine but I would have thought Ann was selected because the Group 'thought' she was the best, or thought she may not be the best but had the 'best chance of winning', i.e. were convinced that that others had no chance at all of winning the seat for Labour. Whatever the reason, if Labour accept her defeat graciously it is an admission that the selectors were wrong. There is nothing wrong with such an admission because it will show the electorate that they understand the issues which concern the electorate and they can move forward. If they continue to defend the selection it only goes to show that they have learnt nothing and are out of touch with reality. So far I am greatly encouraged by the attitude of the new Leader of the Borough Council where he seems to be genuinely reflecting upon Labour's four years on the opposition benches and seems determined not to undo the good things the Conservative/ICG implemented and not to go back to the mind set of Labours' previous 30 years of control. Likewise if the Tories cannot accept and try to understand the electorates decision to oust them, they will sit in opposition for a long, long time. They had an excellent chance of maintaining a coalition but they blew it big time. Their biggest problem was the smugness of Cllrs in the safe seats in the east and their lack of understanding, if not ignorance of issues in the west of the Borough. Mogden expansion is a good example of this. |