Thank you to the 630 of you that voted for me in Herontye district election (I have left the count before the Town results have been declared) and congratulations to the two Messrs Belsey and Sweatman for their success. A special thanks to my running mate, Chris Jerrey, who has helped me cope with the occasional rude person who assumed that people wanting to do their best for the town deserve less respect than the stuff one tries to avoid standing in when walking in the country!
Besides this Chris,(who has so superbly served Herontye for 4 years at Mid Sussex District Council and who will be sorely missed), has been a great mentor and despite the very disappointing result, has become a person whose friendship I value tremendously.
As for the result then it is clear to me that I will no longer be able to sustain any support for the coalition agreement. The Lib Dems have been used, at national level, as whipping boys by the tories and I now firmly believe that we should have entered a coalition with the Labour party - who can be trusted - rather than got into bed with a party that has never been known to listen to anyone other than their own grass root support......
Nice to see Mr Soames at today's count; the landed gentry keeping in touch with 'his' public wearing a 1980's double breasted suit.....the retro look is after all back in fashion!
Ginny Heard elected for the Franklands Ward in Burgess Hill. She lives in Buxted, East Sussex. Utter Utter Madness. The voters don't have a clue.
ReplyDeleteBig Nic will be delighted though.