The antics of the parties over the next few days will be interesting if only to show starkly the problems that will arise after every election using a PR system of voting.
In Kent the Labour Party has been wiped out at parliamentary level and has very few councillors at county and district levels.
Greg Clark, the Tory candidate in Tunbridge Wells received over 56% of the vote, whilst the Liberal Dozycrat stood still on 25%.. The Dozycrat candidate said: only a vote for David Hallas will bring real change for our area. Recent election results show that it is a close fight between the Lib Dems and the Conservatives.
What eyewash, as I said at the time the election leaflet was delivered. The Lib Dozys won two seats from the Tories on the Borough Council. One was in Cranbrook: pay back time for the council offices issue?
Nationally the Conservatives and Liberal Dozycrats lost seats at local elections. In Lincoln the Tories won the parliamentary seat from Labour, but lost control of Lincoln council. The Lib Dozys lost control of Sheffield. It may be the case that when local elections are held on the same day as the general election the bigger turnout can change settled voting patterns in local elections.
KENT COMMUNITY ACTIVIST: acerbic, carping, caustic, curmudgeonly,critical, cynical, grumpy, moaning, sardonic and plain speaking.
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