Apologies for not posting yesterday, I was just so knackered from the election shenanigans on Thursday, and didn't get home until 03:00am on Friday morning after a long day's campaigning!
It was a good result for the Conservatives across the country, and especially in Harlow Constituency. We won four seats, taking three from Labour and increasing our majority substantially in the Harlow South East Division, which has been held by Cllr. Eddie Johnson since 2005. In Nazeing & North Weald Division, Cllr Anthony Jackson, got 60% of the vote, with Labour coming fourth. My congratulations go out to Eddie and Anthony, and also Cllr. Guy Mitchinson, Cllr Lee Dangerfield (Harlow West), and Cllr. Mike Garnet (Harlow North).
Despite the excellent result, It was grim to see the BNP poll so many votes. Behind their sharp suits (which were on display at the Count), they exude an air of menace, and I felt a distinct chill, when a BNP activist walked past me in the Latton Bush Centre (where the election count took place). The BNP remind me a little bit of the dementors in Harry Potter. I know that we can no longer treat that party with kid gloves. They have to be confronted head on. We cannot allow the Labour Government's mishandling of the immigration system in this country, to be exploited by the BNP, for their own - (and, what I believe to be) evil - ends. The Conservative policy on immigration is for a proper border police and a quota system, which if explained rationally and sensibly, will be supported by the vast majority of the electorate.
As for the Labour Party, not only were they wiped out politically in Harlow - where only a few years ago, they held every County Seat - and controlled Harlow Council for over fifty years -they now just have one Councillor in Essex. Around Britain, they were similarly rejected by the voters, and now control no County Council. For Labour this was an epic defeat, and could signal their decline into the third party of British politics (being overtaken by the Liberal Democrats). We will find out more when the results for the European Parliament Elections are unveiled on Sunday evening.
Although voters were rightly angered about the expenses scandal, as I have argued before, they are more outraged by Gordon Brown's wrecking of the economy. High debt, high taxes and high unemployment now stalk us like the plague, and every individual and family fears for their economic well-being. Instead of getting to grips with the problem, Government Ministers are squabbling, resigning in hissy fits and refusing to put the country's interests over their own naked self interest. For Caroline Flint, the now ex-Minister of Europe to resign - complaining about Gordon Brown's attitude to women (because she wasn't given a Cabinet post), when twenty four hours earlier, she was on Television, lauding the Prime Minister as the best thingsince sliced bread, gives a perfect illustration as to how morally bankrupt, Labour have become. The fact that the Government won't hold an election, despite overwhelming public clamour is another example. I have no doubt that when an election eventually does come, the public will show their disapproval.
It was a good result for the Conservatives across the country, and especially in Harlow Constituency. We won four seats, taking three from Labour and increasing our majority substantially in the Harlow South East Division, which has been held by Cllr. Eddie Johnson since 2005. In Nazeing & North Weald Division, Cllr Anthony Jackson, got 60% of the vote, with Labour coming fourth. My congratulations go out to Eddie and Anthony, and also Cllr. Guy Mitchinson, Cllr Lee Dangerfield (Harlow West), and Cllr. Mike Garnet (Harlow North).
Despite the excellent result, It was grim to see the BNP poll so many votes. Behind their sharp suits (which were on display at the Count), they exude an air of menace, and I felt a distinct chill, when a BNP activist walked past me in the Latton Bush Centre (where the election count took place). The BNP remind me a little bit of the dementors in Harry Potter. I know that we can no longer treat that party with kid gloves. They have to be confronted head on. We cannot allow the Labour Government's mishandling of the immigration system in this country, to be exploited by the BNP, for their own - (and, what I believe to be) evil - ends. The Conservative policy on immigration is for a proper border police and a quota system, which if explained rationally and sensibly, will be supported by the vast majority of the electorate.
As for the Labour Party, not only were they wiped out politically in Harlow - where only a few years ago, they held every County Seat - and controlled Harlow Council for over fifty years -they now just have one Councillor in Essex. Around Britain, they were similarly rejected by the voters, and now control no County Council. For Labour this was an epic defeat, and could signal their decline into the third party of British politics (being overtaken by the Liberal Democrats). We will find out more when the results for the European Parliament Elections are unveiled on Sunday evening.
Although voters were rightly angered about the expenses scandal, as I have argued before, they are more outraged by Gordon Brown's wrecking of the economy. High debt, high taxes and high unemployment now stalk us like the plague, and every individual and family fears for their economic well-being. Instead of getting to grips with the problem, Government Ministers are squabbling, resigning in hissy fits and refusing to put the country's interests over their own naked self interest. For Caroline Flint, the now ex-Minister of Europe to resign - complaining about Gordon Brown's attitude to women (because she wasn't given a Cabinet post), when twenty four hours earlier, she was on Television, lauding the Prime Minister as the best thingsince sliced bread, gives a perfect illustration as to how morally bankrupt, Labour have become. The fact that the Government won't hold an election, despite overwhelming public clamour is another example. I have no doubt that when an election eventually does come, the public will show their disapproval.
