What Comes To Pass

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A round of applause if you will, for Mr Andy Raisin who retained his seat as councilor in my ward, despite the fact that East Donyland is traditionally a conservative stronghold. In addition, similar congratulations must be extended to the other new Labour councilor, bringing our number up to 6. Colchester Borough Council has never been Labour held, however it is now at least contested, with neither Tory nor Lib Dem candidates able to form a majority.

Following the national trend for Lib Dem councils that were fighting to retain their seats, Kennedy’s Boys in Colchester took a drubbing. Is it just me or is there something to the fact that once a borough goes Lib Dem it more often than not votes the buggers out in the next term? They lost 5 seats to the Tories in Colchester making our council a hung council.

It all seems rather ironic given Conrad’s suggestion that I vote Lib Dem as a tactical measure :) Labour retained their seats, won a new one and successfully prevented both opposition parties from controlling the borough, that’s more than I could have hoped for! From here we can lever a veto on the closure of daycare and elderly care centres and perhaps we can get the frikkin’ garbage collected!

(Update: Another Labour Blogger weighs in with an interpretation of what the hell went on last night).

Later

John

Posted by John Swaine at June 12, 2004 01:54 AM | TrackBack