Libel Committed In The Run Up To The Elections

Well I knew they were a crazy crew but I didn't realise how much and with a distinct lack of oil in the  can our Keep Misterton a Village participants have committed the cardinal sin of not having their missive checked for inaccuracies.  Now I know I wouldn't exactly make Journalist of the Year, or even manage to get a job as one, but I do know that putting stuff in print that isn't true and about somebody, is the stuff that leads you into serious trouble.

I was under the impression that our bunch of chumps had a solicitor in residence, what happened?  Were they so eager to blacken somebody's name and for that matter a previous administration that they didn't care.  As well as libel, election rules were breached.  What about David Pearce, nothing on his application about Keep Misterton a Village, then suddenly his name appears on the list in the missive of incompetence.  Did he know?  That in itself could land him in trouble if somebody made a complaint.  Can we trust these people to run our parish council and spend our money wisely when they make false statements.  For that matter do we really know who they are, because nothing is given about who they are and based on their present presentation they demonstrate a distinct inability to confirm the usual norms of civilised political behaviour.

Why bring up the anon letters when in the past they have denied any discussion to those who received them.  Let's face it when this kind of thing is mentioned, most people are nosy and want to know the lurid details so what do they have to hide?

Well at least now I have the literature for the rest of the candidates, and, exactly like it should be.  A brief resume of who they are, what they do etc.  Certainly with no bile or deception included.  We even have a photograph for all of them except Sandra Farmer and anybody who does not know Sandra has probably only recently moved into the village.  I might add that Sandra tells it like it is, regardless of who she is talking to, so our chumps look like they could be in  for a rocky ride.

To be perfectly truthful I have never known such reckless behaviour from some candidates for the parish council elections.  They ought to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.  I'm not saying what they should do, but they had better do it quick before they compound their lies.  It don't look good at all for them.

Well since it is only the European and District elections I can't really see a big turnout, although I always say if you don't vote you can't really complain when it goes tits up.   However, I think we all have a vested interest in parish council elections and it is not often, in fact I would say unknown in the past, for 18 people to throw their hat into the ring at once.  So we have a chance to have our say for the first time in many years and decide who is capable, honest and has a moral compass to run our village fairly for all.

Let's face it, we have more chance of getting that by-pass built that's been on the books for 60 odd years than becoming a town, a town that currently has a worst bus service than it had 50 years ago.  Get real folks and don't be deceived.