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Support your local Labour Councillor [April 26th 2008]
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We should spend a minute to support our Councillors and candidates for next weeks Local Elections.
Across the country Labour Councillors and candidates are up for election - they may be defending their record in charge, or exposing the inefficiencies of Tory or Lib Dem (or possibly ConDem) councils.
I know that people like to use any election as an attempt to bash the parties on national issues, but up and down the country, Labour councils and Councillors are making a real difference to their communities - no matter what is happing in national politics. Indeed, they are also exposing stunning Tory incompetence, and an attitude in some areas at odds with how Cameron would like his party to be viewed...
I'm not naive - but I would like to see Local Elections fought on Local issues. It's what the people deserve if they are ever to be able to engage fully in Local, day to day politics.
Good luck to all Labour candidates and Councillors across the country this coming Thursday
Sam Russell
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