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Originally Posted by Neil
So you think Graham Jones is the best person to be our MP.
Would you still vote for him if he switched to the BNP?
So now tell me if it is the person, the party or both that are important?
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It's an interesting hypothetical scenario but I doubt that his policies would remain EXACTLY the same if he switched to BNP. I understand that the party is putting up a candidate somewhere in the borough for local elections and he or she may well end up being voted in. If the majority decide that they are the right person for the job yet that decision is derided then what is the point of democratic elections?
I stress my original point, voters should choose to elect the person they feel will do the best job. If someone unswerving believes that a BNP candidate has their best interests at heart then why should they feel bad about voting that way?
It is inevitable that there will be people who can be persuaded to vote for the best person and those who will simply vote the way they always have done regardless of the candidate. I am about to find this out first-hand.
Ruling someone out because they happen to be either Tory or Labour is definitely not the best way to vote and a misguidedly-loyal way of giving bad councillors a fighting chance to spend our taxes.
When the time comes, take a good look at the people on that voting list. Do you even know who they are? Have they ever really got involved with the local community? What has the party they represent done or at least tried to do for the town?
Coming out of the woodwork at election time to proudly display the badge and then disappearing for three years is not my idea of a good councillor.