[Acrylic-bob]

Ken: no you may not suggest a dose of my own medicine. I do not have a grudge against Labour, I disagree with the party, its ethos and it's shabby philosophy, I always have and probably always will. However, as you will see in due course, every politician, of whatever stripe or flavour gets an equal dose of my spleen, I have no favourites (why do you think I describe Britcliffe as the Idiot-in Chief?). The list, I admitted when I posted it, is partial. but contains most of the main complaints against the current Labour administration, so I would have thought that it would only be reasonable that anyone politically aware enough to consider standing for Parliament would have enough nouse to be able to answer them. Seems I was wrong.

It matters not one jot whether Pope stood down of his own accord or not except that it is probably the first thing that he has done of his own accord in the entire time he has represented the borough.