tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529349499596078256.post4234476587138689452..comments2020-09-25T03:19:54.549+01:00Comments on Thanet Lab: Oh RogerThanet Labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01242465084251281120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529349499596078256.post-90406308196375630892011-05-14T13:18:15.685+01:002011-05-14T13:18:15.685+01:00Laura Sandys has got it right, at least in her art...Laura Sandys has got it right, at least in her article for the local papers she admits that it was a bad election for the Conservatives as well.<br /><br />Mr Gale has simply been in power too long and is out of touch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529349499596078256.post-29673486774216120612011-05-12T08:16:53.891+01:002011-05-12T08:16:53.891+01:00As a member of the public who has attended a few f...As a member of the public who has attended a few full council meetings out of interest somehow I can't see a cosying up between the two main parties.<br /><br />Vitriolic comments flung across the chamber usually in the direction of the Labour front bench made me shudder and wonder if I was back in some dreadful school playground.<br /><br />A Leader calling the Shadow Deputy 'an idiot' or an Independent called 'a creep' and 'talentless'. Hardly bodes well for co-operation for the benefit of Thanet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529349499596078256.post-7150974793708447842011-05-11T20:37:09.361+01:002011-05-11T20:37:09.361+01:00Oh dear, so much for the co-operation it would see...Oh dear, so much for the co-operation it would seem. Yes, the Conservatives did not do well in Thanet, though as I understand it they still took some 47% of the votes cast. That does make them both the party with the most seats and the greatest support.<br /><br />Having said that, I am not comfortable with the idea that a group, the independents, with the least seats and votes should decide who governs. That is hardly democracy although I accept there needs to be a leader and cabinet.<br /><br />Whatever is resolved it will take a great deal of goodwill and co-operation to conduct the business of the council for, with such slender margins, whoever the independents vote with, a few absentees could upset the balance. Hate to think of councillors wheeled in on hospital trolleys for votes.<br /><br />How about trying for a while at least to stop the anti-Tory rhetoric here and the anti-Labour rhetoric elsewhere. I understand people work fine together in committees so why not in the full council.Robert Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529349499596078256.post-62008983924116150002011-05-11T20:16:29.725+01:002011-05-11T20:16:29.725+01:00Not to mention being left with only one Tory on Ra...Not to mention being left with only one Tory on Ramsgate Town Council and losing a seat on Broadstairs Town Council to Labour who did, in fact,double their representation to two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com