Oh Roger

Roger Gale appears to be trying to rewrite history to turn last weeks local elections into a victory for the Conservative Party in Thanet. Lets look at the raw facts.

1. The Conservatives lost five seats, one in North Thanet and four in South Thanet.
2. They only just held onto two more of their seats as they won by twenty five votes in Garlinge and only two in Beacon Road!
3. There was a 5% swing in the vote from Conservative to Labour.
4. Nearly every other Conservative Council in Kent was able to hold power (except Gravesham) and in many cases actually gained seats.

The result for the Thanet Conservative party when compared to the rest of the South East and Kent is appalling. When you look at Thanet against seats just like it in the South East like Dover and Dartford it really shows how bad the Thanet result was. Roger is right when he says no party won, but after his party has just taken a pasting in the elections perhaps he should think before he writes.