SomersetClive continues to review the accuracy of claims made by political parties in the running for the forthcoming Smalltown & Dullbridge (SaD) Town Council election.
Next up, the main challengers to Squire Teflon and his flock, the Befuddleds. Fighting an election without a Fencesitter on the ballot is no problem for this new era. Since the leaflets say not very much about even less!
Claim: Take back services where it makes sense.
Likely outcome: Lumber the local tax payer with the cost of delivering pet projects.
Claim: Push for Dullbridge regeneration with money from Horace Monsoon’s Government.
Likely outcome: The national debt won’t stand it.
Claim: Make White Elephant Street a lively public space.
Likely outcome: Cllr Fencesitter’s legacy of unstinting support for the White Elephant Enclosure now spills out into the open air. Another trunk sucking up ginormous sums of public money.
Claim: More safe walking and cycling.
Likely outcome: More coloured road surfaces!
Claim: Better buses.
Likely outcome: Probably written before the Illiberal-soon-to-be-abolished-Somerset-Cuonty-Council did not get its desired grant from the Illiberal national government so no copying of homework possible.
Claim: Draw up a climate action plan.
Likely outcome: Good luck cutting the hot air and noxious smells coming out of the Hayloft Road Palace.
At least the Befuddleds for SaD Town Council have not fallen into the trap of the Befuddled manifesto for the All-New-Yet-Unimproved Somerset Cuonty Council. Oppositions rarely win elections. Ruling parties lose them. So why the Befuddleds have seen fit to publish a document likely to frighten the voters, is a mystery.
The leaflet’s strap-line: Two towns. Losing their minds. Broken hearts.