A press release from the Labour group..still get some in..in connection with my former role..
will add a couple of our own pictures from the archives.
* *
Local Labour celebrates a four fold increase in its County Council seats
Labour's Parliamentary Candidate, Clair Hawkins says that increasing their number of seats in the constituency from one to four shows that local people are rejecting the Tories and returning their support to Labour.
Clair said:
"We still have more progress to make, especially in the villages but Labour now holds all the seats in the towns of Dover and Deal which gives us a positive platform to build on for the General Election, likely to be in 2015.
Bad Boy Charlie !
"Since Mr Elphicke arrived in the constituency we have seen the Tories use some nasty negative campaign tactics but during this election they sunk to a new low. Putting aside their undue claims that they delivered the High Speed Train link and are responsible for Dover's new Community Hospital, their personal attacks on individual Labour Councillors were beyond the pale - even for 'the nasty party'.
"Personal attacks put people off getting involved in politics but I am glad most people saw through the Tory tactics and voted Labour. Politicians need to listen and work with local people to rebuild trust and make positive changes and this is what Labour and I will strive to do."
PS:
Top shot shows Clair with Gordon Cowan..one of the successful candidates..in the background left you can see Conservative Nigel Collor who lost this time around.