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  I don't need to justify what I do but having been out of elections for 8 years I thought long and hard about did I really want to stand for DTC
  On the one hand it's good to so that I can see first hand. What is going on
  My next problem was as I was not in a political party what should I do
  After chatting with one party activist I said he would be great for the area
  He replied can't do it the cllr from tower hamlets wants her friend in river to be the candidate
  I phoned the party explaining they already have an activist working with the assoc
  Reply being this lady is the candidate I explained she's unknown and we are fed up of absent cllrs so I said unless you reconsider I will stand (this was after many in the ward from all the parties and no party urged me to do so)
  They said they would win anyway
  So I stood and won by 180
  And that party came third!!
  
  
  I got help from all 4 major parties
  All secretly lol
  It's a shame the party didn't listen
  As it could have saved me a lot of my free time
  On my Facebook page I do reports each few days I'm now up to 357!
  I intend to reach 500 by time I leave in May
  
  I know i would win if I stood again
  But I have a family life as well
  And having witnessed the party politics played out on DTC. Its not for me I'm afraid
  
  I hoped we could get cllr run councils as well I pushed this but few supported it

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