tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post6911070182786367327..comments2024-03-13T10:32:22.656+00:00Comments on thanetonline: New Council AppointmentsMichael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-52933009458405247112015-05-22T20:48:25.585+01:002015-05-22T20:48:25.585+01:00I guess the real issue now will not so much be peo...I guess the real issue now will not so much be people’s reasons for voting but the new councillor’s reasons for standing. Apart from Chris Wells, who was a member of the previous Conservative cabinets led by Sandy Ezekiel and Bob Bayford we do have a break from the past. We also seem to have better representation in terms of the geographical spread across Thanet of where councillors live.<br /><br />Two issues with the councillors have been the animosity that has developed between different councillors over the years and a sense that cabinet and committee posts being handed out as though the allowances were prizes<br />Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-42240854769179012992015-05-22T19:35:47.387+01:002015-05-22T19:35:47.387+01:00openness and honesty will be the way to go,openness and honesty will be the way to go,God help ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12726756701964575422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3575321478441277410.post-15030455653176724492015-05-22T18:06:55.898+01:002015-05-22T18:06:55.898+01:00Regardless what one thinks about UKIP as a party, ...Regardless what one thinks about UKIP as a party, it will be interesting to see whether anything is going to change to the better, meaning less technical incompetence and more proper public engagement work, or whether things are getting even worse as they were before - the latter would be difficult to achieve. I am almost certain that the people have not voted UKIP in because they like their anti-European and anti-immigration policy but because they had been fed up with the incompetent backroom deal mentality of the local labour party and also still remembered the same bad times when the conservatives were in power... I assume they simply had enough and wanted something new. One can only hope Chris Wells and his friends are not going to disappoint that hope for the better for Thanet. I am saying this as someone who is certainly not a UKIP fan.gmandarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06191123203680681147noreply@blogger.com