Electoral law prevents a council from promoting candidates standing in local elections. Has the spirit of the ‘purdah’ period been broken by Brent Council? The Brent Lib Dems seem to think so. Now, I’ve not yet seen the article in question, my copy of the Brent Magazine has been sitting unread since it arrived and usually only gets a slight glance before being recycled. I’ll get a scan and post it....
The local Greens have been distributing their literature in the wards. They have also made the literature available online so I don’t have to scan it I can link to it from here. here you go. Note that Shahrar Ali, candidate in Queen’s Park, will appear in the the Green Party Election Broadcast on BBC 1 tomorrow (APR24) at 1845.
The proposal for the tower block in Queen’s Park is a lead topic for each of the parties contesting the electoral ward of Queen’s Park. For Labour it is getting like the Monty Python topic not to be mentioned in front of our hosts for the World Cup. The Lib Dems have made great gains from this thread - well, a sitting (yet not restanding) Councillor defected to Team Yellow with the tower plan as a key issue....
I’ve been trying to contact the websites of the Brent East Conservatives and Kwasi Kwarteng. I know they were available during the General Election last year but now they are uncontactable… kwasi kwarteng www com and Brent East Conservatives unavailable dot com
Everyone, meet Shahrar Ali and Rupert Degas. Green Party Candidates, Queen's Park