Common sense not politics!

THE elections have been and gone and we have a new coalition Government nationally with the Tories and Lib Dems in power, while locally Labour made some surprise gains, making them the largest political party at the town hall.
These are certainly interesting times, especially at the town hall, where I expect some ongoing power struggles over the coming months and years, with the electorate keen to keep all political parties on their toes.
While the existing Lib dem Conservative alliance has held on to power, their majority is vastly reduced and they will find it harder to make unpopular decisions.
Unfortunately I witnessed some ugly scenes at the electoral count with rival politicians almost coming to blows while arguing over their respective electoral campaigns.
I think it is time for all our local political parties to take a long hard look at themselves.
We don’t want politics running our local town hall – we want committed individuals to serve the local community and their electorate.
Misleading election campaigns and name calling do no one any favours as the truth will always come out in the end.
I urge all politicians from all parties at the town hall to put their political differences to one side and work together as one team for the good of our town.
We are going through unprecedented times and it needs everyone pulling in the same direction to ensure our town prospers.
So now the election campaigns are over for another year put away your rosettes and sit down together and make decisions based on common sense – not political beliefs.