Today a flyer from our local Labour Party was pushed through our door in regards to the forth coming local elections.
I’ve traditionally been a Labour supporter but I was very disappointed in the quality of the flyer. For any political party to get my vote they need to explain what they stand for & what they are going to do in the local area. Unfortunately the flyer didn’t really do either.
Instead rather then concentrating on local labour policies it concentrates on what the Conservatives have done wrong during their time in local office, leaving me none the wiser on what their own policies are – other that under 16s will be able to swim for free!!!
Just to add salt onto the wound the flyer ended with the following statement:
This is a personal attack on 2 politicians not involved in the the local elections, space which of should have been used to tell me why I should vote for labour was wasted with child like banter.Politics is a very serious issue and the only way to gain serious votes is by presenting your policies and backing them up with hard facts.
Flyers like these do nothing to restore the reputation of all politicians and political parties, and in a world where our confidence is already low in the political process, they have no place in modern politics.