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Carnage in Heston

A week ago there were 9 Labour councillors in Heston.Now there are 4 Labour, 4 Conservatives and 1 GreenFrom the first time I got to know Heston a few years ago I would ask residents why they were raising issues with me, rather than their ward councillors.They all said there was no point raising anything with ward councillors because they never did anything, usually not even bothering to respond.You expect the council leader to get a special boost because of his prominence: Steve Curran always topped the poll despite having the also popular and prominent Katherine Dunne in his ward, with Theo Dennison trailing in third, but still winning his seat comfortably.This time Shantanu Rajawat was more than 200 votes behind his Cabinet colleague, the less prominent Lily Bath and also well behind the Conservative Satwant Kaur. Shantanu scraped in in third place in the ward with his colleague and close cooperator Ted Wall eliminated.In 2022 he was more than 1200 votes ahead of the nearest Conservative challenger, in 2018 he was 1600 ahead of the Tories and more or less the same in 2014.There seems to be a Shantanu effect here! I wonder whether the Labour members have noticed.Glad I escaped

Guy Lambert ● 5h1 Comments

Good to see you so magnanimous Cllr Lambert. Shame you are continuing to rewrite history. You didn’t escape Labour, you were suspended and kicked out. There’s a big difference.You are clearly oblivious to the wider picture in the country, which is the Starmer effect. That’s why Labour has been wiped out in many places. Most of the analysis indicates that Green votes were boosted by those who wanted to show a protest against the Government. However the biggest winners were Reform, which must have you worried.The reality for those now about to ‘enjoy’ the benefits of Green administrations will soon live to regret it. Anti semites, banning meat and dairy advertising, and all the other weirdo policies that normal people really don’t believe in.As for your own Green credentials? A sham. Which leafy part of the capital will you be motoring to this week?

Simon Hayes ● 4h