Strange name for a blog I know, but this is a personal one. Last October I took a decision about my future which means that I will need to change the title of this blog. That decision was that I would not put my name forward for selection as a Labour candidate for election this June. This in turn means that I will no longer be the councillor for Avonmouth ward (or any other ward) after the June elections.
I have taken this decision because I do not believe, at the current time, that I can do a good job in providing for my family, (which is always my top priority) do a good job as a ward councillor and play a leading role in the Labour party in Bristol . This does not mean that I will cease to play a role in Labour politics in the city and does not rule out, electorate willing, a return to the council at some time, but that is for the future.
Which you could characterise as ‘retiring to spend more time with my business’.
Don’t worry I will still continue to blog!!
March 4, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Good luck Terry
March 5, 2009 at 11:50 pm
The Bristol Blogger seems to think you have been neglected .One wonders why?
March 6, 2009 at 12:26 am
Lets Party – I see from your comments on the Bristol Blogger that I have clearly upset you with my ‘ramblings’ and ‘attacks on the good tenants of Bristol’. Now I can only suppose that you are referring to the comments I made on TMOs and the reference I made to an unpleasant (and minuted) meeting I had with some representatives of a TMO organisation. Where I was threatened on two separate occasions with the wrecking of the local Neighbourhood partnership and that the group would go to the press about various alleged activities of officers if we did not give them the money they wanted.
You of course have the advantage over me in that I have the courage to blog in my own name rather than make snide comments whilst hiding behind an alias. Why don’t you let the people know who you really are?