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Hull flood of support for LibDems

By John Hirst

Hull flood of support for LibDems

I woke up late this morning undecided if I was going to bother to vote. Nevertherless, I dug out my polling card and put it in my jacket breast pocket before I went out with the dog for a walk. I intended to pass by the street where the polling station is situated. I did but I forgot about it as I went about my shopping.

In the afternoon I took the dog for another walk and went to the polling station. I was minded to vote for Labour. However, I didn't recognise the name of the Labour candidate and his address was down past the city centre miles away, I did recognise the name of the LibDem candidate and his address is just a few streets away.

Admittedly, Carl Minns the LibDem leader of the council had lied about the amount of houses damaged by the flood from 16,000 to 10,000 to 6,000. Still, I don't have much to gripe about with the council. This is a local and not a national issue. I voted for the LibDems.

It was my vote that won it - as the Sun would say. The LibDems gained +5 seats and they only needed to win 1 to gain control of the council again after they lost it on account of a couple of defections.

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on May 01, 2008 (boomark / email).