Please End The Petty Smear Campaign Against Mr. Stephenson

Over the past month I have become increasingly dismayed at the tactics being used by leading members of Pendle’s Labour Party to smear and discredit the name of Pendle’s Prospective Conservative MP, Andrew Stephenson.  I believe certain people involved in Pendle politics are attempting to achieve their objectives by whatever means, whether they be fair or otherwise.  Mr Stephenson is a friend and colleague, all he has sought to do since he became Pendle Conservatives’ Parliamentary Spokesman is to present an open and honest record of what both he and the local Conservative Party have been doing to help the people of Pendle.  Our opponents are now attempting to use whatever tactics they are able to muster in order to discredit Andrew’s campaign to build a better Pendle, sadly, this has much to do with the meeting which decided the control of Pendle Borough Council.  The basis of the attacks is founded on the fact that certain councillors were denied access to the levers of power, they can’t handle what happened and are playing the sort of petty politics we have sadly become accustomed to in Pendle over recent years.  Please, ladies and gentlemen, can we go back to acting in the interests of the people who elected us, and not resort to this?  Is it too much to ask?

Nelson Town Council Meeting

On 2nd July, I attended a meeting of Nelson Town Council.  Further discussions took place regarding the work the council will do on behalf of the citizens of Nelson.  We agreed that a further meeting of the working party would take place at the end of July, and that the task of recruiting a temporary Town Clerk is now underway.  During the first year, the Town Council will seek to establish itself and its means of operation, along with its organisational structure and setting a budget.  At the next meeting of the working party, it is hoped that decisions will have been taken on structural issues and the initial agenda for our work to benefit the town will also be fleshed-out.  At present we are very much a “work in progress” as an organisation, but as time goes along, the council will be up and running and working to improve life for the people of Nelson.