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Deputy Leader Alan Jarrett: Election elation as Towns decide blue is the colour

Article posted on Friday, 14 May 2010

At Last! We have a new government, after 13 years of seeing our country and its economy being decimated by an inept Labour party.

The list of things to have gone wrong is a long and painful one, but surely now is the time to look to the future and hope that things will improve.

Things will doubtlessly improve, but not before we have a long period of pain as the incoming Conservative administration grapples with a huge financial deficit.

It is a deficit built up by a Labour government intent on spending money it did not have; piling up borrowing, and leaving the rest of us to pay for the mess.

Here in Medway our residents finally signalled they have had their fill of Labour and in the early hours of May 7 we could see that we at last had three Conservative MPs.

Had the people of Medway had enough of Gordon Brown and his incompetent crew? Doubtless yes. But surely they could also see that in Medway we have had 10 years of Conservatives running our council and delivering decent services despite what has been going on nationally.

Not only did we elect three Conservative MPs, they were all returned with big majorities. It was almost the case of ‘get out, and stay out!’

For the first time we have three MPs who will work for the good of Medway; who will be capable of working with those of us who have the duty of running Medway Council, and this must surely lead to a better Medway. This will certainly be our aim here.

Medway was no different to most of England. In England we voted overwhelmingly for a Conservative government, with Labour being pushed back even more to the Celtic fringe and its inner city heartlands.

Nationally no doubt Labour will do much as Labour has done here in Medway. Constantly whinge from the sidelines – denigrating everything and everyone, and generally doing nothing to help those who need it most.

Despite opposition from across the other parties on the council we have continued to spend money on the young and the old, the disabled and the frail.

We shall continue to do so, but now can anticipate greater assistance from our colleagues at Westminster.

The future is bright, but it is going to take time before things improve.