In today’s Ipswich Morning Star, Captain Mainwaring is stealing the Whigs clothes.
Labour’s PPC for Ipswich is cynically using his position of Ipswich Politburo General Secretary for his parliamentary election campaign. He is taking credit for good things the Conservatives have done.
He starts by claiming that labour saved Kiln Meadow. But I find it hard to believe that Labour wrecked the nations economy just to save Kiln Meadow.
Ellesmere claims that Labour have brought Waitrose and John Lewis to Ipswich when in fact it was the last administration that brought Waitrose and John Lewis to Ipswich and labour opposed the plans for the Corn Exchange.
Captain Mainwaring also claims that Ipswich Labour have given the borough’s millstone of Broomhill a good chance of reopening when it was in fact a labour administration that he led who closed it in the first place and it was the last administration that started plans to reopen it.
The man of many hats takes the credit for tickets for Troops which was first suggested by Ipswich Conservative Group leader, John Carnell.
David Ellesmere also claims credit for freezing council tax when the Conservatives lowered Council Tax by 1%. What Ipswich Labour are doing is keeping the Conservative’s budget and then claiming credit for it.
Then hilariously Captain Mainwaring claims that this government is disastrously handling the economy. You just couldn’t make it up could you?
He then continues to steal the Whigs clothes
He claims credit for the building of new council houses which was made possible by legeslation brought in by the present government.
For years now the greatest danger with the rag you mention is not what it prints but what it hides. It is a source of misinformation. It is really sad to see our town fall to this level.
To be absolutely fair, although it was a Labour administration that closed Broomhill and a Labour administration that neglected it for many years up to that point, offering themselves a choice between significant remedial work and closure, the Camel was not quite their leader at either of those points.
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