Ron Sands Defects

Picture of Ron Sands joining the Tories
WITHDRAWN AFTER COMPLAINTS FROM COPYRIGHT HOLDER

Particularly interesting to see Mark Reckless MP bolting back from his wedding night to welcome the decision by Cllr Ron Sands, who stood as the English Democrats’ Parliamentary Candidate in Rochester and Strood at the last General Election and is currently a Parish Councillor in Hoo, to join the Conservative Party.

Pity that the communications guru for the Tories didnt do his research on some of the opinions of Ron before dropping out the press release this morning.

Ron has been regularly blogging over the last 18 months about his new found friends in the Conservative Party. Indeed, it does make me question his underlying principles as a Politician given some of the views he previously held.

You can read about the opinions of the Conservative Councillor on his blog.

The New Conservative Councillor believes that

"It is in the Tory DNA to punish the poor for being poor. Deep down they feel people on benefits are there because they deserve to be. They complete ignore the fact that in life as the historian A J P Taylor once said 'luck and fate play an enormous part in peoples lives'”.

"Personally I think Cameron and his Coalition have disenfranchised working people and now worry about the local elections in May and so now and only now does he come up with patriotism. Despite some optimism on the part of the electorate last year, many feel that the main parties have all made it abundantly clear that they only thing they are really concerned about is protecting the rich."

On the NHS

"Medway Conservative MPs Tracey Crouch, Rehman Chisthi and Mark Reckless who are supporting a privatisation agenda and the undermining of NHS through increased use of private-sector provision"

On the Coalition

"Remember that the Cons really do not have a mandate for their destruction of the public sector and only hobbled over the line propped up by the Lib Dumbs"

"Money doesn’t seem to just be talking with this Tory government, it seems to be positively shouting".

On Conservative Controlled Medway Council

"Medway Council the slapstick council

buy a tunnel for £1 …..oooops £500,000 repair bill
Knock down a local historic building for a car park… at a time of massive cuts spend £250,000 on a new web page…. In middle of a recession lets build a new bus station a new hotel and lets not worry about the traffic chaos hmmmmm a new hotel in Central Chatham what about Mountbatten House could that not be refurbished in to a hotel or better still converted into accommodation for single residents of council housing list. Stop free swimming for senior citizens and children Until that is we English Democrats made a promise in the River Ward By election to bring back. Produce council documents and advertising say City of Medway before any decision is known.
Medway your local council stated the The Medway CCTV car is ABOVE the law while it prowls the
Medway streets inflict parking fines on hard pressed local motorists from a law breaking position themselves.
Medway your council pays it chief executive more than the prime Minster
Medway your council which has one conservative councillor reported by Chief Constable of Kent as unit for a position as a councillor. One Conservative Council convicted of Kerb crawling in his own ward now there local for you………one labour councillor committing benefit fraud. And now the latest wheeze
Lets wallpaper of closed shops with pretty pictures of busy shops new meaning to papering of the cracks"

We are wondering whether Ron will keep his solumn pledge to campaign for an English Parliament because last time this blogger checked it wasnt part of the Conservative manifesto.

Ron is clearly an intelligent and erudite individual. We wish the Rochester & Strood Conservative Association well.