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Elections and more darned elections

Monday, July 31, 2023 | 20 Views |

The haughtiness that comes with being an MP and councillor is getting flushed out of the system. It’s a slow, gradual process but expect it to gather steam as the months get swallowed up by time.

Around mid-next year we voters should be fine and just like the Stella in the novel our groove will be back. Our stock should rise and nudge blue-chip level. We were served a trailer in recent by-elections. To those still stuck in the pre-millennial phase a trailer is a glean into what is going to happen – a kind of dress rehearsal.

The recent by-elections brought home how important we are going to be round about election time. A few weeks ago, I met one of the candidates for a by-election recently in my village.

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Elections and more darned elections

The haughtiness that comes with being an MP and councillor is getting flushed out of the system. It’s a slow, gradual process but expect it to gather steam as the months get swallowed up by time.