It's my party, so I'll do nothing if I want to!

Excitement mounts ahead of the big election.
No, not the one in the United States on 4th November - but the far more important Fenside seat on Boston Borough Council on the 13th.
All the usual suspects will be there, the Liberal Democrats, Labour, Conservative, the British National Party, the Boston Bypass Independents and the U.K. Independence Party.
As we predicted earlier in the week, conspicuous by their absence will be the so-called Better Boston Group, which prompts us to ask yet again exactly what it represents.
We have heard no concerted policy offered by this group, nor does it appear even to issue statements as a team.
Some while ago, a couple of current members jumped around and ranted at the In Town buses as they meeped through Strait Bargate on the first day of the service and then apparently shrugged, wandered off and were never seen or heard from again.
Presumably, being in a "group" benefits its members in terms of allocation to committees, which they would not enjoy as unaligned councillors.
But things at what our contributor "Scanner" delightfully parodies as the Wet Street offices really need a kick up the bypass.
So why isn't the Better Boston Group taking a real role in local democracy?
And, as another commentator has asked: why are there not more independent candidates?
Surely if parties such as the BNP and UKIP think Fenside is worth the candle, isn't it a shame that some local worthy wasn't willing to enter the race.

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