Time to talk the talk

With another by-election following hard on the heels of that in the Coastal ward in July we wonder whether the Better Boston Group will seize the opportunity that it then so conspicuously missed to field a candidate in the Fenside election to replace Guy Curley (the second by-pass party member being driven to drink and then unwisely also to drive.)
At the moment, all the BBG represents is a gaggle of disaffiliated former Bypass Independents who have either been sacked, resigned or who just became disillusioned with the political golden bough offered by the jam tomorrow policies of leader Richard Austin.If the Better Boston Group wishes to be taken seriously, it surely needs to field a candidate.
That, in turn, means coming up with some policies - heaven forbid that we suggest they should draw up a manifesto - and even a website would be a good starter for ten.
Meanwhile, we welcome Raymond Singleton-McGuire to the council, and hope that all three of them will settle in smoothly. Sadly, we think that Councillor RSM may have got off to a slightly aloof start, given that his entry on the irrepressibly lacklustre council website omits an email address and offers only a convenient-to-switch-off mobile 'phone number rather than a land-line number where any constituent can eventually find him.

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