Silence of the sheep

Unless today's local papers are suddenly filled with screeds of the usual garbage from Boston Bypass Independent councillors, we seem to have entered one of the longest periods of silence from the ruling party for a long, long time.
It seemed at one point that never a week went by without at least a couple of letters from the BBI hierarchy - with Councillor Major (Ret'd, or not, depending) Ramonde Newell leading the assault, closely followed by the Dear Leader Richard Austin and - until he left the BBI tent ("I am just going outside and may be some time") - the former deputy Peter Jordan.
We wonder whether we have to thank the acting Chief Executive Richard Harbord for this refreshing break from the party political claptrap that the BBI has been pouring out like so much water going down a drain.
If he is, we are certainly grateful.
Whatever, the one note samba has been mercifully silent, and for once we say to the BBI - keep up the good work!
Oddly, though, as we observed on Monday, the party has been silent on the matter of the allegedly vital road improvements that have to be shown to be useless to reinforce the need for a fully-fledged by-pass.
There was the absence of response from both Councillor Newell and the BBI as a hole when asked by County Hall to comment on the merits or otherwise of the first phase of plans to improve traffic flow along Queen Street.
Not only that, but Councillor Newell compounded the offence by ignoring the opportunity to attend the meeting on Monday and declare his approval. This from the man who claims to have changed party allegiance especially to get a place on the Highways Committee to help make Boston's case for a by-pass.
Then there is the ongoing matter of the e-petition on the Number10.gov.uk Downing Street website calling for a bypass for the town.
It still remains stuck on the original eleven signatures - with not a single addition from anyone within the BBI
But, as it declares "traffic congestion is killing this town and the local and county councils seem to be doing very little to help the situation," that is perhaps not surprising!

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