Ealing Southall councillors defect from Labour to the Conservatives

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There is nothing better to spice up a by-election than the defection of Councillors. To lose one Councillor…..to lose FIVE is a disaster. Only a while ago they would have defected to the Lib Dems but the growing irrelevancy of the Lib Dems can be seen by their direct switch from Labour to the Conservatives. This is what the Ealing five have said: 

It has become increasingly obvious as this by-election campaign has progressed, that the Conservative candidate Tony Lit is the best person to represent Ealing Southall as our next MP. He’s energetic, dynamic and displays the kind of qualities that would make him ideally suited to represent the people of Ealing Southall. We wanted to provide him with our backing and joining the Conservative Party sends the clearest possible message. “Locally since Conservatives took control of Ealing Council in May 2006 we have noticed that they have been making great strides towards trying to improve the quality of life for all our residents. We’ve finally reached the stage where it has become blatantly obvious that we would be doing own voters a great disservice if we continue to dogmatically stick with a disorganised and divided Labour Party. Our goal is to see genuine improvements for our residents. We believe that the Conservative Party now provides our community with greater opportunities and is genuinely interested in improving services for all. “At a national level we are extremely impressed by David Cameron’s modern Conservatives and, with the changes that he has now made, we feel that the Conservative Party now best represents our views. In a sense we believe the Conservatives have become our natural home and we are very excited about the opportunity to play a full part in a Party which we believe is destined to form the next government.

Source: ConservativeHome’s ToryDiary: Bombshell for Brown as five Ealing Southall councillors defect from Labour to the Conservatives

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