Vote Apolitical in Newbury Town Centre because…
The Conservatives have abandoned the town centre.
The Lib Dems have abandoned their principles.
We are the only party whose candidates all live here, and are all only standing here!
The Tories are in power on the District Council, but until now it has been the Lib Dems who have control in the Town Centre. On May the 5th you have a chance to make a real difference for change.
What the Liberals have done to the Town Centre:
- They’ve sat back & allowed the Primary Health Care Trust in Reading to send its addicts to be housed in Newbury as respite from ‘their’ dealers.
- They’ve actively encouraged housing associations to destroy family homes & gardens, replacing them with blocks of so-called ‘affordable’ housing. These are then allocated, not to families, but to single people whose “disability qualification” for social housing is merely their drug or alcohol addiction.
- On their watch, we’ve had a drop-in centre and needle exchange sited beside St. Nick’s primary school so addicts can get easy access!
- They imposed a selective car tax on some of us, under the guise of resident permit parking. A scheme which was not designed to make parking easier for us, but to force people working in Newbury into the town centre car parks.
Over the last four years the residents of Northcroft and Victoria collectively have paid £20million in Council Tax, and in return we have been given cycleways used by smackheads on our kids’ stolen bikes!
In the twelve months since the formation of the coalition, the Liberals have not called in a single useful item for scrutiny at the Council. Their election manifesto does not contain the word Crime!
What we Apoliticals want for the Town:
- A commitment to encourage Market trading in the Town by reducing stall holders rents.
- The damage to Victoria park to be made good by the Parkway developers at no extra cost to us.
- A proper commitment by the police to remove drug dealers from the Town, and to clamp down on anti-social behaviour and vandalism caused by users.
- Residents who qualify for parking permits to be issued with two free badges for cars.
- A reduction of traffic on the dual carriageway through town, by the simple alteration of the road sign at the Swan Inn roundabout on the A339, so it directs M4 and North bound traffic from Basinstoke to the A34 by-pass at Tot Hill. Wasn’t that the point of the by-pass?
In the face of cuts we need services, not more capital vanity projects. We need local people to fight for our rights here in our Town Centre.
We are local people standing on local issues of real importance to our community.
‘Apolitical’ describes a convention of impartiality amongst people active in politics, like the Speaker of the Commons, the Cross-Benchers in the Lords or most parish councillors, who are not subject to the party ‘whip’ or told what to think by a political party.
Being Apolitical doesn’t mean apathy or lack of interest in democracy or local affairs.
We believe we should be guided by our electors’ wishes, considered evidence, our real world experience and expertise, and our consciences.
In that order.
Printed, published and promoted by C Farrow on behalf of Apolitical Democrat candidates, all at 59 Berkeley Rd, Newbury RG14 5JG
