Ain't Nobody Got Time To Be A Councillor

Discovering that Morgan McSweeny & Mr Mandelson had a spreadsheet of every potential Labour Councillor and their peccadilloes I was reminded of the time I asked why the vetting to become a Labour Councillor is more intrusive than Developed Vetting which both I and Peter Mandelson have failed largely because the local party were simply unable to find enough people dumb enough to hand over all of their social media profiles to complete strangers to pour over ...

Date sent: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 19:01:24 +0000 (UTC)

From: Me

To: NEC Rep

Subject: Ain't nobody got time to be a Councillor....

Hello

 

https://insidecroydon.com/2025/08/29/labour-makes-last-gasp-appeal-for-council-election-candidates/

 

Why would anyone become a Labour Councillor?  I looked at the form ..... They wanted access to ALL your social media.  I mean I've done DV and they didn't ask for all that... These people are only standing for the Council... Many of them paper candidates who don't have a realistic chance of election anyway....

 

I mean, I know we've had our fair share of candidates who should've been screened out (perverts, conmen and entryists) but it's getting ridiculous 

 

And our rivals Reform (who stood a dead candidate for Mayor) and Your Party (who couldn't organise some libations in a brewery) are unencumbered by all this bureaucracy....

 

Thanks

 

Anthony Miller 

Anthony

Even paper candidates publicly represent the Labour Party and if they say unacceptable things on social media these can be, and are, picked up by the mainstream media and featured on the front pages of our tabloid enemies.  Some maybe trivial, others can be offensive, libellous or worse ...  Though I do think there's a case for being a bit more relaxed about a range of political opinions ...

All good wishes

NEC Rep