If you are a commuter who lives in Bridge ward (like me) then you may be interested in this facebook group.  If you are a commuter who does not live in Bridge, could you please stop parking in Rectory Road?

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=166832928595&ref=nf

There do seem to be a quite a few people who don’t live in Ipswich who want to belong to this group, which suggests that some people have too much time on their hands.  But then there are a couple of councillors who don’t live in Bridge that suggests that they don’t think their neighbours appreciate them.

I would be very interested if someone could help me find some television footage of Councillor Phil Smart on the local news on Tuesday 4th August.  He was interviewed outside Ipswich Station (it was nice of him to make it so far from his house) in which he talked about the train strike.

This self described transport guru was saying how easy he found to get to work, without making it clear that he was commuting into northern Essex rather than London, like so many of his constituents.  Why he was making light of this appalling treatment of the far left rail unions by this councillor elected in 1983 is a mystery that I find it hard to resolve.

Now why would a 1980s era Labour councillor make light of the plight of his constituents in a way that covers up the actions of Marxist led trade union?