Sunday, April 20, 2008
Views from Geoff Seeff
As already reported (see item earlier in April), Chingford and Woodford Green Lib Dems have selected Dr Geoff Seeff as their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the next general election The election is due in May 2010 at the latest.
Geoff was the founder convener of the SDP in Redbridge, and has been active on local political scene for over 27 years. He was the candidate for this constituency in 1997.
Geoff is a chartered accountant practising as a management consultant and specialises in the economics of Urban Regeneration. He has advised on major projects all around the UK and in many other parts of the world. He is married to Deanna, a schools counsellor, and they have two adult daughters.
Geoff believes that Labour’s 11 years in office probably ranks as one of the worst, and certainly, given the high expectations of 1997, the most disappointing, periods of government in living memory. Messrs Blair and Brown have, amongst other things, squandered the opportunity of a strong economy to bring about a fairer distribution of wealth and a greener environment, they have progressively eroded our civil liberties, mismanaged what proved to be an unnecessary and costly involvement in Iraq, failed to reform our constitution and eliminate the archaic, wasteful, partisan and often corrupt practices that bring politics into disrepute, failed to ensure effective regulation of the banking system until we had the first run on a UK bank for 150 years, shown contempt for due legal process by curtailing at the behest of a foreign power the SFO investigation into alleged corruption connected to arms sales to Saudi Arabia, displayed gross incompetence on agreeing GP and Police pay and flouted disgracefully their own laws on party funding. They have done more than enough damage and their time is up!
Needless to say Geoff is no more impressed with Her Majesty’s Official Opposition, who can hardly be said to have emerged with any credit on matters such as the Northern Rock debacle, loans for peerages and the abuse of parliamentary allowances.
Over the coming months as issues arise affecting residents of this constituency, through these columns Geoff will be providing comment on the state of the economy and health, education and crime. However, relevant stories and more detailed comment are carried on our website - click on www.cwglibdems.org.uk . The site allows you to post your own comments or questions, which we welcome.
Geoff believes that Labour’s 11 years in office probably ranks as one of the worst, and certainly, given the high expectations of 1997, the most disappointing, periods of government in living memory. Messrs Blair and Brown have, amongst other things, squandered the opportunity of a strong economy to bring about a fairer distribution of wealth and a greener environment, they have progressively eroded our civil liberties, mismanaged what proved to be an unnecessary and costly involvement in Iraq, failed to reform our constitution and eliminate the archaic, wasteful, partisan and often corrupt practices that bring politics into disrepute, failed to ensure effective regulation of the banking system until we had the first run on a UK bank for 150 years, shown contempt for due legal process by curtailing at the behest of a foreign power the SFO investigation into alleged corruption connected to arms sales to Saudi Arabia, displayed gross incompetence on agreeing GP and Police pay and flouted disgracefully their own laws on party funding. They have done more than enough damage and their time is up!
Needless to say Geoff is no more impressed with Her Majesty’s Official Opposition, who can hardly be said to have emerged with any credit on matters such as the Northern Rock debacle, loans for peerages and the abuse of parliamentary allowances.
Over the coming months as issues arise affecting residents of this constituency, through these columns Geoff will be providing comment on the state of the economy and health, education and crime. However, relevant stories and more detailed comment are carried on our website - click on www.cwglibdems.org.uk . The site allows you to post your own comments or questions, which we welcome.
# posted by John Beanse @ 9:33 AM 
