Hello all,

I love the humour here as well as the serious comments, though it is a very serious subject.

First let me say he is a she and has emailed me to say

"Not keeping it quiet but would rather keep political discussions private."

So why stand for public office?

As many of the newspapers in UK have - in some, but not all cases quite rightly - shown no aspect of your life from call girls (or boys) to political expenses are private once you are in public office or standing for such in an election.

I have watched quietly and will try to remain so - I have lost a friend - hopefully only temporarily - and I don't mean only until after she is not elected - for that I am sad. I hope she is not elected it would be a sad reflection on the town of Chippenham.

I am however equally concerned that the post that appeared here yesterday naming her has been censored.

Joe or your operatives - sorry - this is public knowledge and is available in Chippenham as anywhere in UK on the council web site. I think you were wrong on that one - sorry.

http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/council/elections/electioncandidates09/electioncandidatedetails.htm?division=chippenhamcepenparkandredlands

Andy

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If it's public knowledge, then probably there's no reason why the candidate shouldn't be named publicly - George Dale is the name, I believe. There was an anonymous post deleted that may be the one you refer to. The coward who "named names" didn't have the courage to give his own name, so his post was deleted - because the post was anonymous, not because of the content of the message. Your complaint of "censorship" is a little deceptive, isn't it?
-Joe Offer-