8th May, 2026: Coca-Cola.
Yay!
We’ve got the local elections out of the way!
At least … we’ve got them out of the way for another … um … year?
With the way the local elections are structured, and the various postponements that have happened, have happened … ?
I’m not actually sure when the next ones are.
They’ll probably creep up on us, next May.
However?
All I can say is this.
Yes, I voted: and voted Green.
But yes: given how right of centre Brentwood is, I suspect Reform will do well.
Even if I felt the one Reform candidate hanging around outside the polling, yesterday, looked vaguely ridiculous.
Like a cross between the US President, a spiv, and a member of the Raving Loonies.
Only in a worse suit …
Yes: I know.
I sound insulting.
But … ?
I really don’t like Reform … !
~≈🗳️≈~
That aside … ?
Results are coming in.
And it sounds like Reform have done well, overall.
I’m only hoping my ward has gone Green: although we won’t know, until the count’s finished.
Here’s hoping.
~≈🗳️≈~
Many years ago, I wrote a piece that said it would be difficult to get a fire engine down my street.
I still feel that would be difficult: given the amount of congestion, the amount of parked cars, on Rollason Way.
So, when I saw this article: one that tells us of a fire in Benfleet, one that fire fighters found difficult to get to because of the parked cars?
I felt … well …
Justified in my concerns, to be honest.
Congestion is not just an issue, here.
~≈🧯≈~
