Campaiging for the Surrey County Council elections last year was a difficult experience. The campaign coincided with the fallout from the expenses scandal and many people were quite understandably angry and disillusioned with our political system.
In our part of Epsom the RA candidate sought to take advantage of the situation by pointing out that the Conservative Group at County Hall employed a political assistant and that RA councillors disapproved of public money being used in such a way and would never do such a thing themselves.
Political assistants are widely employed across local government providing research and administrative support to councillors. With 54 out of 80 seats there's no surprise that Surrey Conservatives make use of one. However news arrives that the RA group, consisting of only ten councillors, is to have its own political assistant. So much for principled campaigning from the RAs. Will County Councillor Chris Frost be resigning from the group in disgust at this inappropriate use of public money? Thought not.
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