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Peter Gwidzala

The Liberal Democrats will be pleased if they save their deposit in Rochford and Southend East. Their late, late selection of Ipswich-based Peter Gwidzala is ample evidence of the straits they are in in this constituency.

I am pretty sure that Mr Gwidzala’s “All or Nothing” quote is not a reference to his fondness for The Small Faces. His leaflet is a mass of contradictions (what does “Peter doesn’t worry but he will worry” actually mean?), but it is clear that he intends to defend his party’s role in Government. Good luck with that one.

The Liberal Democrat’s ruse of trying to be all things to all people has well and truly been exposed over the last five years. Peter can make whatever promises he wants – I doubt anyone is going to believe either him or his party.

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South Essex General Election candidates

Across south Essex the local councils are putting up notices of who is standing in both local and Parliamentary elections on May 7th.

Here follows the candidates for the Parliamentary elections.

	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrat	UKIP	Green	English Democrats
Basildon and Billericay	Gavin Callaghan	John Baron	Martin Thompson	George Konstantinidis
Brentwood and Ongar	Liam Preston	Eric Pickles	David Kendall	Michael McGough	Reza Hossain	Robin Tilbrook
Castle Point	Joe Cooke	Rebecca Harris	Sereena Davey	Jamie Huntman	Dominic Ellis
Chelmsford	Chris Vince	Simon Burns	Stephen Robinson	Mark Gough	Angela Thomson
Epping Forest	Gareth Barrett	Eleanor Laing	Jon Whitehouse	Andrew Smith	Anna Widdup
Harlow	Suzy Stride	Robert Halfon	Geoffrey Seeff	Sam Stopplecamp	Murray Sackwild	Eddy Butler
Rayleigh and Wickford	David Hough	Mark Francois	Mike Pitt	John Hayter	Sarah Yapp
Rochford and Southend East	Ian Gilbert	James Duddridge	Peter Gwidzala	Floyd Waterworth	Simon Cross
South Basildon and East Thurrock	Mike Le-Surf	Stephen Metcalfe	Geoff Williams	Ian Luder
Southend West	Julian Ware-Lane	David Amess	Paul Collins	Brian Otridge	Jon Fuller	Jeremy Moss
Thurrock	Polly Billington	Jackie Doyle-Price	Rhodri Jamieson-Ball	Tim Aker

This is not a list of all candidates – there are a few independents and some parties only fielding the one candidate. Parties not in this list are: Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol, All People’s Party, YPP, TUSC, and Liberal Party.

It was tempting to show only those parties with a full slate, but my Green friends would doubtless have cried ‘foul’; and having include the Greens I felt obliged to include the English Democrats.

The last time I stood (local elections, 2012), the chair of the English Democrats (Robin Tilbrook) sued me for defamation (unsuccessfully); I wonder whether he will do so again? Perhaps if I mention that his Harlow candidate is a former member of the National Front and the BNP he will be tempted.

Basildon and Billericay has the least crowded ballot paper – a mere four candidates. Seven names will be shown on ballot papers in Harlow, South Basildon and East Thurrock, and Thurrock.

The real contest, for who will run the country for the next five years, is between Labour and the Conservatives. UKIP will be hoping to pinch enough Tory votes to see some success, the Greens are seemingly intent on helping the Tories by splitting Labour’s vote. I predict the English Democrats will lose every deposit.

Lib Dem candidate says ‘Hopefully we can stay in coalition with the Conservatives’

At Tuesday’s Rochford and Southend East hustings, organised by the Southend Echo, the Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Gwizdala made a couple of astonishing statements.

First, he stated: ‘Hopefully we can stay in coalition with the Conservatives’.

Then he added: ‘Hopefully we can finish the job we started’

So, there you have it, if any further proof be needed. Vote Lib Dem to keep the Tories in power.

Of course, I suggest you avoid both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats – they are both as bad as each other.