SELLING yourself as an MEP candidate can be a tough task for a number of parties. At the moment, they have to face a barrage of UKIP questions and probably a barrage of UKIP voters.
Labour’s Richard Howitt was at the epicentre of the campaign to save Petroplus. Ultimately, it failed and indeed for those who heard the fireworks go off at The Peg Club on Monday evening, they will know that chapter of history has finally closed.
YT spoke to Richard as he began an afternoon of campaigning in the Stanford and Corringham area.
Well done to all the Labour Councillors, candidates and activists that took time out to campaign in Corringham and Stanford.
One absent face yet again. The Scarlet Pimpernel of East Thurrock the Labour Councillor for Stanford West. I wonder where he could be?
What about the 21 billion this country pays to the EU. If we didn’t have to pay that we could spend it on creating jobs without having to go cap in hand to a bunch of undemocratic bureaucrats for some crumbs from the table.