After a couple of council elections in the Socialist Dictatorship of sh*thole Sandwell, this blog put up a "Scum Counter". This showed that so many people in Sadders hate themselves, their kids and their surroundings so much, they are too idle to vote. Of course, The Skidder also took into account that many in the Borough are simply too thick to know how to vote.
There are always those who will vote for the Labour dictatorship despite Labour being in control of the Borough for 52 years - yes, over half a century of dismal failure. Many folk have done well out of the Labour corruption and cronyism that pervades almost every aspect of local life. "Charities" are prime examples - in return for constantly rimming Labour Councillors (e.g. Multistory) the Council arranges for us taxpayers to fund them.
This blog has supported the fact that political Sikhism is highly organised in Sadders. The community slavishly follows the will of local "leaders" (which is not so laudable), and is overwhelmingly pro-Labour. And this means that the community has representatives sitting atop the stinking dunghill and has substantial influence over pro-Labour Sandwell Police. [More on this soon.] Local Sikhs are likely to ignore their sh*thole surroundings, unemployment, an increasingly failing health service, and many other failures, to vote for more of the same.
Hitherto the local Muslim folk have also been actively pro-Dictatorship, but there has been disillusionment with Starmer and Co's reaction to events in Gaza and elsewhere. This more nuanced view - and the possibility that there may be some candidates raising these issues prior to the May 7th - means that Labour cannot simply "weigh" the Muslim vote this time around.
Obviously the sickoes in Abbey Ward will turn out for Labour, but in the rest of the Borough Labour faces significant challenges.
May 7th is possibly the most important local election date in Sandwell's history. This is because ALL 72 seats are up for grabs and the people have the power to wipe out the corrupt Dictatorship once and for all.
One might well ask why Sandwell needs 72 Councillors particularly when many are as thick as mince. The excellent Sandwell Corruption site recently posted, for example, that Labour crony Terry Fitzgerald won a Council seat but has not done a single piece of casework in three years!!!! Needless to say he doesn't forget to accept the allowances.
Sandwell also has the Combined Authority as an extra, and very expensive extra tier of local government, to pay for. And, lest we forget, Sandwell Labour has been increasing Council Tax yearly by the maximum amount to pay for its incompetence - as well as hiking rents, parking charges and other fees. Not to mention the bins ...
In previous years, Sandwell had a local election system whereby elections were held for 24 of the 72 seats (one-third) in years 1, 2 and 3. There was a "fallow year" in year 4 with no elections, and then the sequence started again.
Some moronic pieces of sh*t have taken to social media each election year - and even contacted The Skidder - to say that they would not be voting under the old system since, even if Labour lost all 24 seats at any one time, it would still retain control of the Council. Whilst this was numerically correct it was usually just a lazy cop-out. It also ignores the fact even a small but efficient opposition has some power to hold greedy Labour to account, and to highlight incompetence, corruption and cronyism. (Unfortunately, the Conservative opposition singularly failed in that - and every other - regard.)
In theory - Sandwell could vote Labour out in every single seat. That is unlikely, but if the scum finally rises to the top, Labour will receive a significant kicking. And this time, Labour is bricking itself.
To vote you firstly need to register with Sandwell Council. There are ID requirements these days but here is a link to use if you have not already registered:
https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/elections-voting/register-vote
If you want to apply for a postal vote - an easy way of voting - this needs to be done by Tuesday 21st April. Again, here is the appropriate link:
https://www.sandwell.gov.uk/elections-voting/vote/3
The email for queries about voting is:
electoral_services@sandwell.gov.uk
Will the spineless Sandwell scum finally grow a pair? Will Sandwell throw off the Labour chains and shackles? We shall see!
Skidder Facebook Group
Have you joined the Group? It is open to all non-Labour cronies in Sandwell (since Labour already has control of all mainstream media outlets - The BBC, Express and Star, and more).
Local community activist, Darryl Magher, is a regular contributor and 'Sandwell Corruption' also puts up some great posts to the Group.
The Skidder has pointed out that Sandwell Police regularly posts pro-Labour propaganda and/or allows Sandwell Labour to put up pictures of officers with them. We now know this goes right to the top, locally, with the local Chief Superintendent joining-in. If you see social media or other pro-Labour police propaganda please forward screenshots to Skidder HQ. Until the election, the "Copsucker" hashtag highlighting this appalling political bias will be replaced with #copsuckerelection26.
And finally,
It is hard to think of anyone more vile in Sandwell than Bearwood Abbey Ward's, Cllr Bob Piper, but there is one person who would - by a whisker - beat him to the "Nastiest Sh*t in Sandwell award", Steve Eling. Alas, the tyrannical liar and disgraced Eling is not eligible for the fabled 'Golden Turd' as he doesn't live in Sandwell, but in a charming North Derbyshire village (although he did also have a pied-a-terre near Warley Woods). Unsurprisingly both of these c**** were regularly voted in by the poisonous folk in Abbey Ward.
Greed machine, Piper, is not standing again in May. Surely Labour are not lining up a return for someone even worse????
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