That’s It Then
Friends and readers. Second favourite in the Pilton Sucks sporting odds Cammy Day representing the Labour Party was duly elected to serve as member for the Forth Ward until he does a runner at the next general election.
With a 172 vote majority over SNP candidate George Gordon Mr. Day now has to back up his words with action.In third place as predicted by Pilton Sucks a bold showing by Conservative candidate Iain McGill proving once again that there are still those out there that actually trust a Tory,wonders will never cease. The Lib Dem candidate Ms. Downie who ran a totally negative campaign based on fear got what she deserved, a thumping,and hopefully will learn the lesson of not trying to use a single issue campaign such as crime to frighten the voters. They need to take a long hard look at how they run a campaign and learn from their disasterous display in this by-election.
Congratulations to Mr. Day but weather he can win the trust of the whole community or if he even cares is another matter. Mr. Day is a young ambitious politician and sees the Forth Ward as just a stepping stone to help him secure victory in the Edinburgh West constituency come the General Election.
We can offer no advice to Mr. Day other than to forget trying to bring back the old Labour cabal which so mis-used this community for their own benefit.
Pilton Sucks and this community will no doubt give Mr. Day an opportunity to put his money where his mouth was and support Forth in these coming dark days.
We remind Mr. Day that should he get carried away with his own self importance and forget what he was elected to do,then Pilton Sucks will be right behind him,reminding him of the obligations that he made consistently throughout the campaign.
In the meantime enjoy the honeymoon it won’t last long.