Upstarts pt 1

In the first of a series of posts introducing the upstarts standing for Medway Council under the TUSC banner, I give you arty type Naomi Sayers, chatting from the studios at Sun Pier House. Heads up - she's angry. 

Blue Skies Over Sun Pier. 

When I ask Naomi why she's standing for River Ward in the local elections, she says: 

"To quote Iron Man 2 "If you can make God bleed, the people will cease to believe in him." Bare with me, I have a point." 

Right.... 

"I'm standing to send a message to the Oxbridge drones, who think they're untouchable. The message is simple. We refuse to accept their corrupt, self serving agendas." 

Fair play. 

"Democracy only works if we all take part. Currently, the lack of political representation for workers, young people, the sick and the unemployed has created a democratic deficit. I'm standing so you don't have to wasted your vote on parties who are all singing from the same hymn sheet.  There is an alternative. 

"I don't literally want to make anyone bleed, but if we can make them sweat in their Saville Row suits, then half the battle is already won."

Naomi Sayers - River Ward Upstart

She's got some grand plans. 

"As a councillor, I would build environmentally sustainable homes and renovate old ones to meet the needs of people and the planet. This can only be done of the basis of public ownership because profit seekers are only interested in doing the bare minimum.

"Council housing is the only way to deliver carbon neutral homes that people can actually afford." 

Baggins' Were Clearly Minted 

"We don't need luxury flats bought up by buy-to-let cowboys. I stand for revitalising the area, without pricing out the community that make it.

"We need integrated, publicly owned and run transport systems. Personally, I'm a great lover of trams!"

If It's Good Enough For Amsterdam

"I'm also really against councillors passing cuts on to local people. If elected, TUSC councillors would refuse to implement cuts and demand increased grants from central government, to meet the social needs of the people of Medway.

"At the end of the day, this crisis is the bankers crisis and they've already had more than enough out of the rest of us.


"I'm a great believer in think global act local. We can take ownership of services, of our communities, of our own lives. We don't have to accept the nihilism bred by the free market."

Just Saying. 

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