Readers will know that here in LE2 we are having a number of elections culminating in the May 5th vote. By far the most interesting is that for an elected mayor for Leicester. I think there are 13 candidates with a wider range of experience represented among them. Although the (now former) MP for Leicester South, Sir Peter Soulsby is standing for mayor it is not going to be a shoe-in. The Tory, Ross Grant, seems reluctant to get the gloves off and the Liberal Democrat, Gary Hunt, seems low key. There is a business man standing as an Independent, with sponsorship by local boy Englebert Humperdink, who has to be taken seriously as he clearly has a forceful personality. One of the candidates, an 18 year old school boy, makes a good impression and, although he is not going to win, is clearly someone to watch in the future. Think of William Hague at 16 addressing the Tory conference. Our young man is Asian, bright and not given to displays of silliness. Poor UKIP, they chose an 18 year old young woman who has not been seen in the debates, so far.
Tonight the spotlight falls on the LGBT centre where the candidates come to meet the gay communities of Leicester. Watch this space.
No comments:
Post a Comment