Due to the sad passing of Councillor John Bernie (Independent, Bennetts End) and the resignation of Councillor Sadie Hobson (Liberal / Democrats, Hemel Hempstead Town), a by elections were held in those wards on 21st November 2024.
The results were as follows:
Congratulations to Neil Harden who received more than the Labour and Lib / Dem votes, combined. Deep commiserations to our colleague, Margaret Griffiths, who we know worked tirelessly for this seat.
Whilst reassuring that Hemel Hempstead Town voters seemed to be concerned about the chaos created by the Lib / Dems at local government level, the broken pre-election promises of the national Labour party and the fact that a Conservative local council was actually doing okay, Bennetts End still tilted Labour but only just. Margaret Griffiths lost by a mere five votes.
Within just a few months of taking government, Labour has...
- Scrapped the Winter fuel allowance
- Scrapped inheritance tax relief for agricultural land
- Scrapped the £2 bus fare cap
- Increased the national insurance contribution from employers has increased to 15%
- Reasons to protect greenbelt. Well, there aren't any under Labour!
Pensions will be colder this Winter, farmers will have to sell up and Britain will lose any chance of becoming food secure, travel for many will be limited and small businesses will lay off staff as they won't be able to pay their NI.
Wait! There's more to come...
Labour will be imposing a levy on so called luxury cars. Any new car over £40,000 will be subject to a £2,000 levy to be paid over six years. A Ford Kuga plugin hybrid costs about £45,000. We don't consider that to be a luxury car but hey, what do we know. Motorists will be unable to consider going green and people like Sadiq Khan will simply be able to carry on robbing us because there won't be a choice.
You can read all about the broken Lib / Dem party here.
It's not an opinion, it's a fact, that the world is in a very turbulent place right now. After decades of encouraging, developing and even reaping the benefits of a global economy, many nations now find themselves if not short of resources, very concerned about their availability. The Russian invasion of Ukraine very quickly threatened energy supplies in Europe and fuel prices shot up.
Energy, water and food security are things that Britain must develop and quickly as no one knows just what's around the corner. It would appear that Labour isn't worried about any of that.
Green agenda? What green agenda? In a generation or two, Britain might not have any farms! Instead, we'll be flying our food half way around the world to be in our supermarkets when we want them. Hmmm... Nice one, Mr. Starmer.
If you want to help develop our nation's independence and believe that farmers should if anything, be supported to provide for the nation, then please consider signing the petition here.