It is one thing planning ahead and making a promise, but then to publicly trash your own suggestion or promise is another. Well the MP for Gillingham and Rainham seems to think it’s a wise move anyway!
I stood next to Reh Chisthi MP when he expressed his frustration and anger about the increase in rail fares, I I had been present on the train platform when he voiced his opinion against the hike. So why is it that the elected MP for Gillingham and Rainham can now turn his back on the very people he stood shoulder to shoulder with?
Now Reh Chisthi is a likable man, a generally plain sailing chap however we cannot escape the fact he has picked up bad habits which are rife within the Tory lines. Letting people down is something we seem to hear week in week out, change of plans, change of views, change of opinion however way you want to look at it. I understand things change, I also understand that you can’t always get it right, but the one thing that really bothers me is the fact that there is never any acknowledgment that it was wrong in the first place! During the election it was evident that the people of Medway were ready for a big shift in direction, now it is evident that the wheels have stopped and we are about to see Medway stall again. You could argue the reason for this is because the local politicians are working to their own agenda, but when you look at the situation you can see clearly the problem lays within the make-up of the local councilors, where is the objective view? I know full well some people will be reading this post disagreeing however Medway council WITHOUT consulting the people of Medway refused to give us the option of a locally elected mayor, they answered on our behalf, without consultation, that is not democratic that is not the way to conduct business.
I have to say this, even i am shocked at how little things have progressed here in Medway!
