Labour came 5th in Frome in the last General Election. They have never been better than 3rd. And never had more than a sixth of the vote.
Very optimistic.
I know thats what I'm talking about what is strange in Frome at the council election IFF won all 17 seats on the council elections with 70 to 80% of the votes in some of the seats.
IFF are anti-austerity, trying to get all employers to pay the real living wage in the town, pro-emigration for the town, pro Green energy and projects, saving public services, loads of projects to help the poor and disabled in the town, borrowing money to do projects because borrowing is cheap right now, building cycling paths, anti-fracking, building social housing plus loads of other things all very Labour and Green policies.
And the town has gone from strength to strength there are no empty shops in the town. Its just been voted best Town to live iin the South west and house prices are going up by 14% the 3rd highest town in the UK.
But when it comes to the general election these same people who voted IFF in the council elections will vote Tory in the general election the complete opposite.
I will vote IFF in the council elections and Labour in the general elections.
Places like Frome can easily be turned to Labour in the general election and thats where Momentum can help.
Not worry about the local election like the town council but just worry about the Somerton and Frome constituency Frome is one of the largest Towns in the constituency.
And more and more Towns are trying to follow Fromes lead and a new type of local politics called Flatpack democracy.
https://www.youtube.com/v/w9Ietn1EH2wHow Flatpack Democracy beat the old parties in the People’s Republic of Frome
On 7 May, a small Somerset town voted against traditional party politics and gave a coalition of independents control of all 17 seats on its council. As the crucible of ‘flatpack democracy’, Frome is leading a small-scale political revolution – and it’s one that is spreading
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/22/flatpack-democracy-peoples-republic-of-frome