The strength of Labour's slate
Here is a sign of how seriously the Labour Party is taking this year's local elections in the East.
It is boasting today that it has a full slate of candidates in South Cambridgeshire and the most candidates ever standing in East Cambridgeshire - councils where in the past they've struggled to find voters, let alone people to stand for them.
They also have a full slate of candidates in Castle Point in Essex, while in North Norfolk where the party doesn't have a single councillor at the moment, they have 48 candidates standing - the largest number they say for at least 15 years.
It is no surprise that Labour has a full slate of candidates in councils like Norwich, Waveney, Great Yarmouth and Southend.
It is particularly pleased that it can field the number of candidates it is managing to recruit in rural Suffolk. In Babergh, Labour is fielding the highest number of candidates ever. The party says the figure of 31 is treble the number who stood in the last set of local elections.
Welcome to the political blog for the East. I'm Deborah McGurran, the Ö÷²¥´óÐã's Political Editor for the region. From Lowestoft to Luton, this is the place for politics with an eastern twist.
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At 17th Apr 2011, Steve Nimmons wrote:The strength of the slate would surely need to also be dimensioned in terms of quality of candidates, experience, influence, policy and key differentiators. I’m not convinced that a full-compliment of candidates necessarily equates to quality, effective choice and any guarantee of delivery.
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