Welcome to the first post from Captain Haddock of the East Marsh. I decided to write this because the local newspapers covering Grimsby area a waste of time - The Grimsby Telegraph isn't even a proper local paper anymore now that it's printed in Leicester. If it's such a guardian of free speech and truth then a few years ago when they closed their print works in Grimsby making quite a number of printers redundant they made sure that wasn't covered in their paper! It's not even an objective read, and is nothing more than another mouthpiece for the Daily Mail's right wing bile (they are part of the same newspaper group), even though I'm sure there must be some good NUJ members on their pay roll. However, I wouldn't even wrap an electronic fishcake in it's vrtual edition.

The other main reason for writing this, is because Grimsby has been let down by so many people over recent years, those who run the town but have filled their own pockets on others suffering. I can understand local people supporting UKIP, even though UKIP's policies and principles would unleash further devistation on the ordinary working people and poor of the town. Grimsby has been let down by the town's ruling class, and past and present governments, and local politicians, even though the current Labour Council has been starved of money by the Tories causing real poverty in both the East and West Marsh. However, the council hasn't helped itself with its block paving fiasco up town! We've also had a 'ghost MP' since the last election - Austin Mitchell should have retired before the last general election, because he hasn't done much since apart from moaning about all women short lists and generally sounding like a refugee from the 1970's with his attitudes about women. At least at the next election Grimsby has the chance to elect a local person who understands the town and even supports the Mariners.

Increasingly, it looks like a battle between Labour and UKIP, but how can anyone seriously vote for a posh woman who stood last time as a Tory and is now the UKIP candidate! You clearly cannot trust anyone who is willing to change party so easily, even if it is from the Conservative's to a neo-fascist party like UKIP, with a leader who asked people to call him 'the general', more like posh ex-Tory banker, which is who Farage really is - a modern day Oswold Moseley. My father's generation fought
fascism but now it's been resurrected in UKIP, and they need challenging and defeating again.

Anyway, how can a posh person like Victoria Ayling have any understanding of Grimsby and its people. I bet she's never even slept one night in a council house! So I hope the good people of Grimsby will see sense and not vote UKIP or Conservative because they have contempt for us.

UTM,
Captain Haddock