Statement:

As the Liberal Democrats’ London Assembly Candidate for the Boroughs of Bexley and Bromley, and now as the Liberal Democrats’ candidate for the Shortlands Council seat I am subject to stringent electoral law. Anything one says as a candidate, particularly one for my party, can and will be twisted and distorted to suit the agendas of political opponents or vexatious trolls. My campaign agent has to bear legal responsibility for anything I say, and I do not want to make life difficult or awkward for him or Liberal Democrats in general. Events in the past week have shown me who people really are, and I’m believing them. There will be plenty to say in due course but I am keeping discussion of politics out of this blog until the two concurrent campaigns are complete.