… in East Antrim

Politics Can Get Better
Isn’t about time we elected politicians who could move this place forward?

I am told that the Alliance Party members living in the East Antrim parliamentary constituency have received a leaflet from a candidate who is seeking selection as the Alliance candidate for the next General Election.

No stranger to new methods of working, Gerry Lynch is probably the first Alliance member to mail all the members of the Association. He has also set up a campaign website.

Gerry Lynch promises to

1. get the Assembly moving
2. create a shared future
3. argue Northern Ireland’s case against deep spending cuts
4. fight povery and inequality
5. protect our privacy
6. tackle crime and anti-social behaviour
7. campaign for the new trains on the Larne line, for speedy completion of the dual carriageway at Greenisland, and for the planned freeflow interchange to bypass the bottleneck at the bottom of the M2
8. prioritize maximum value for the taxpayer with regard to expenses at Westminster
9. to not seek any other political office if elected as Member of Parliament for East Antrim.

I look forward to hearing more of what Mr Lynch plans to do in the lead up to the selection meeting next week.

Will the people of East Antrim have other candidates to choose from? Maybe it’ll be Stewart Dickson, from Carrickfergus Borough Council, or John Mathews, or Gerardine Mulvenna from Larne Borough Council?