Neville Jumps On His Bike

THE Canvey Island Independent Party’s promise, to keep residents informed of local matters on their Blog, appears to have been interpreted by their jovial councillor, Neville Watson, as providing a personal platform for his own spirited musings.

In what is now fast becoming Neville’s personal column, this month’s update from the CIIP’s father figure is devoted to his latest visit to London.

Neville writes: ‘… On driving to London, I noticed that the roads were totally clear with no struggle to the capital, I thought I must have been on another planet!

’But no, upon arrival the roads were empty. I wondered if the Mayor’s new hire bike project was taking the traffic off of the road?’

As if responding to his teacher’s request to provide a short essay on what he did over the weekend, Neville treats readers to recalling his conversation with a gentleman whom he almost ran over while riding one of the Mayor’s new bicycles, and how he managed to place his tubular companion in the back of a taxi-cab. This is compelling stuff from the CIIP’s PR man, who is normally content to witter on about Tory conspiracies, secret meetings, and justified resident protests.

Neville, it appears, has his own thoughts about a promising local issue, which his party could exploit in the forthcoming election campaign in May. While his party leader, Dave Blackwell, casts around for an issue with which to beat the Tories over the head, Neville seems content to just offer his latest idea for his readers to contemplate.

No prizes for guessing what that bright idea is, however. After congratulating London’s Mayor with a, ‘Well done Boris,’ for ‘Giving people a lot of fun out there,’ Neville suggests:-

‘I do wonder if a similar scheme could be as successful in Castle Point?’

So far, CIIP Blog readers have left no comments to assist father Neville in his musings…