THIS BLOG’S STRAW POLL, regarding reader voting intentions in May’s Canvey Island Town Council election, is recording an unaccountable shift in opinion towards endorsing the Canvey Island Independent Party for a further term in power. The change comes after a week in which this Blog revealed that CIIP Websites indicate little support for the party; that many resident comments have been removed; and that the CIIP led Town Council decided to redirect £2,580.50, which it had collected for Veteran Charities, to bolstering its own bank account.
The Conservative vote is down four points (to 44 from its previous 48 per cent) and the Canvey Island Independent Party shows a comparative increase from 18 to 22 per cent. However, this is not a switch from Tory to CIIP, as first might be thought. The Conservatives have attracted two more voters since the results were last analysed on New Year’s Day; but these have been offset by the additional seven votes (25 per cent of their total) put-on by the CIIP since Friday, last week.
Bad publicity for the CIIP, it seems, simply increases their popularity amongst Canvey Beat readers…
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