BY Councillor Tony Dawson
A Southport Councillor is making an appeal to local Conservative voters to help restore ‘one nation’ in Britain in response to COVID-19. Hundreds of thousands of UK residents have already written to their MPs complaining about the behaviour and perceived subsequent dishonesty off the Prime Minister’s ‘Special Advisor’.
Councillor Tony Dawson was the only non-Conservative ever elected in Dukes Ward of Southport when he was voted onto the Council in 2012 and was re-elected with a much bigger majority in 2016. Because he has underlying chest and circulation issues, Cllr Dawson has been self-isolating from his family in Manchester for over three months. He has constantly pushed for people to stick by the ‘lockdown’ rules despite the bad examples we see on the media, as well as personally providing support for vulnerable relatives and neighbours.
Tony Dawson says:
“Not one person I have met yet has told me they believe a single word of Dominic Cummings’ Barnard Castle ‘eye test’ eyewash. He would have been more plausible if he had told the world that his family day trip out, on his wife’s birthday, was to seek out the birth place of Peppa Pig.”
“There is no test which can ever cover this man’s tracks.”
“The damage Mr Cummings has done to the nation’s solidarity and confidence in the public health messaging at this crisis time has been catastrophic. And loyalty to him so far has caused Boris Johnson to totally abandon ‘The Science’ in decision-making which is really scary and dangerous.”
“Although Liberal and Labour voters will doubtless vent their spleens on this ‘one law for the rich. . . .” demonstration, it is unlikely they will affect the Conservative MPs massively. But it is clear that dozens of Conservative MPs like Oliver Hoare find Dominic Cummings behaviour so gut-wrenchingly dishonest that they cannot stomach it – and I am sure this extends to thousands of Conservative voters too.”
“So, I urge Southport’s Tory supporters, for all of our sakes, please write to let Damien Moore MP know that YOU personally want ONE set of rules for ONE nation – which requires Mr Cummings to be sent ‘on his bike’ – and all who behave similarly, for whatever reason and whatever their politics to be sent on their bikes with him.”
Mr Moore can be emailed via damien.moore.mp@parliament.uk , Or a message can be dropped to him HERE: https://www.damienmooremp.com/contact or through hisFacebook page: https://www.facebook.com/damienmooremp/
With luck, Conservative voters will press Conservative MPs to persuade Boris Johnson to do the right thing. It is not as though Mr Cummings himself rates Conservative MPs – or the NHS – or the British people too highly: