Conservative Mayoral Campaign Launch

[James Cleverly]

Today is the formal launch of the 2006 Conservative Campaign for Mayor of Lewisham.

The Conservatives came second in the Mayoral election in 2002 and I am confident that we can improve our position this time and bring about a positive change, a real step forward for Lewisham.

As you will be able to see from my site, I was born and brought up in Lewisham and I care deeply about making Lewisham a great place to live, work and learn. We have so much going for us here, a diverse and vibrant population, excellent transport links, great parks and open spaces and a number of traditional shopping areas.

Yet there are some things which could and should be improved. Crime rates are still too high, too few parents get their first choice of school, leisure provision is not good enough and recycling levels are far too low.

Despite these few negative points there are far more things that make Lewisham great than bring it down. What we need to do is fix the few things that let the borough down and turn Lewisham into the best borough in London. It can be done and this should be the aspiration of the Mayor of Lewisham, anything less is selling Lewisham short.

I want this improvement to be community led, the people of Lewisham working hand in hand with the Mayor and councillors to make everyone’s lives better.

Many of you reading this will not have voted Conservative in the past but please remember Labour have had decades to improve Lewisham and have failed to do so, I and the Conservatives have the best chance of beating Tony Blair’s local representatives and changing the way Lewisham is governed.

If you want true community driven local government, if you want efficient administration with less waste, if you want a fresh approach to the relationship between the council and the people of Lewisham and if you genuinely want to see a step forward for Lewisham vote for me on the 4th of May.

Thank you,

James Cleverly
Conservative Candidate for Mayor of Lewisham

www.jamescleverly4lewisham.com
www.jamescleverly.blogspot.com