Lib Dem deputy leader Jon Rogers, right, has been chosen to represent his party in November's mayoral elections...asked if the Lib Dems could mount a realistic
challenge to the favourites, he replied: "Of course. Just in
terms of support we have got more seats in the council than anyone else. They
[Labour] think it's going to be easy, but we are going to give them a run for
their money."(full story plus comments here).Though he offers little or no indication of what his policies might be - following the pattern of almost every candidate so far - as Lib Dem mayoral candidate Jon Rogers would just be offering Bristol voters more of what they have already been getting from the council. As Lib Dem Deputy Leader and a cabinet member he is an intimate part of the way the city has been and is currently run and is most unlikely to depart from the policies of the current administration.
Bristolians want change and rejected the current system by
voting to have an Elected Mayor – and by the criticism of and large scale lack
of enthusiasm they have expressed about the council for years. With former
Liberal George Ferguson likely to take many votes standing as an independent
and coalition govt unpopularity and failures on top of this, no Lib Dem stands
much chance of becoming our first elected Mayor. In any case Jon Rogers has
neither the vision, policies, profile, standing or stature
needed in an elected Mayor.
