Matt O'Connor, the substitute candidate for Mayor of London on behalf of the English Democrats, says he has halted his campaign to become mayor. O'Connor replaced Garry Bushell, the well-known columnist, social pundit and all-round diamond geezer. Appearing on Vanessa Feltz's radio talk show on BBC London, O'Connor complained about lack of publicity. I can't think what he is meaning, as he got quite a bit. The trouble was it was all about him and his past exploits in Fathers4Justice.
As Sir Alan Sugar might say on firing a hapless candidate in The Apprentice, "You're a complete shambles. You're fired!". The English Democrat campaign had an air of mystery laced with a we-know-something's-going-on-behind-the scenes inclination. It was badly thought out with little or no contribution from leading EDP people. O'Connor's website has been pulled leaving him saying, "With the benefit of hindsight I probably should not have stood for them".
I would have thought that the Kilroy episode with parts of UKIP turning into Veritas turning into whatever would have sobered the mind. Anyway, he's still on the ballot so it that sense nothing has changed. If O'Connor is right and he get's no more publicity he can't complain. He'll get the vote he would have got if he hadn't resigned!
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It should come as no surprise that Matt O’Connor has halted his campaign. He has a history of shutting up shop when things aren’t going his way, having previously pulled the plug on Fathers4Justice. Isn’t it time someone told Mr. O’Connor “A winner never quits and a quitter never wins”.
Shame the English democrats didn’t ask anyone from F4J about him, we could have warned them.
He is now backing Alan Craig and the Christian choice because they are the only party that put families at the centre of the political agenda.
I think Matt had a point when he complained about media coverage. Mat is a great showman yet got ignored. The One London bloke also dropped out due to media ignoring him.
All the mainstream mead want to report on it the stupid things Ken and Boris say to each other.
The BBC sort of admit they didn't give much coverage to the "others" when Brian Paddick was telling them he got squeezed!
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