Our "Local Conservatives", as they style themselves in their election literature, have now re-selected Mr Fabricant as the parliamentary candidate to represent the Lichfield constituency in the next Parliamentary election.
Shocking new figures released this week show that 2220 local patients waited more than 12 hours in A&E in February.
Jamie Christie, Lib Dem candidate for Leomansley in the Lichfield District and City Council elections on 4 May writes "Across the country, including in Lichfield and Burntwood, Conservative Party candidates in the 4 May local elections are describing themselves on ballot papers as 'Local Conservatives'. While local election candidates in Liz Truss's constituency can perhaps be forgiven for wanting to spare themselves the embarrassment of being associated with the former Prime Minister's party, Conservative party associations in Hampshire, Nottinghamshire, and elsewhere seem similarly keen to put some distance between themselves and the national party. The practice has become so widespread that - ironically enough - it's presumably been sanctioned at the national level. Nor is this a brand-new phenomenon; in a 2022 local election in Hartlepool, a 'Local Conservative' begged voters 'please don't punish local Conservatives for the mistakes made in Westminster'. The attempt to pretend that your local Conservati
