why don't any of you guys accept that part of john leech's appeal was that he was a good hard-working and very popular councillor who built himself a strong personal following by sheer hard work at grass roots level?
Because he did exactly that, whether you like his politics or not.
OUtside of labour party portals, he's a popular guy on the ground. Maybe you could learn from that?
You all think KB was such a wonderful guy, yet you'd have been hard pressed to find a good word said for him round here. He was viewed as remote and ineffectual, rightly or wrongly.
