If the cap fits!

I started this blog because like many others if you actually could be bothered to reply to someone with a point of view which was not their own, you got shouted down or was accused of being a Friend of Freer.

Now I am not a Friend of Freer (as much as people like to accuse me of), I am just someone who poses an interest in the Borough that I live in, work in and grew up in. Whenever I posted a comment automatically a response would appear from 'them' to disagree and cast their accusations my way. I am all for people having their own point of view, I respect theirs and if something is written publically like a blog, they should respect mine. We don't all have to agree with one another and no one is more right than anyone else, unless you are a stifler as I have come to call them.

As soon as someone prints something the stiflers disagree with they are all up in arms like in the local newspapers printing letters from those who are not left leaning it is suddenly a disgrace. However, week on week there are letters from those people in support of the left calling Conservative Councillors, MPs and other representatives all the names under the sun and that is alright. Why is it wrong for the ordinary folk of Barnet to express their viewpoint in their local newspaper? Why do they suddenly have to have the label "Tory" just because their view is different to those who seek to stifle debate? Because by screaming and shouting and casting their accusations they hope that people like you and I will disappear under a stone and remain silent after their bullying tactic so they can continue with their obsession, which as far as I can see is settled around two people - Mike Freer (The Leader of Barnet Council) and Brian Coleman (Councillor in Barnet and the GLA Member).

Well I will not disappear and I will continue to have my viewpoint, they can label me with whatever term they like, to be quite frank I think it is clearly a case of "Methinks the lady doth protest too much" and if I was Mike Freer I would worry about the obsession turning into a scene from the film "single white female"...