For houses on Daedalus -

keep voting Conservative!

The current Tory councillor for Lee East last year promised “We (the Tories) are committed to jobs on Daedalus not housing”. Despite this assurance over 200 houses are planned and yet more are likely to follow. In response to these numbers a prominent local Tory was surprisingly quoted as saying “we are avoiding another housing estate”. I understand the Tory predicament, they want to convince you they oppose housing but in reality they know that recent Tory-led government policies will make it very difficult to achieve (i.e. the government has relaxed the planning system in favour of development and government plans to axe SEEDA - the South East England Development Association who own the Daedalus site – will inevitably mean the land will be sold on to the highest bidder).

In general the prospect of new jobs on Daedalus is to be welcomed. However, The News recently commented that jobs at Daedalus “would help to provide jobs for the proposed 7,000 new homes in the north of Fareham”. So new jobs at Daedalus will inevitably increase traffic congestion. Accordingly, substantive improvements to our transportation system should be an integral part of any development at Daedalus, otherwise new housing/

employment development there will cause further congestion to our peninsula home.

If you want housing development on Daedalus then keep voting Conservative – as you can’t realistically expect your local Tory councillor to vehemently oppose policies and proposals that come from a Tory-led government and Tory-led county council. If elected I will strenuously fight for our local community, oppose further housing on Daedalus and tirelessly campaign for improved transportation links.

A Message from

Graham Giles

As a resident of Lee East I’m honoured to fight this Borough Council election at such a crucial time for our community & country. Never was it so urgent to protect our community and to send a strong message of protest to the Tory-led government that their policies (which are largely based on Tory ideology) is crippling our country. People are saying the cuts are reckless, too fast and too deep. There is another way - despite what the Tories & Lib-Dems try to argue.  If elected I’ll strongly defend our public services in Lee-on-the-Solent from closure and privatisation and fearlessly speak out for our community!

What the Tories

haven’t told you

 The leaflet recently put through    your door doesn’t say:

•  houses will be built on Daedalus  despite Tory promises to the  contrary;
•  the new Gosport ferry pontoon  isn't at no cost to local people.  The  council  gave an interest-free  loan  to the company & fares  immediately increased by 25%;
•  Labour intended that the Bus  Rapid Transit route  would be part  of a much  larger priority system -  Tories have scrapped these  plans;
•  savings from the refuse  collection  service made by outsourcing  to  foreign firm & reducing working  conditions for employees;
•  David Miliband a former Labour  minister secured the funding for  the Rowner  regeneration scheme,
•  the Tories have cut Sure Start  centres & other necessary services  on our peninsula - but it’s falsely  claimed in the leaflet that they’ve made no "cuts to frontline  services".

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