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| Happy to Help Lib Dem Pals! But Not in Southampton Test Image: Thomas Gravatt Twitter* |
Caught out! The Libs Dem Southampton Test candidate Thomas Gravatt said via his Campaign Manager, that he did not have time to answer your questions despite standing in the 2024 General Election. We asked all candidates the same questions.
Questions that Southampton residents need answers to, in order to make a more informed decision on their vote. Or even, whether to vote at all, or positively spoil their ballot.
Basic questions were refused by Mr Gravatt that any serious candidate could and should answer quickly. And which other candidates have answered, and which are shown on this website.
But clearly, Mr Gravatt did have time to meet Layla Moran, a prominent Liberal Democrat former Member of Parliament (just a candidate now the election is on, as Parliament is dissolved).
And not in Southampton Test was Mr Gravatt happy to help, but in another constituency, in Rownhams which is Romsey and Southampton North, helping Geoff Cooper presumably who is the Lib Dem candidate there. Perhaps residents will be less damning, as at least Rownhams is nearby, not Kensington, unlike the Conservative candidate in Southampton Itchen.
That time being happy to help Mr Cooper could have been spent answering your questions.
It's the Southampton Test candidate's choice. Contrary to popular belief, candidates are volunteers and are not paid.
Residents can draw their own conclusions about Mr Gravatt's choices and his priorities over his time, when he said that he did not have the time to answer your questions.
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* We would have preferred to use a photo sent to us, like we have for our candidates who have given us permission, but the Lib Dems did not provide one when asked. Plus the Twitter photo is evidence of a contradiction of Mr Gravatt's claims of a lack of time. If Mr Gravatt or the Lib Dems object and want to tell us to remove the image, we will consider it.