CORRECTION AND APOLOGY: Labour's Councillor Satvir Kaur 2024 Southampton Test General Election Candidate DOES MENTION the Council! ONCE!

Satvir Kaur Labour Councillor
Mentions Council ONCE in 10 pages!
Photo: Southampton Independents

 

We wrote that Labour Councillor Satvir Kaur, who is standing for Parliament at the 2024 General Election, did not mention the council or being a councillor once.

Not in two leaflets. Not at all. It could not be seen amongst a lot of words and copious photos.

Looking once more though, it turns out that it was mentioned. We stand corrected.

We apologise to Satvir Kaur and Keir Starmer's Labour Party.

In our defence, it is very hard to notice though. And we did ask Ms Kaur to show us if it was mentioned. She has not replied.

You would think that if Councillor Kaur had a proud record of achievements as a ward councillor in Shirley, as a Cabinet member for over a decade and short reign as Leader of the Council, that her record would be emblazoned across the leaflets.

But none of that is mentioned.

Being on the council at all is very hard to find, like a needle in a haystack. Just one sentence of many sentences amongst a lot of photos.

Yes, that's it. In ten pages on two documents delivered to Southampton Test residents, here it is, buried in the middle of a tri-fold leaflet of six pages, under "Why I'm Standing". 

 

Buried in a tri-fold leaflet
Photo: Southampton Independents

Just in case you can't make it out, it reads:

"I joined local politics and became council leader to make a difference for my neighbourhood."

That's it.

So while we apologise for the error, it must be noted that Councillor Kaur was given a right of reply. No reply was received, as was also the case when we asked her the same basic six questions that other candidates DID answer. You can see their answers here.

 

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