Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Ending the abuse

This site was set up by me to allow residents and voters in Kingston to gain an insight into my activities and to get an understanding of my views on Conservative policy and my perspective on the policies of other parties.

Part of that process is that voters could then interact with others and question my view.

Unfortunatley, since the election was called last week, this site has been inundated with inappropriate and slanderous comments that are inappropriate to an audience of 300 regular unique visitors a day. It is clear they originate from my political opponents. I have attempted warning people but it has been to no avail.

I am therefore left with no alternative but to shut down the comments section of this blog for a period. I may well open them up again in a few days. You can still email me and I would be happy to reply. I have had a look at some of the other blogs of Parliamentary Candidates and it appears to be a common problem that they are experiencing and the only alternative they have is to shut down the comments. Lynne Featherstone and Iain Dale have had to do the same. I regret this.

The postings I make will continue and I hope they continue to be of interest to you all.

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