Kevan Lim

Well the reality of defeat hit home today. I had to go into the county council to close out all my files and transfer my emails to my own account.  Unfortunately someone had decided to switch off all the computer access for councillors who were defeated.  I never cease to be amazed at the insensitivity of some people.  Apart from the fact that I did not end my term as a county councillor until the end of today, how does anyone think you can access your files if they have closed down computer access.  It is important because I still have several important personal cases which I want to make sure are transferred to appropriate officers for action before I end.

Anyway when the computers were switched back on I received a number of emails both from opponents and residents regretting my defeat.  Whilst I appreciate the thoughts it only added to my depression.

The defeat also meant I am  no longer the UK representative on the European bodies I was involved with.  As a consequence I have to arrange  votes to be provided to the Norwegian vice president in connection with an important meeting in Odessa Ukraine this week.  Fortunately she is happy to vote on behalf of the UK delegation.

One good email arrives from one of my French local government contacts who regrets my defeat and complains I should have told him earlier so he could have sent over  his  Corsican brotherhood to campaign on my behalf.  I remember reading the book by Robert Ludlum “The Matarese Circle”.

Not sure having a campaign run by a brotherhood intent on world domination through corruption and anarchy would have helped, although it gave me a laugh and lightened my mood.

I have one final task which is to attend my last meeting of the European energy group in Brussels on the 19th June.  Then its time to really decide what I am going to do.