James Leach

@jecleach.bsky.social

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Writer and content marketing person. Write a newsletter about narrative, brand, messaging at https://itsallstorytelling.substack.com

It is considerably easier to judge whether a candidate has made egregiously racist remarks on social media than it is to work out whether your new candidates have the ability to say, run children’s services, or adult social care, or oversee the maintenance of housing, whether for social tenants or for owner-occupiers in former council housing, or manage refuse collections, all of which will be among the in-trays for new Green councillors.

Saying racist things is a sign you are unfit for office, both because of the fundamental moral issue but also because racism is an issue of poor judgment and incompetence.