Mason Edward Goodchild, Clockwork Liveryman Jani Levanen, Plastic Man Gerard O’Sullivan & Barrister David Williams Stand In Farringdon Within City Council By-Election

On the same day as the national election in the UK on 4 July 2024, there is a local council by-election in the City of London’s Farringdon Within ward. Below we provide a rundown of the four candidates – Edward Goodchild, Jani Levanen, Gerard O’Sullivan and David Williams. All are standing as ‘independents’. There is […]

Martha Grekos Wins Castle Baynard Aldermanic Election

On 13 July 2023, the voters in Castle Baynard ward of the City of London elected Martha Grekos as their alderman for the next six years. She defeated six other candidates in one of the hardest fought aldermanic elections in recent times. Her victory signifies more than a personal triumph: it is a heavy blow to the City Corporation’s establishment, some members of which went to desperate lengths to stop her, fearful that as alderman she would vigorously represent her constituents and boldly challenge the Corporation’s poor leadership and masonic culture. The failure of those members to achieve their aim, in spite of the resources they mobilised against her, has dispelled the aura of invincibility which the establishment tries to project.

On All 7 Of The 13 July 2023 Castle Baynard Election Candidates

The election for the alderman of Castle Baynard ward in the City of London will be contested by seven candidates on 13 July 2023. Martha Grekos – the favourite to win, but not favoured by the masonic establishment of the City of London Corporation – has built a loyal support base among residents and businesses during her year as an active councillor in the ward, and is the only candidate with a track record of acting for their benefit. As an alderman she would also provide a much needed challenge to the Corporation’s poor leadership.

On The Candidates For The Castle Baynard Aldermanic Election 13 July 2023

Ian Luder, who represents the worst of the City of London council, is standing down as alderman of Castle Baynard ward. His welcome departure triggers an election for a new alderman on 13 July 2023. We know of five potential candidates so far, of whom four lack real knowledge of the ward and genuine interest in its voters, and are otherwise unsuitable for various reasons. Only Martha Grekos is a credible candidate, having built a loyal base of support among residents and businesses during her year as an active councillor in the ward. So this should be an easy choice for Castle Baynard voters to make.

By-Election Results From Castle Baynard & Cripplegate Underline The Urgent Need For Democratic Reform In The City Of London

Given that the leader of the City of London council Chris Hayward has been personally involved in a drive to register yet more undemocratic business voters in the Castle Baynard ward, the 11.9% turnout for the 23 March 2023 by-election there leaves the policy chair with yet more egg on his face. Only in a rotten borough like the City of London would a seat in the ward currently most likely to elect opposition councillors to a nominally ‘non-partisan’ council be left vacant for nearly 5 months longer than its equivalent post in Castle Baynard, where a Guildhall establishment ‘man’ was much more likely to be elected if opposition candidates weren’t given time to organise. If the Guildhall establishment can organise an election in a week or two in Castle Baynard, they can do it anywhere, they just prefer not to in a ward like Cripplegate where they’re unlikely to see a candidate they favour returned.

Martha Grekos Resigned Her Castle Baynard Council Seat Due To ‘Brotherhood’ Bullying, All Those Standing To Replace Her Are Freemasons

There aren’t many places in the UK where all four candidates standing for a seat on a local authority council would be freemasons, but given that the City of London is the last rotten borough and is in urgent need of democratic reform, it is not really surprising that this is happening in the ‘square’ mile in 2023. So let’s take a look at the unsavoury line up vying for a handful of business votes to win a seat on the least democratic council in England on 23 March. They are Kevin Everett, Michael Hudson, Edward Goodchild and Scott Longman. Less that 0.4% of the English population are masons and yet more than two thirds of those who’ve held the top City of London council job of Lord Mayor since the founding of the Guildhall Lodge in 1905 have belonged to this tiny United Grand Lodge of England affiliate group.

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No To Business Votes, Yes To Democracy!

Edward Goodchild