ON the eve of the May local elections, the chair of Harlow Reform, Scott Hegley has issued the following statement.

Mr Hegley said: “”This is an election like no other. Harlow voters have a choice to make tomorrow and no shortage of options to choose from, perhaps than has been the case before.

Harlow’s (thankfully) tolerant voters have been on the receiving end of a bombardment of door knocks and flyers from all local political parties, and would be forgiven for losing the woods for the trees amidst argument and counter-argument.

One party engages in ‘Project Fear’ to scare voters into supporting it and its spotlight-loving leader or else the world will end; another lacks any cohesive ideas yet expects your support because it’s always been there; and another has ideas so loopy and dangerous you wonder if they can really be serious.

We in Reform UK simply ask voters to consider this…if you are worried you are being left behind; if you are worried about the speed at which Harlow is changing before your eyes; if you have lost faith in the endless more-of-the-same promises of the old parties and if you feel as though pride in your community, in your town and in your country has been turned into something to be ashamed of; tomorrow you can at last do something about it by making the two votes you get really count.

Harlow is about more than the Punch and Judy politics of red and blue; it’s come too far to be put in the hands of eco-loons who follow a unstable party leader and its worth much more than the promise of the odd high street store or booking of a disgraced DJ for the Town Show. These are the things that devalue Harlow rather than elevate it.

“If we are going to change Harlow for the better, while also preserving the things about it that we love, for the good of our kids and grandkids, then tomorrow let’s reject more-of-the-same, and vote for REFORM UK.”