Julie Davenport - independent - video Dailymotion

Independent candidate Julie Davenport talks at the count ahead of the announcement of her ward, Far Cotton, Delapre & Briar Hill

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00:00Hi, I'm Julie Davenport and I'm a candidate for Cochrane, Delivery, and Ryan Youngport.

00:08And how are you feeling today, Julie?

00:10Well, I think just, you know, waves have been for the last two months, like I have,

00:16been up and down flights of stairs, you know, just running around delivering secrets,

00:24because being independent, you know, I haven't got the power to help them.

00:28So after two months, it's just a relief, you know, that it's over,

00:33and that I can have a nice, relaxing weekend.

00:36So that's how I feel at the moment.

00:38How confident are you feeling to keep you safe?

00:41I feel good till it's not good, you know what I mean?

00:45It's, yeah, I mean, I have a lot of loyal support in my area,

00:50and they've all been coming to me and saying,

00:53we've voted for you and wish me luck.

00:57So it certainly won't fit that I can try for the whole community, if I don't care.

01:04But it's good till it's not.

01:07And just on Reform, obviously they're causing a bit of a storm here.

01:10Yes.

01:11What are your kind of thoughts on them, and what are your thoughts on them in your ward as well?

01:15How many are standing in your ward?

01:17Oh, there's three.

01:18There's three, yeah.

01:19Yes.

01:20How I feel, I've always felt perfect to feel good to get counsellors.

01:26I wasn't expecting so many of them.

01:29But they're very good at shouting and recycling.

01:32And it would be good for them to realise how incredibly difficult it is to run a council,

01:40when you haven't got money.

01:42Because so many people think, well, we've had that, we should have this, we should have that.

01:46But of course, there's not enough money.

01:49No person has got enough money to have anyone in the ward.

01:53So, yeah, they have to stop the planning and start delivering.

02:00They say they're going to fix it.

02:02And if you do get in, what's your kind of first point of action?

02:05What will you do straight away?

02:07Well, I've still got a few things I need to do in my ward.

02:10So I will continue on.

02:13You know, it's just a continual thing.

02:16And I'm still, you know, getting lots and lots of emails.

02:19There's lots of people out there who need help.

02:22So I would just be available.

02:26Perfect. Thank you very much.