Naughty rocket in his pocket?

It appears that things may be blowing up in the face of the Rockett after a day or two's campaigning. Facing into a battle with the current president defending his title, surrounded by all the kayakers in the universe can't be easy but the word on the ground is that people are getting seriously peeved with the in your face tactics of the Rockett campaign and the blocking of progress through the Red Raisins for people.

Add to that the little rumours spreading about a pre-election deal struck with the Lodge night club and Paddy Rockett might have the Electoral and Referenda board to contend with as well as a growing band of annoyed punters who'll vote for someone else through plain annoyance. It's not as though we're especially impressed with the power of the ERB but they have the power to pull a candidate's name from the ballot and if our dicky birds are on the ball and are correct that there's encouraging help and free tickets for Rockett supporters being handed out by the local shifting zone during this week, then there could well be a breach of the rule about not getting support from outside interests. And far beyond a few people in the Tuesday market wearing Dempsey t-shirts last year. Whatever about the obvious ticket going on between Rockett and good pal Vivion Grisewood for CSO, this could well be the step over the line that turns people off the campaign for good.

Today could well be the day that we discover if the ERB have any teeth or if they're going to sit, play dumb and wait for an official complaint. GIven the reticient nature of the members of the current board, we're not that hopeful that they'll do more than nothing or whine a little. Time will tell.