Beware opportunists at work....

If there wasn't an election on the horizon or they weren't paid to do it, where would they be?

That's the question many people are asking at the upsurge in altruistic behavior now being seen in a community near you. As their parties cut frontline services, fuck around with people's benefits and pay lip service to the wants and needs of society our intrepid election candidates are out there selling themselves.  

But the problem is like their friends in the party who are 'elected' you only see them in the run up to the election, outside of that they really don't earn their keep.

Aye you're marvelous, yer ma and yer granny love ye, they think the sun shines out of yer rear end, but if you don't get elected, where will you be the week after the election? 

I doubt you'll be running around the city on a cold wet night acting like Derry's answer to Batman. 

There are many true heroes in this city and beyond, you might never see the work they do in person, but their impact and the positive effect they have on peoples lives doesn't revolve around a photo opportunity.

They are people who volunteer for food banks, who patrol the river as Foyle Search & Rescue Volunteers, who without a second thought look out for their elderly neighbour and who ensure that they have a meal.

And guess what, there's not a camera in sight. Give me ten of them for one of you any day.