Vote Blue: Go Home - Tories stay away from Council meetings
The Tory opposition at Northampton Borough Council is being hammered with criticism from opposition councillors and members of the public alike after every single one of its councillors failed to turn up at a key meeting of the cabinet on Wednesday evening - despite reports about their poor attendance featuring in the local press six weeks previously!
In December, the Chronicle and Echo revealed that Conservative Borough Councillors were continually failing to attend important council meetings, with only half of their members attending the full council meeting on December 8th 2008 and none at all taking part in crucial interviews to appoint key directors or meetings relating to housing development in Northampton.
Paul Varnsverry said “The Tories have simply given up and they are continuing to fail their electors just as the failed the entire population of Northampton following their four disastrous years in power, which left Northampton Borough Council as “The World’s Worst Council” They could and should have raised their game after December’s press. They have sent a clear signal to the people of Northampton that it is a case of “Vote Blue: go home”.
“Even their newest recruit, elected less than two weeks before the cabinet meeting, failed to show - entirely contradicting his pre-election pledges and a letter published in the local newspaper just two days before the meeting where he said he would “work hard” for his electorate.”
“This has not gone unnoticed by the people of Northampton. Residents served by Liberal Democrat councillors know what it is like to be served by good councillors, who are active in the community, have excellent attendance records at council meetings and are making a positive difference to people’s lives - unlike the stay-at-home Tories.”
