Curious goings on in Local government

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Curious goings on in Local government

By the founding editor | Fri 18th May 2007 - 9:42 am

First, as has been reported all over the Lib Dem blogosphere, Oxford is to have two Conservative cllrs – formerly Lib Dems. Two councillors do constitute a group, though who’ll be leader and who’ll be deputy, who can say?

“The pair said they did not quit the council and call a by-election because of the cost to the taxpayer.”

B***cks. The pair thought they would not quit the council because they’d lose their seats and their cosy income.

And curious events at North Devon District Council yesterday afternoon. The Tories, despite a notional majority of one Councillor, failed to take control of the Council as they were four short on the day. A Lib Dem was elected as Chairman and as the Tories could not elect an administration an all-Party administration will go forward.

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3 Comments

Real Liberal 18th May '07 - 2:56pm

How many councillors do you urge to force by-elections when they switch to you from other parties? Come on, be truthful.
Rob Fenwick 18th May '07 - 2:59pm

I didn’t actually urge them to force a by-election though, did I? I just took the mick out of them for coming up with such a crap reason for not doing so.
Real Liberal 18th May '07 - 4:08pm

Actually, quite a few Con-Lib and Lab-Lib defectors cite that reason…