News reaches us that a Conservative councillor on Tory-run Dover District Council has defected to the Liberal Democrats.
We understand this would leave the Conservatives with a minority administration and the possibility of losing control entirely.
Update: The Dover Liberal Democrats site has the full story.
Cllr Paul Dawkins has resigned from the Conservatives and joined the Liberal Democrats. He said: “We need to restore political balance to the Council to make it more responsive to local needs. The Lib Dems will give me the opportunity of working with a committed team, something that I that I have not had previously.”
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The situation in Dover is that there are now 3 LibDem councillors, 3 independants, 22 conservatives and 17 Labour.
Will the Tories continue to run a minority administration? Are the Independents Conservative inclined or more sympathetic to us? Will you try to work with the Tories or with the opposition Councillors to defeat the current administration?
The Independent are ex-Labour Councillors who now sit as Independent Socialists.
I think the future of the current Tory Cabinet depends on what their next proposed budget looks like.