The Leicester Mercury reports:
A councillor has quit the Labour party and told the Mercury that the Leicester group is riven by splits and factions.
A few days ago, local Labour councillor Ramila Shah did something she had been longing to do for two years. She cancelled her Labour Party membership.
It felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders, she says. Finally, she felt, no more sniping. No more splits. No more bitching and backbiting.
This is a story of politics in Leicester – of a Labour group with such a large ruling majority that, according to Coun Shah, it is riven by splits and rival factors.
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You missed this example of a Lib Dem councillor embezzling
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-13221896
This reminds me a bit of Barnsley, where the official opposition is Independent Labour.
At least we can’t come sixth, though.
What this example shows is that local politics is still not friendly and welcoming enough to local community activists who want to enter politics but also that recruiting non political people to political parties will result in them not making the compromises necessary. Oh and that the Leicester Labour party is probably pretty vicious. Politics in Britain is still pretty childish at times though.