If these things are supposed to be proportional, how do the 2 Councillors from one opposition group at County Hall get 4 places on committees, but the 4 Councillors in each of the other two opposition groups get not 8 places on the committees, but 11 ?
Consequently Labour has no place on any of the Policy Commissions (PCs), nor on the Audit & Performance Committee. This despite there being an opposition vacancy (LibDem) on the PC that Deborah has now been manoeuvred out of, TWO opposition vacancies (LD and Independent) on the PC that I have been thrown off, and TWO opposition vacancies (LD and Indep.) on the A&P Committee despite my regular offers over the last year to take one of these vacancies. Additionally the LibDems continue to boycott the Scrutiny Ctte, showing once again there unwillingness to offer any sort of opposition to this dreadful Council.
Prior to the latest re-allocation of places there was room for a small Labour Group to take part in areas that interest it, which is how we had PC places. Not anymore as the Tories ensured the new scheme dramatically marginalised Labour.
Are these the first signs that the Tories prefer the LibDems to Labour as they are easier opponents to defeat and compromise ?
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