The Labour Group at County Hall has issued a challenge to Liberal Democrat councillors to start taking opposition to the Conservatives seriously. Their call came in response to the latest LibDem failure to vote with a Labour challenge to the ruling Conservatives over the interminable and costly Undercliff enquiry. A Labour motion seeking a time limit to the £1 million plus enquiry at this month's Council meeting was voted against by the four LibDem councillors as well as all the Conservatives and Independents.
Labour group leader Cllr Deborah Gardiner said, "Being in opposition entails a responsibility to your electorate to pose alternatives to what the Conservatives are doing in this Council. Cllr Lumley and I take have taken that responsibility very seriously over the last 2 years, but we have repeatedly seen LibDem councillors voting with the Conservatives on major issues like this Undercliff enquiry, the proposed changes to the organisation of schools on the IW, and against our alternative Budget proposal when they had no alternative of their own. We are sure that is not what is expected of them and we invite them to work with us in offering effective opposition, whilst retaining their separate political identity. Of course they may be very happy with the damage the Tories are doing, in which case they should be honest and say so."
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