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PRESS RELEASE
Comments on the Labour and the Liberal Democrats decision to
power share in Wirral.
Conservative Group Leader Jeff Green said: “This is the most
hypocritical decision imaginable. In the run up to polling day
the Lib Dem Leader urged Tory voters to switch to Lib Dem in
order to stop Labour. Then at the first chance he slides into
bed with Labour. How many seats would the Liberal Democrats have
held if they had been honest before May 3rd about their
intention to do a deal with Labour?”
The May 3rd poll once again produced a hung council with Labour
down one on 25 seats. The Lib Dems stay the same at 19 because
of a resignation. The Conservatives remain at 21. In terms of
the popular vote the Tories won 38% a full ten points ahead of
Labour and 13 ahead of the Lib Dems.
“The backroom deal of the Lib Dems and Labour is strange to say
the least. Back in 2005 a Wirral Labour MP told me the Lib Dems
were friends of yobs and their election leaflets ‘hypocritical’.
The Wirral Labour leader at the recent Budget Council called the
Liberal Democrats a ‘sad joke of a party’.”
“This deal comes as no shock to us as Labour cut after Labour
cut to the Social Services budget was passed because the Lib
Dems sided with Labour and not the Conservatives.”
“We proposed a shared cabinet that reflected the electorate’s
wishes. However, the Labour party needed an unquestioning
partner as it prepares to slash another £30 to 48million of
services,” concluded Councillor Green.
In response to the news in this morning's papers that Labour and
the Liberal Democrats plan to form an alliance to govern Wirral,
Dick Calver Chairman of Wirral West Conservatives states:
" Wirral electorate have been deceived.
Residents of Wirral West already believe that they do not get a
fair share of their Council Tax spent in their area.
The power grab by Labour and the Lib/Dems can only be bad news
for the west side of Wirral.
Never has it been more true; Vote Lib Dem and get Labour.
At a time when the next leader of the Labour Party is crushing
all opposition this is a wake up call to the residents of
Wirral. "
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