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  1. Published on: 24/10/2017 05:50 AMReported by: rogerblaxall
    Conservatives on the Borough Council staged a mass walk out at last week's full Council meeting - but only after the conclusion of the Council's business.

    The protest was against the ruling Labour Group's 'abuse of the democratic process and the waste of resources' in tabling multiple yet pointless motions purely for narrow party political ends Tory leader, Cllr David Westley, told QLocal yesterday.

    He said: "Labour had put six Motions on the Council's Agenda, five of which had nothing to do with the Council's business but were simply there to give them the opportunity to attack Government policy.

    "The motions were absolutely pointless as, after 2 or 3 hours of listening to vitriolic Socialist claptrap, the outcome was to force the Chief Executive to write multiple letters to the Government.

    "Our protest was against the involvement of the Chief Executive in party politics and the absolute waste of considerable council officer time.

    "It is my firm belief that motions should be relevant to the Council's business such as the one we tabled earlier this year that sought to reverse Labour's deeply unpopular £30 Green Wheelie Bin Tax and stopping collections at the end of October," he added.

    "Such motions should seek a meaningful outcome and not just be used as an opportunity to stage a meaningless political debate and the writing of a pointless letter to the Government."

    And Mayor Neil Furey's been blasted by local councillor Sam Currrie after a motion was put forward by the Labour group to accept a new Vice Chairman for a committee - a post previously held by Cllr Pryce-Roberts.

    Tory Cllr Currie questioned the decision and asked if it had anything to do with her poor attendance at meetings - or her career as a senior lecturer at Southampton university.

    Mayor Furey stated this was a personal attack on Cllr Pryce-Roberts and made a thinly veiled threat of legal action against Cllr Currie.

    "Frankly, if the mayor of West Lancashire doesn't allow members to question the legitimacy of someone being on the council yet working some 250 miles away then I would question what his role is.

    "His position is supposed to be apolitical but he seems adamant on going along with Labour 'cover ups'.

    "The good people of Skelmersdale South have a right to know who their elected member is and as I stated on Wednesday before I was ordered to keep quiet, Cllr Pryce-Roberts should declare how much time she actually spends in West Lancashire.

    "As for Cllr Furey's 'get my solicitor involved' comment I say 'bring it on'.

    "If speaking out against undemocratic members gets me into a spot of bother then so be it.

    "My only concern is for the people of West Lancashire. Not for the feelings of the mayor or indeed any other elected Labour member."
     
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