An anti Labour Alliance

Council meeting was prolonged...to put it mildly...

Lately, being a member of the Labour Group has felt very much like the Spartans at Thermopylae, encircled by Xerxes' Persian hordes: the anti Labour Coalition of Libs, Nats and Tories regularly co-ordinate their attack to leave Labour utterly isolated.
Yesterday, it felt that we did not stand alone.
The quality of the deputations on cuts to grants in voluntary organisations was breathtaking: each spoke very well, succinct, focussed and relevant. Consistently, the message was they had not been consulted and it was abundantly clear no-one in the Administration took responsibility for telling local groups they faced a cut, or in some cases, extinction. It had all been left to officers...cowardly as well as secretive.

I am also pleased to say that Labour Group colleagues rose to the occasion and their speeches attacked in all the right places. It was obvious the Administration was rattled: the Leader retaliated with a petulant, personal attack on Ewan and otherwise nobody said much of any significance. It was not a good day for the anti-Labour alliance.