Ann Hines seems to have been utterly straightforward about her reasons for switching to the Liberal Party: (a) She has been deselected but feels she still has a lot to offer the people in her ward; (b) she agrees with the Liberals, not the LibDems, on the important issue of local redevelopment and green spaces and (c) she gets on well with Liberal leader Cllr Steve Radford. Also, as her council seat is up for re-election in less than 3 weeks, she is hardly occupying it under false pretenses! Where exactly do you see a lack of integrity there, cassie?
The interesting thing will be to see whether she can hold this seat on 1st May. It will be tricky as the Liverpool LibDems have always had big majorities in West Derby ward, but on the other hand she is a well-known and popular sitting councillor. The LibDems in Liverpool are in an utter mess right now. Their administration was recently officially rated the worst in the country by local govt inspectors and they are busy arguing with one another over whose fault it is that they are so dreadful. No wonder the decent ones are jumping ship.
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