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Originally Posted by Tom Wilde
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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All this apologia avoids dealing with the issue I pin pointed at the start. Instead, you fall back on the well known tactic of posing questions yourself!
The fact is that she was in the Lib Dems. Lib Dem policies are not identical to those of the Liberals, and so, she was (presumably) a member of the party nearest her set of beliefs. Indeed, if the policies of both are identical or very similar, why the two parties and why should she move from one to t'other?
We know that her move to the Liberals was prompted by her de-selection, NOT the fact of the forthcoming election itself. Hardly a move inspired by principle!
You assert that
"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." Again, one can hardly cite this as evidence of principle. Au contraire, it looks more like expediency to me!
Having said all this, I can well understand why she has done it, but you must learn to stop trying to defend the indefensible! It only gives the likes of me more scope to emphasise that which you are so jolly keen to deny!
Cheers.
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