Occasionally we find people who think that because Conservative and Lib Dem MPs are in a coalition in parliament, that must extend to council chambers as well.
That isn’t true.
The Conservatives have a huge majority in Rochford, and have certainly not offered the Lib Dem councillors here any kind of coalition – nor would we expect them to do so.
Relations between the two parties are generally very professional – we often disagree on issues but there?are normally no bad feelings.
Meanwhile in Brentwood feelings between the two parties seem to be very bad and downright unpleasant- as Lib Dem Councillor Karen Chilvers explains here .
My ?crime? was doing my job of scrutinising the council and my punishment was to be hounded out of the Scrutiny Chair position by a pack of baying Tory wolves all trumping up charges as to how I am incompetent because they didn?t like being brought to account as a failing administration by the vote I allowed…
…..There is no other organisation that would allow this to happen ? can you imagine in the workplace 20 employees being allowed, in fact encouraged, to subject another employee to a barrage of abuse like this in the office?.let alone on the internet for the whole world to watch?? ….. If you can stomach it, please do watch along