The Pot of Gold at the end of our Rainbow

April 26, 2017 in News

Last nights Full District Council meeting was a long time coming for most of us opposition members. With 20 items on the agenda we were sure to be in for a long evening. With apologies for absences from the Tory side of the chamber, this was going to get interesting! The Tory majority now is very marginal and they are particularly vulnerable to attack from the opposition. - that is of course if the 'rainbow' of the opposition is perfectly formed! Well on this occasion, the 'rainbow' was perfectly formed and the Tories faced a night of misery in chamber. With most of their motions voted against by the opposition they were left frustrated. Most of the 'good stuff' was in exempt (top secret) and this fact was kicked around the chamber for some time during the evening, as we tried to get them to remove the items from exempt so we could actually talk about it in public - Unfortunately we didn't get to that point. However, suffice to say by the end of the evening (11.30pm) we had found our pot of gold and walked away, our residents that much richer :-)    

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James Newport

Essex County Councillor for Rayleigh North, Rochford District Councillor for Downhall & Rawreth and Rayleigh Town Councillor for Sweyne.