I know Paul Elgood is a little touchy after my leaflet highlighting how the Lib Dem council fell apart in Adur but he really will have to do better than trumpeting the achievements of Lib Dem-controlled Islington Council, which he is doing in his latest circular.
In Islington, two Lib Dem councillors have already quit the party, describing it as "illiberal and undemocratic". The Lib Dem leader of Tower Hamlets recently stated: "I have no pride in what Islington is doing."
Admittedly, this is just
private grief but Islington Council wasted £4 million of local taxpayers' money in
privatising housing services - just one reason why it came third from bottom in a recent Audit Commission report of councils in the UK. Sorry, Paul, but you brought it up.
Michael Fisher
-Kings Road, Brighton
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