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Two councillors resign from Labour criticising its lurch to the right
(morningstaronline.co.uk)
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this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2024
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We've had news on Labour councillors stepping down before and the Morning Star is a well-known left-wing source of news. I don't see a problem with this
Two councillors stepping down in an area where they would vote for a donkey if it wore a red rosette is not a story.
I doubt many people in Sefton itself could name these two. Yet it's supposed to be of national interest?
How many people know the councillors from their neighbouring wards unless they are a council bigwig? Personally, I didn't know one of them but I voted the other one in.
The significance is that this is coming on the back of other councillors stepping down last week and a slow trickle of resignations over the last few months. Individually, it might not be a big deal but it is part of a larger trend that is worth reporting on.