Wakefield MDC was established in 1974 & has always returned a Labour council. In the last 33 years the council has never adopted any policy proposed by the Conservative group, irrespective of its merits.
This suggests to me that the Labour group acts on its own narrow self interests, and doesn't therefore always act for the benefit of Wakefield's population.
A case in point: at the last council meeting a Conservative councillor suggested offering free access to sports facilities throughout the district for serving armed forces personnel & their dependents living in the WMDC area.
This seems to me a way for us to show support for military personnel irrespective of our views on Blair's cavalier wars in Iraq & Afghanistan, and at minimal cost to the council & tax payers.
The ruling Labour group paid lip service to the idea & then put forward several weak objections, which meant that the suggestion was kicked into the long grass, never to be seen again.
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