Dear Sir,
The letter by Cllr. Bob Fleming in last week’s Newton News is astounding. Labour County Councillors are concealing information detrimental to the residents of Newton Aycliffe.
Recently we have seen a refusal by Labour County Councillors to engage in debate on double taxation in Newton Aycliffe Council chamber, claiming they are paid by Durham County Council, DCC (thus employees) even though they are also claiming allowances from great Aycliffe Council and were elected not appointed.
We should not be surprised by this, previously they signed non-disclosure documents with Livin over their plan to demolish social homes in West Ward to make way for development of the prime land adjacent to a train station and golf course. We now hear that DCC’s plan is to develop School playing fields in flagrant disregard of the Great Aycliffe Neighbourhood Plan which was adopted by all Aycliffe Councillors.
When we, the public, vote for candidates at an election we assume that those elected are fighting for our interests. Who can remember the closure of the DLI museum at Aykley Heads and the disgust displayed by our military veterans or the valiant fight by teaching assistants who didn’t feel valued? How about the fight to replace Whinlatter Bridge, which only came about after a petition was taken in the area forcing the Labour Councillors to have it repaired?
The list goes on, but much of this would not have been exposed if it were not for the efforts of Cllr. Bob Fleming, who has joined the ranks of the Independents, to be allowed to speak out on behalf of this town which he loves and has spent a large proportion of his life defending.
Much of this controversy is caused by Labour Candidates having to follow policies from Keir ‘Afterthought’ Starmer, Jeremy ‘On The Fence’ Corbyn and of course that great mathematician Diane Abbott.
Never again should we allow political parties to disregard our town and people by blindly adhering to national political parties such as Labour, Lib Dem or Tory. We need people with the freedom to speak up on our behalf.
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