As my colleague and Sefton’s Council Leader, Tony Robertson, so eloquently puts: “Today we have seen both at a national and local level that Labour are nothing more than rather poor political opportunists.
Nationally, they are trying to distance themselves from the unfortunate VAT rise yet we all know, because Lord Mandleson has told us, that Labour planned a VAT increase had they been re-elected last May!”
At a local level it’s rather infuriating to read Sefton Central MP, Bill Esterson’s, opportunistic comments in this week’s (Thurs 30th Dec) Crosby Herald about last month’s ineffectual gritting and snow ploughing in Crosby, and Sefton at large. In Mr. Esterson’s ‘Westminster Diary’ he comments that “...it should not be a surprise if local councillors also blame others instead of accepting responsibility.” Yet, when one considers that it is theoretically BOTH the Cabinet member and the Director who are responsible as individuals in orchestrating Sefton’s response to the snow fall. Remembering that Cabinet members get paid much more substantially than ordinary councillors and it is meant to be for ‘responsibility’. In this instance, The man in charge of the Sefton Council’s gritting operations is Bootle Labour Councillor John Fairclough, so it is no wonder that Mr. Esterson, and Labour, are not, on this occasion unlike the past, interested in playing ‘the blame game’.
Let’s not forget, Mr. Esterson was quick enough to blame the Coalition for the ‘axing’ of the Thornton Relief Road… And I’ve not seen a written apology for such opportunist comments yet.
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