Comments on: Defection Amnesia http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/01/03/defection-amnesia/ Cllr Iain Lindley - Salford City Councillor for Walkden South Ward Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:14:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dave Morgan http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/01/03/defection-amnesia/#comment-790 Dave Morgan Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:52:27 +0000 http://www.iainlindley.co.uk/2008/01/03/defection-amnesia/#comment-790 I presume that the two local councillors who have stated their views so clearly on the MEN website will also be calling on Quentin Davies MP to stand down after defecting. His constituents voted Conservative in Grantham in 2005, but yet now have a New Labour MP. As far as I can see, Faraz has very good reasons to defect. The people of Whalley Range elected an opposition councillor, and the Manchester Lib Dems have failed to be that. He therefore has joined the only progressive alternative to the current consensus on Manchester Council, and I know we welcome his change in Manchester. I presume that the two local councillors who have stated their views so clearly on the MEN website will also be calling on Quentin Davies MP to stand down after defecting. His constituents voted Conservative in Grantham in 2005, but yet now have a New Labour MP.

As far as I can see, Faraz has very good reasons to defect. The people of Whalley Range elected an opposition councillor, and the Manchester Lib Dems have failed to be that. He therefore has joined the only progressive alternative to the current consensus on Manchester Council, and I know we welcome his change in Manchester.

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