I have sent this letter to the local papers:

Further to Laura Keay’s letter in last weeks letters pages.

Despite Tony Blair no longer being in office I see locally the spin doctors are still at work.

Local Labour party trying desperately to distance themselves from the Congestion Charge row.  A few facts to note.

The Liberal Democrat Group on Bury Council put a proposal to the last full council meeting calling for Bury to reject Congestion Charging and vote against the bid at the AGMA meeting.  Our proposal was rejected because both the Labour and Conservative Groups voted against it.  So any blame for the way Bury voted in this issue lies fairly and squarely on the shoulders of Bury’s Labour and Conservative Councillors.  I also find labours stance locally somewhat hypocritical when it is Labour that has majority control of AGMA, the body that made the decision to submit the bid.  So to try and blame anyone other than themselves is somewhat deceitful.

Cllr Andrew Garner
Deputy Leader Liberal Democrat Group