REVEALLED – TORIES IN CRAMLINGTON REFUSE TO BACK SOUTH EAST NORTHUMBERLAND (WHICH INCLUDES CRAMLINGTON)

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REVEALLED – TORIES IN CRAMLINGTON REFUSE TO BACK SOUTH EAST NORTHUMBERLAND (WHICH INCLUDES CRAMLINGTON)

At last night’s meeting of Cramlington Town Council a motion supporting investment in the South East of Northumberland put forward by Labour group leader and county councillor Allan Hepple was passed but only after local Tories led by County Councillor Wayne Daley refused to support the motion.

County Councillor Daley pledged his undying love for all things south east which we don’t doubt.

But the proof of the pudding is in the eating – he’s kept mum as his Tory colleagues in the rural west and north have attacked his beloved south east. He’s kept mum when Wansbeck Tories joined in the attack and he’s kept his ‘counsel’ as Northumberland Tories have called for less investment in the south east than anywhere else despite the South East accounting for over 50% of the county population.

We asked the question – what have Northumberland Tories got against the South East and Cramlington’s Tories refused to answer the call to arms.

It’s clear that Councillor Daley and Flux don’t have any say with their Tory colleagues but now they’ve refused to show they support their area.

We’re entitled to ask - when will they stand up for the area that elects them?

Labour in the South East will continue to invest in the area because it’s the right thing to do.

Councillor Daley said last night “this isn’t about party politics’ – WE AGREE WITH HIM – his own leader Peter Jackson, Guy Opperman, Anne Marie Trevelyan, Glen Sanderson, Wansbeck and Hexham Tories don’t seem to agree with him though.

They won’t stop Labour standing up for the South East. Something Cramlington Tories have refused to do.