Results tagged “Tories”

By Jim Fitzpatrick

The local Conservative Party recently attacked me over Labour's housing record.

I thought they had a cheek: this from the party that sold off the best council properties and refused to allow them to be replaced, by forcing councils to use the monies raised elsewhere. Breathtaking!

By John Biggs

We are of course all concerned about the economy but different political parties have different solutions for dealing with it.

The next few months will clarify whether the worst is over, and in the next few years we will understand whether we made the right choices.

By Jim Fitzpatrick

I've always thought of this column as being an opportunity to convey a sense of the work and experiences of a local MP.

Certainly, I've not used the column for political point-scoring. Perhaps I've got it wrong, having read the Conservative councillor's column in last week's Wharf.