It is rather perplexing to read Cllr Bill Armer complaining
about the supposed financial legacy left by the Green Party on Kirkburton
Parish Council. In reality Cllr Armer and his Conservative colleague voted in
favour of the last Parish Council budget. He says that the last Parish Council
gave pledges which he describes as ‘coming from a left leaning, quasi –
socialist Party’ . I do find it rather bizarre then that he voted for these
policies as did the Liberal Democrats and the Independents. In fact the only
person who didn’t vote for the last Parish Council budget was the sole Labour
Party Councillor who abstained and I guess he regards himself as a ‘Socialist’.
Cllr Armer says he wants to move ‘Kirkburton Parish Council
away from Party Political Ideology’ . My very clear recollection was that there
was a lot of goodwill right across the Parties on the Parish Council. The only
people I ever remember as bringing ‘party politics’ into the Parish Council
were in fact the Conservatives. We generally worked well together across
political parties and independents. We worked with the Keep Shelley Pyramid
campaign to protect local schools. We engaged with many community groups and
schools on worthwhile projects including the thousand fruit tree project. We
supported the Kirkburton walks projects promoting walking in our beautiful
countryside. There was nothing that I can recollect or I suspect many other
Parish Cllrs of any Party that could be described as ‘Party Political
Ideology’.
Anyone who has followed politics in the Kirkburton Ward
should recognise that this is not about invented issues with the Parish Council
Budget or some mythical ‘quasi socialist’ Parish Council. This is all about
next Year’s May Local Elections and a cynical attempt by the Conservatives to
smear the Green Party for political gain.
Councillor Andrew Cooper
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