Sam Townend for Bristol North West

The Tories in Bristol appear to have instructions from David Cameron to vote against the return of a Labour Administration in Bristol despite supporting it last year.

Sam Townend, Labour’s Prospective parliamentary Candidate for Bristol North West says “Were it not for the actions of the Lib Dem group this irresponsible action by the Tories would have required yet another change of leadership in the Council causing massive upheaval and, yet again, causing nothing useful to be done for residents of Bristol.“

This action by the Tories is despite one of their most senior representatives in Bristol, the prospective parliamentary candidate for Bristol North West, Charlotte Leslie, saying on the Politics Show on Sunday 11^th May that

“It is time local politics came of age and grew up” and

“One of the problems is the power that a Council has is dissipated because it get lost in political squabbling”

“Tories in Bristol have let Bristol residents down” says Sam Townend, Labour’s Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Bristol North West, “and more particularly have shown themselves to be hypocrites and opportunists.

Just two days before the Annual General Meeting of the Council when the Tories had led the Labour Group to believe that they would continue to support the Labour Administration, my opponent was talking about how Bristol politics should grow up and local power should not get lost in political squabbling.

What they have done is precisely against her hectoring advice. It is the Tories who need to grow up and start to act responsibly.

“They have shown they are more interested in party political positioning than doing what is best for people in Bristol,

If they were clear that they did not want to continue to support the Labour Administration they could have made this clear months ago and allowed a proper handover. They did not.

The Tories are playing political games with local services despite being only the third party in Bristol.”