27 September 2009
Defectors betray Labour voters, colleagues & values
Two former Labour Councillors who have been deselected by the London Region of the Labour Party have defected to the Lib Dems. In doing so they betray those who voted for them because they were Labour candidates, their Labour colleagues locally and the Labour values they professed to hold.
Barbara White, speaking for the Local Government Committee of Redbridge Labour Party, commented:
“What has happened has nothing to do with the local Labour Party so I am puzzled and bitterly disappointed that these two councillors have turned their backs on their colleagues. Not only have they turned their backs on their colleagues they have treated the residents who supported them very badly. Did Cllrs Satnam Singh and Fiaz Noor change their political views overnight or have they been cheating on their supporters for a long time pretending to be something that they are not?
These two councillors have worked well for the residents of Redbridge for many years and how sad that because things didn’t go their way for once they now seem hell bent on destruction and they have thrown their core values out of the window.
Like many others I am saddened that people who you would expect to be pillars of society are adopting such a cavalier attitude and hurting those around them.”
