Iain Dale socks it to 'supine' Tory Councillors

Our dear friend and fellow weblogger, Iain Dale, has socked it to so many of the Tory Councillors, who behave similarly to the ones we see in GDfB, in wonderfully trenchant article.

"Two blogposts from Taking Liberties and Donal Blaney worry me. Both have examples of Conservative councils indulging in what can only be described as very unConservative like behaviour.

TalkSport's Jon Gaunt has been suspended by the radio station after he called a Redbridge Conservative councillor a "Nazi" for introducing a policy of banning parents who smoke from fostering children.

And Tory controlled Guildford Council has told the owners of burger vans that unless they provide healthy foods rather than burgers and kebabs, their licenses to trade will be withdrawn.

I'm not going to rant on about it all being political correctness gone mad (although it is). What it demonstrates is that these councils are presided over by weak politicians who have little control over their officers. It's about time they learned what the word Conservative actually means."

Statler and I agree with him 100%.

[Statler nicks the keyboard from calm patient Waldorf] Iain is speaking up for so many Conservatives who are just sick and tired of remote and unaccountable 'Conservative' Councillors who are getting elected and forgetting which party they are supposed to represent.

[Waldorf snatches keyboard back and plies Statler with sherry] Well said Iain (and Statler)

P.S. Click on link above to see full post with links to mentioned articles.