29th May 2022.

Morecambe Liberal Democrats have made over 700 reports in the past eighteen months and most concern the illegal dumping of waste in the back streets of Morecambe. Lancaster City Council has responded well to our campaign and has always tried hard, but their resources are limited. Recently they must have been working harder than ever because there is much less to report.

We do a regular tour of about 200 streets and back streets to report the dumping of illegal waste and this past couple of weeks there has been a very big improvement.The public doesn’t hesitate to complain about their local council so it’s only right that Lancaster City Council should get credit when it’s due.

I am absolutely delighted to be able to say this. Well done to all involved.

I wish I could be as positive about Lancashire County Council.

Let’s get one thing clear. Lancashire County Council staff are as good as any other group of people and just as capable of good work. The staff at Lancashire CC have to ride through the same potholes as we do and they are just as let down by their County Council as we are. It is not their fault that we are waist high in weeds, or that the street drains are blocked, or that we have a huge deficit of worn out road markings, or that the potholes from last winter are still unrepaired with only three weeks to go to mid-summer day.

The common factor in this sad tale of neglect is the Tory government and the Tory admin at Lancashire County Council. The true morals and principles of the Tory Party have been exposed by their support of the great dissimulator, Johnson. Where else, apart from the Tory Party, could you find a group of people who are prepared to countenance being led by such a person? The fish rots from the head down and the Tories smell as if they are in an advanced state of decomposition.

But at least we are going back to pounds and ounces. That must be the reason for the neglect; the Tories in charge at Lancashire CC are probably gleefully concentrating on the re-introduction of pounds and ounces! That’s the Tory idea of progress. To re-create the glory of the British Empire when men were men and women were grateful. When pounds and ounces dominated the world.

It’s not even April 1st. It’s not a joke. This is what they (and we) have been dragged down to.