9:51am Thursday 12th August 2010
In reply to Trevor Higginson (Is this the end of democracy?) – it does not surprise the English Radical Alliance that Widnes’ Labour-dominated Halton Council acts in an unaccountable way. The recently ousted Labour Government used to operate in exactly the same manner.
The people of Runcorn are governed by people whose support and power base is in Widnes – this is obvious when you see the run-down state of Runcorn old town, in comparison to the shiny new shopping facilities on the Widnes side.
The majority of people who voted in Widnes support Labour, and that is their right: but the majority of Runcorn voters did not.
The Mersey marks a natural political boundary and we feel the Runcorn ‘sparrow’ would get better fed at mealtimes, if the Labour ‘cuckoo’ would leave the Halton nest.
Les Taylor Brookvale, Runcorn
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