Council leaders – a correction
One of the other candidates for leadership has been getting very excited about having the backing of eight council leaders, “more than the other candidates combined”. Sadly, this latter assertion is not true.
Just for the record, at the time of writing, the following ten council leaders are publicly backing Ming Campbell:
- Cllr Cathy Bakewell, Leader, Somerset County Council
- Cllr Gill Ferguson, Leader, Waverley Borough Council
- Cllr Cheryl Green, Leader, Bridgend County Borough Council
- Cllr Heather Kidd, Leader, South Shropshire District Council
- Cllr Simon Partridge, Leader, North Norfolk District Council
- Cllr Derek Osbourne, Leader, Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
- Cllr Fraser Reynolds, Leader, Durham City Council
- Cllr Paull Robathan, Leader, South Somerset District Council
- Cllr Tony Robertson, Leader, Sefton Council
- Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Leader, Portsmouth City Council
Altogether “the other candidates combined” have more than twice as many council leaders supporting them as the candidate who made the original claim.
January 30th, 2006 at 10:20 pm
So much for Whatshisnames firm grasp of numbers.
January 30th, 2006 at 10:51 pm
[…] The Huhne and Campbell camps are having a pissing contest at the moment over who has the most council leaders supporting them. Anyone with more time on their hands than me want to work out who has the most according to population size? […]
January 30th, 2006 at 11:02 pm
James. If another website leads on an inaccurate statement disparaging the other two campaigns, then I think it would be remiss for the webteam not to post a correction.