‘First-Class and Second-Class Residents’: Councillor Launches Attack over Council Deal

‘First-class and second-class residents’: councillor launches attack over council deal

A newly-elected Green member of Barnet Council has criticised both the Labour and Conservative groups and accused them of creating “second-class residents”. The comments came from councillor Charli Thompson in her first speech to full council on Tuesday (19th). Her remarks are a response to the deal struck between Labour and Tory groups which effectively reduced the power of the only councillor at the local authority not from the two major parti…

Barnet's only Green councillor hits out at deal between Labour and Conservatives

After being frozen out of any role in the new Barnet Council administration, Charli Thompson accused the two main parties of a retreating into a “clique culture”, reports Joe Ives, Local Democracy Reporter This week’s full council meeting at Hendon Town Hall and (inset) Green councillor Charli Thompson (credit Joe Ives/LDRS) A newly-elected Green member of Barnet Council has criticised both the Labour and Conservative groups and accused them of …