There are certainly some people for whom party is not a significant issue. And to be rather brutal iun local government terms with largely managerial responsibilities it doesn’t necessarily make that much difference.

Cllr Khan may simply want to be in the competent party with a better record on Equality and diversity. Which is fair enough.

But even if it is a political choice. Lib Dems don’t actually do politics after all do they? Apolitical. So perhaps Khan wants some people around him who are nice and do politics?

In all of these cases, the thing that irks me the most is that they apparently haven’t even had the courtesy to discuss their supposed issues within the group or local party before announcing their departure to the local rag, which to me says that they don’t regard “party” as anything other than a means to an end. Even if they don’t feel they can approach the group leader, which would be a sad situation, if they don’t voice their concerns to anyone at all, one can hardly take them seriously as anything other than convenient soundbite to try to excuse their actions.

Good luck to them. I don’t suppose I’ll ever understand the mindset of a defector properly. I was taught manners and honour…:) If I felt that bad I hope I would either put up or shut up, but not slink away.

Matt

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