Last February I posted an item about a Liberal Democrat councillor in West Sussex.
A councillor has been criticised for refusing to step down despite living in Canada, 4,700 miles from his constituency. Brian Hall travels across the Atlantic from his home in British Columbia to attend meetings of West Sussex County Council. He will not stand for re-election as a district councillor in May, but will continue to represent Haywards Heath from Canada.
Last week I noted that the Liberal Democrat candidate for Goudhurst & Lamberhurst lives 16 miles from the seat she is contesting.
The Liberal Democrat Leader is quoted in this week's local newspaper (The Courier) thus:
We think it's very important that our candidates live on the area. Local should mean local.
Rank hypocrisy.
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