David Neve, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council regales the readers of the local newspaper with the comment:
If we get a few more seats we shall be looking to get a seat on the cabinet.
Politically bonkers. Cabinet places are not allocated on the basis of the strength of the political parties as was the case under the committee system. Does Neve expect the Tories to give up a cabinet place to an opposition party?
I have not identified a council cabinet which has members from different parties, except in the case of 'hung' councils where no party has an overall majority. Can Councillor Neve point us in the direction of a Lib Dem controlled council with an overall majority where a cabinet seat is held by an opposition party?
Politically it would be a bad move for the Liberal Democrats to have seat in the cabinet as whenever an unpopular decision was taken the Tories would be able to point out that Lib Dems were party to the decision.
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