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1:49pm Thursday 24th April 2008
BROMLEY councillors staged a walkout from a meeting in protest at a motion put before the council.
Conservative councillors had put forward a motion before the full council proposing that Bromley Council backs Boris Johnson's bid to become London mayor.
The council's seven Liberal Democrat councillors and one of the four Labour councillors walked out of the meeting in protest.
Councillor David McBride, leader of the Liberal Democrats in the council, said: "I asked the mayor to rule it out of order. It is electioneering at the ratepayer's expense."
Conservative councillor Nicholas Bennett said: "With the elections coming up we wanted to express the view that we feel for the interests of the Bromley residents we need a change of mayor."
He added: "I used to be a councillor in Lewisham, and we would debate with the Labour party and lose, but we fought our corner."
The councillors did not return to discuss a confidential item for debate at the end of the meeting.
Tony, West Wickham says...
3:27pm Thu 24 Apr 08
J, bromley says...
4:57pm Thu 24 Apr 08
Sisyphus, Bromley says...
5:58pm Thu 24 Apr 08
Worker, . says...
6:37pm Thu 24 Apr 08
Sisyphus wrote:Tolerant? Like the Lib Dems and Labour councillors who threw their dummies out of their prams and walked out of a meeting? Very tolerant and grown up.
Vote Boris for a less tolerant, more congested, more privatised, mismanaged London. Suddenly, with the potential for having billions of pounds of our money at his fingertips, the blond bungler doesn't look so cute and funny.
Excalibur, Bromley says...
7:52pm Thu 24 Apr 08
janet, beckenham says...
8:09pm Thu 24 Apr 08
Sisyphus, Bromley says...
8:22pm Thu 24 Apr 08
Worker wrote:Nope, not like these councillors. Tolerant like our current Mayor who recgonises London is mature and strong enough to be home to all citizens irrespective of heritage, culture or sexuality.
Sisyphus wrote:Tolerant? Like the Lib Dems and Labour councillors who threw their dummies out of their prams and walked out of a meeting? Very tolerant and grown up.
Vote Boris for a less tolerant, more congested, more privatised, mismanaged London. Suddenly, with the potential for having billions of pounds of our money at his fingertips, the blond bungler doesn\'t look so cute and funny.
VOTE BORIS!!!!
Martin, Orpington says...
2:06am Fri 25 Apr 08
Boris Babe, Bromley says...
10:14am Fri 25 Apr 08
Martin wrote:You forgot the bit about him being p!ssed all the time as well.
Livingstone is corrupt, wasteful and sucks up to dictators.
Sisyphus, Bromley says...
10:27am Fri 25 Apr 08
Boris Babe wrote:Err, possibly because there is no "corrupt behaviour"? Just a thought.
Martin wrote: Livingstone is corrupt, wasteful and sucks up to dictators.You forgot the bit about him being p!ssed all the time as well. I don\'t know why all his corrupt behaviour isn\'t being investigated.
Pink Kitten, London says...
12:24pm Fri 25 Apr 08
not ken again, orpington says...
2:41pm Fri 25 Apr 08
Sisyphus wrote:is sisyphus your real name or is it ken, he is a crook and needs to be investigated, vote ukip
Boris Babe wrote:Err, possibly because there is no "corrupt behaviour"? Just a thought.Martin wrote: Livingstone is corrupt, wasteful and sucks up to dictators.You forgot the bit about him being p!ssed all the time as well. I don\'t know why all his corrupt behaviour isn\'t being investigated.
Worker, . says...
3:03pm Fri 25 Apr 08
not ken again wrote:Sisyphus is a nasty disease isn't it?
Sisyphus wrote:is sisyphus your real name or is it ken, he is a crook and needs to be investigated, vote ukipBoris Babe wrote:Err, possibly because there is no "corrupt behaviour"? Just a thought.Martin wrote: Livingstone is corrupt, wasteful and sucks up to dictators.You forgot the bit about him being p!ssed all the time as well. I don\'t know why all his corrupt behaviour isn\'t being investigated.
Happy Person, Bromley says...
10:06pm Fri 25 Apr 08
Mr Pemberton, Bromley says...
11:05pm Fri 25 Apr 08
Cerberus, Bromley says...
7:15am Sat 26 Apr 08
Happy Person wrote:Crime figures are down are they ?
I am sure that Boris is a good bloke to have a drink with. I am also sure that Ken and Brian could hold their own after a few pints on a Friday evening. That having been said, the crime figures are now available for last year. Virtually every crime type in Bromley has reduced. This is due, in no small part, to the funding provided by the Mayor, Ken Livingstone, for our magnificant Safer Neighbourhood Teams. These teams have made Bromley a truly safe place to live and work. This was championed by Ken from day 1. Let's hear it for Ken! Good luck to Ken for a third term!
Cllr John Getgood, Penge says...
1:53pm Mon 28 Apr 08
alf, penge says...
8:29am Tue 29 Apr 08
Trebor, ylemorb says...
9:03am Tue 29 Apr 08
Cllr John Getgood wrote:Boris Would make London the joke capital of the world and re-inforce the Yanks view that we are a nation of twee bowler hat wearing buffoons.
Labour councillors did NOT walk out of the debate. The debate was a waste of time but we used it to put forward strong arguments why Johnson would be a disaster for London. Ken Livingston has improved London immensely and Londoners need him to continuie as Mayor.
Sunny, London says...
11:24am Tue 29 Apr 08
Cllr John Getgood wrote:You are joking??? Ken Livingstone is a mockery. He hasnt done anything to improve our Country. Has he noticed how much crime is happening on the streets, has he been reading the news of the street gangs, children killing each other etc. the list is endless. DO NOT VOTE KEN, not unless you want to see the continuous destruction of London and it cant get much worse than it is. But it will be if he remains Mayor.
Labour councillors did NOT walk out of the debate. The debate was a waste of time but we used it to put forward strong arguments why Johnson would be a disaster for London. Ken Livingston has improved London immensely and Londoners need him to continuie as Mayor.
Sunny, London says...
11:29am Tue 29 Apr 08
Boris Babe, . says...
12:30pm Tue 29 Apr 08
Cllr John Getgood wrote:"Ken Livingston has improved London immensely"
Labour councillors did NOT walk out of the debate. The debate was a waste of time but we used it to put forward strong arguments why Johnson would be a disaster for London. Ken Livingston has improved London immensely and Londoners need him to continuie as Mayor.
John Liddiard, Charlton says...
4:31pm Tue 29 Apr 08
Cllr John Getgood wrote:Labour supporters just hate the thought that their recent all-but-monopoly on power might finally be challenged. After years of manipulating local and national government for their own political ends, often while following a policy of "deny everything" it is past time for a change. Let's start by giving Ken the boot on May 1 - followed as soon as possible by kicking out Brown and his cabal as soon as possible!
Labour councillors did NOT walk out of the debate. The debate was a waste of time but we used it to put forward strong arguments why Johnson would be a disaster for London. Ken Livingston has improved London immensely and Londoners need him to continuie as Mayor.
Sunny, London says...
4:58pm Tue 29 Apr 08
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David, Orpington says...
2:36pm Thu 24 Apr 08