I WISH to take up a point made in a letter from Dr David Simone-Jones in Your View in which he made reference, and it is not for the first time, to Tory/Independent leaders on Bromsgrove District Council.

I should inform him that the Independent group, though having been members of the Conservative group some three years ago, no longer are - they are Independent.

This means they do not have to vote along party political lines but on the information before them and how their consciences dictate. In fact, the Labour group on the district council are voting more and more with the Conservatives these days. Perhaps, therefore, Dr Simones Jones should say Conservatives/Labour if he wants to be truly fair-minded. But then Dr Simones Jones is a well-known Labour supporter so he would not want to do that would he?

Whilst writing and as an Independent, I think Julie Kirkbride does an excellent job for her Bromsgrove constituents. People should understand that she has no control over how the district council is run!

Cllr Ann Doyle

Independent Group on Bromsgrove District Council