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Ex Labour Councillor Lee Whitbread Photo: Southampton City Council |
Southampton Labour recycles failed councillors. Today, Andrew Pope has confirmed that Lee Whitbread has been ditched by Labour.
Whitbread's Council seat is up for election in May. Instead of Whitbread, there is a new Labour candidate, somebody with no experience of Redbridge or its people.
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Andrew says:
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| Andrew Pope, former Southampton Independents Councillor Photo: Southampton Independents |
"I now know more about the situation regarding ex-Labour Councillor Whitbread and the allegations against him.
When I was in Labour over a decade ago, I tried to warn the Labour Party.
But they ignored me, and the evidence that I gave them. I tried to give it to the Leader of the Council then, the disgraced Richard Williams, and he ignored me. I tried to give it to the next Leader, Simon Letts. He ignored me. He lost his seat in 2018.
Now I tried the same with the current Leader of the Council, Shirley Labour's Alex Winning. He sent me to the central Labour Party HQ, instead of listening.
I offered Winning the evidence. He didn't want to know. Winning also needs to be removed by the people of Shirley ward. I have played my part in breaking down Labour's support in that Shirley ward, by standing in two by-elections. Labour or Tory, I said. People agreed.
The allegations against Lee Whitbread must have been really bad, for Labour to not cover them up, like they did when I gave them evidence of Whitbread's wrongdoing and asked Southampton Labour to investigate.
I have confirmed with neighbours of Lee Whitbread that the allegations are extremely serious.
Coincidentally, I was delivering my letters to residents today, and neighbours urged me to listen to their concerns. While speaking to a local resident, I also saw a policeman who asked me the way to Whitbread's house.
Whitbread must be investigated and residents' concerns must be listened to, and acted upon. I remember when Whitbread stood up for bad people, instead of respectable and law-abiding people in Millbrook.
Labour didn't act when I said they should, and the people of Redbridge have been afflicted by Lee Whitbread and his associates for years and years.
Voters must send a message and vote for the Independent Network candidate in May. I am the anti-corruption candidate and I am announcing my candidacy today."
