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| Labour Robbing Your Money to Pay for "Arts" |
In 2023, Labour councillors on Southampton City Council turned the lights off on Southampton streets from 1am to 5.30an.
At tht time, now Labour MP Satvir Kaur was the Leader of the Council. A consultation was launched. Kaur said:
"We’re really keen to listen to the results of the consultation but also make it an evidence-based decision.
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| Satvir Kaur in the Daily Echo |
"We’re really keen that people do feel safe within our local communities and within the city so this isn’t coming as a detriment to that."
It seemed like another sham consultation where Labour pretended to listen, and went ahead anyway.
Co-Founder of Southampton Independents and campaigner on safety, Andrew Pope, says:
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| Andrew Pope Finding Safety Issues in Shirley Towers Photo: Southampton Independents |
"It was such an obviously bad idea for the safety of Southampton residents. But Labour councillors did it anyway. Another sham consultation, just like the Portswood Bus Gate disaster.
If Southampton people did not want street lighting, they would move to the countryside!
Labour MUST reverse this decision NOW.
Perhaps Satvir Kaur turned the lights off so that people could not see how badly she was running the Council, and who she was doing deals with. Somehow, she is the MP. It's wrong.
I have campaigned on fire safety. I have campaigned on road safety. I have campaigned on fan safety at Saints.
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| Andrew Pope Fire Safety Campaign at Redbridge Towers Photo: Southampton Independents |
I am campaigning to change another of Labour's stupid policies that put Southampton people at risk, in the guise of saving money.
Labour robs your money to pay for "arts" and other pet projects that fail Southampton, instead of doing the basics like keeping the lights on at night."
