It is no wonder that people become disillusioned with politicsand politicians when they are presented with the latest piece offiction from the Liberal Democrats in the form of their annualreport.
In it, the Lib Dems claim to have championed the B&NES council'shome care service.
What a staggering assertion.
For the record, it was the leader of the Liberal Democrat Groupwho moved the original motion to privatise home care. My own effortsto get him to reconsider his decision failed. Why? Because not onemember of a watchdog panel responsible for overseeing decision-making supported me when we reviewed the proposal to privatisehomecare. The panel included three Liberal Democrats - two of whomneither bothered to attend the meeting nor find someone else toattend on their behalf.
As for the Liberal Democrat claim to have opposed unfair homecare charges, the truth is that they supported staggering increases,provided they were phased-in. They offered no support to Labourproposals to increase charges in line with inflation.
This is not the only example of Liberal Democrat story-telling. I recently picked up a piece of their literature in Keynsham inwhich they claim to have fought to save Queen's Road Post Office. In fact, they did nothing of the sort. It was Labour who organisedthe campaign and petition.
I have no problem with people taking credit where it is due, butto rewrite history in this way defies belief.
If we can't believe the contents of their publications, whyshould we believe anything the Liberal Democrats say?
CLLR ADRIAN INKER (Labour, Keynsham South) Holmoak Road Keynsham
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