Your Portswood Labour councillors received this letter from a local resident this week. It reveals the cynicism and dishonesty of the Greens locally and makes interesting reading during the week of the local elections.

Portswood Broadway

I’m absolutely sick of the lies coming out from the Greens in the run-up to the local elections. Green candidates in Portswood continue to claim that they are the best party to scrutinise Labour proposals for Portswood Broadway. This has been proven to be untrue.

At February’s three hour Council scrutiny meeting on the subject, the Greens were present, but failed to ask a single question or indeed say anything at all. Portswood Labour Councillors Cooper and Savage were there and contributed to key recommendations, arguing successfully for a re-examination of the scheme. As a result, more research is being carried out into current traffic movements in Portswood, and an independent business impact survey is being conducted; these are both crucial elements needed for final decision making. 

But the the Greens remain silent on their views on the project. They hid in in the scrutiny meeting and they hide now behind negative campaigning.  How can this party claim to be scrutinising anything if they are too scared to speak in a public meeting?

You can read the names of all the speakers at the meeting listed in the minutes (below LINK) and listen to the discussion by clicking on the link in the Feb scrutiny meeting on the council website. (LINK to recording)

I’ll be giving all my votes to Labour this May, as they genuinely care about Portswood, and I know they’ll fight for Portswood when it matters. 

Andrew Jackman,

Southampton

We were so glad to receive this communication and all the valuable feedback we get from local residents about the work we do. Turning up to a meeting, as the Greens do, and saying nothing is NOT doing the work. Thanks for all your support. We will continue to do the real work to support the residents of Portswood.