What Jeremy Corbyn claims Labour does ("Labour is standing up for your community") is far from the reality of what Southampton Labour has done on Southampton City Council.
It's no wonder very respected election expert Prof John Curtice is predicting a very poor Labour performance, including the loss of control of Southampton on May 5th. They only have a majority of 2 (25 Labour 20 Conservatives 3 Independents).
This is because Labour has not PROTECTED but ATTACKED your community with inappropriate developments and cuts!
Labour are still trying to blame others like the Tories - who also failed when they were in power from 2008-2012.
But Labour has chosen the wrong priorities, wasted millions due to their serial incompetence and has seen a revolving door of failure at Southampton City Council.
All the while they claimed that they didn't have the money to keep services and do the Millbrook and Maybush Regeneration, despite wasting millions on the Arts Complex - and now Labour Leader Councillor Simon Letts wants to borrow £65 million - after cutting all these services and claiming there is no money/blaming the Tories for the umpteenth time!
It's an outrage - but it's typical Labour incompetence. How many Labour Governments have left our country in a financial mess? And now Labour wants to risk YOUR money on so-called "investment". As they say on TV, investments can go down as well as up - this is taxpayers' money - YOUR money!
And what of Redbridge ward - has your Redbridge Labour Councillor Lee Whitbread protected the vulnerable? No.
Even though he is seeking your vote, Lee Whitbread (have you even heard of him before now?) and the Labour Council have failed to protect YOU, your family and your area.
Lee Whitbread voted:
- to cut YOUR lollipop men and women
- to cut YOUR Sure Start services
- to cut YOUR library and bus passes
- to close Woodside Lodge and Brownhill House care centres
Labour uses weasel words and deception to deny the truth.
But the truth is there on public record in the agenda and minutes of the Council.
Or perhaps Labour councillors didn't even know what they were doing when they were voting these cuts through? Did they read the budget? Did they read the reports to Council? Did the Cabinet sneak the cuts through?
It doesn't matter - the facts are there. They voted for more and more cuts.
The truth is that there is no real difference between Labour and the Tories - they both have cut YOUR services.
Lee Whitbread hasn't properly represented you. He didn't stand up for YOU to have your say at the Regeneration public meeting. He has failed to defend your area from inappropriate developments.
Vote for Independent Denise Wyatt to replace him.