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| Southampton Independents Letter in Daily Echo 13th February 2025 |
Labour pretended to listen, ... then Labour's Councillor Eamonn Keogh went ahead with it anyway!
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| Councillor Eamonn Keogh Photo: Southampton City Council |
Captain of chaos Councillor Keogh needs to go, Southampton people say. The Leader of the Council should sack him, we say.
The full text of Andrew Pope's letter that was printed in yesterday's Daily Echo is below.
We asked for people to stand up in 2022 and in 2023. as reported by the Echo then and in the letters we printed and volunteered to deliver. We contacted the residents associations, and businesses, too.
Portswood people need to stand for Council as Independent candidates, because the political parties let you down - Labour, Green, Tory, Lib Dem - they all put themselves first, instead of the people of Southampton.
Once again, we will be looking for those people to stand in next year's Southampton City Council elections. And we need people to help contact residents in Portswood.
Get in touch if you want to do it. We will give you advice and support.
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| Former Independent Councillor Andrew Pope |
"Disturbed but not surprised
I am disturbed, but not surprised to hear of the unfolding disaster at the Council's Portswood Broadway changes.
It was foreseen by residents and businesses that I spoke to back in 2022 and 2023, and reported by the Echo.
The Council has already tried to paper over the cracks and the out-of-control Cabinet Member for Transport, Labour Councillor Eamonn Keogh, is deaf to the dangers.
Keogh has already caused chaos across Shirley and in the City Centre, making promises to remove 20mph signs, but they are still there.
Keogh needs to be removed from his position by the Leader of the Council Councillor Lorna Fielker, but the talent pool within the Labour Group is very limited, if not non-existent.
The bankruptcy of the Council and crackpot policies in the City prove Labour's inadequacy.
Labour already lost one Portswood seat on the Council after our campaign with Portswood residents against their crazy proposals.
Labour lost the by-election in Shirley too, with residents unhappy about transport policies. I know because I listened to them on their doorsteps.
Do Labour want to lose more Council seats because of their greenie fanatics and ignorance of the vast majority of residents and businesses in the area?
If they do, they are going the right way about it.
Andrew Pope
Southampton Independents"