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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod
It looked like a puzzler to me too, but I think I have a plausible answer, ( though Malcolm may come back and correct me after he has finished reading his Fisher Price" My First Book of using big words and stringing a sentence together").
My theory is that if the Tories had put anyone up in the ward there was an outside chance they would lose, so by hedging their bets and leaving Malcolm and Clare ( coincidentally implicated in all that mess just before polling day)to slug it out ,they, ( meaning Mr Britcliffe) now have Maleable Malcolm to deal with in Council chambers rather than Clare, who can speak English, form a sentence and actually knows what Party she represents. 
Or am I reading too much into this??  |
My guess is that you are 100% right. Clare was a great Councillor and did a lot for Hyndburn. If I was on the opposite side to her I would want her out as well.