[ClarePritchard]

God, this is getting tedious. John, you know damn well that Peter is, a lot of the time, a nasty vindictive man. He is currently moving meetings and changing times of meetings just so Graham cannot be there. Its ludicrous, the times of planning meetings have been changed from 2.30 to 11am to stop Graham attending, so people who have an application in have to take the full day off work now rather than an afternoon. This is being done out of PURE SPITE. So much for a leader who cares for Hyndburn, he couldn't give a toss about people, if he did he would be making it EASIER not harder for the members of the public who need to attend the meetings. The council is a service and as such should put the public first. Neil, I can assure you that there are NO splits in the Labour Group. I work with people I trust, indeed I would count many of them as personal friends, they are loyal, hardworking and passionate councillors and I'd defend any of them to the ends of the earth because I KNOW they are honest and work hard for the people they represent