[Royboy39]

Originally Posted by Bernard Dawson

The independent councillors on Hyndburn Council Gayle operate as a political group.

At budget time they put an alternative budget forward as an independent group.They more often than not vote as an independent group.At election time they put out literature as an independent group.

I suppose it depends on how you would define indpendant. But for me if you operate as political group,then you are clearly not independent.

That is surely a play on words...........what is the difference between a group of laboiur councillors and a group of independants.