“Cllr Johnson attacked the ‘chaotic’ plan to build a new school at Ladywell Leisure Centre. Councillor Helen Le Fevre, who represents single-issue party LEAP Local Education Action for Parents (LEAP) said: ‘The new school proposal needs some new eyes to end this political groundhog day.” The mayor then took to his feet and launched a counter-attack on his opponents. He accused the opposition parties of putting together a “weak argument” and described the school campaigners in the public gallery as a “rabble”. He was eventually forced to sit down after constant heckling and let deputy mayor Gavin Moore continue the defence. No Labour members except the Mayor and his deputy spoke at the meeting, something which attracted a barrage of criticism from the public benches.
All the opposition parties backed the call for an independent review but the motion was defeated by the Labour councillors.
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