The Prime Minister ruling has been described as nothing short of a “dictatorship” and 20 councillors have quit as Keir Starmer “abandons Labour values.”
The former councillors sat on Broxtowe Borough Council in Nottinghamshire and blasted Starmer for “abandoning traditional Labour values,” which comes as he has maintained the two-child benefit cap, axed the much-needed winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners and raised bus fares.
The councillors took aim over Starmer’s position on Israel’s war with Hamas and the Prime Minister has been accused of having a “tepid response to the genocide in Gaza” as Israel continues to kill innocent civilians.
Broxtowe Council leader Milan Radulovic has been a Labour Party member for more than 40-years and said he is “deeply saddened” to have quit Labour as he has been put in an “impossible position.”
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He said, “I cannot support and will not support another centrist government intent on destroying local democracy and dictating national policy from a high pedestal.”
Radulovic added: “I believe the concentration of power in the hands of fewer people and the abolition of local democracy through the current proposals of super councils is nothing short of a dictatorship, where local elected members, local people, local residents will have no say over the type and level of service provided in their area.”
He then took further aim at Starmer who has previously been described as a “despot” over his “utterly disgraceful” decision to not allow 10 councillors to stand in the May local elections as they dared to question the dictator of his decision to axe the winter fuel payments forcing millions of pensioners to freeze this winter.
The councillors are now known as the Broxtowe Independents who have around 100 local grassroot members.
They warned Labour, “We will be standing our candidates in the May 2025 Local Elections and will campaign for every vote, in every street, in every town.”
GB News reported that in response to the Broxtowe group, six Labour councillors said, “It is incredibly disappointing that some Broxtowe councillors have decided to leave the Labour Party and sit as independents when they were elected on a Labour ticket just over 18 months ago.
These defections have no effect on the commitment of the remaining Labour Councillors in serving our residents.
“We, together with our Labour colleagues including MPs Juliet Campbell and Alex Norris, will continue to work to make Broxtowe a healthier, greener, safer and more prosperous place for everyone as change begins under this Labour Government.”
