Today at Cambridgeshire County Council the tremendously difficult task of agreeing a budget during a period of cuts in a no overall Council was succesfully achieved. This was done through a great piece of concensus politics involving almost every political group at Cambridgeshire County Council bar UKIP. (If you want to see what I mean, read their alternative budget which mentions UKIP something like 52 times and Cambridgeshire around 13).
That story is clearly worthy of a few headlines, but has been usurped by yet another disturbing story about one of Wisbech's UKIP Councillors and his use of racist language on an unannounced visit to a Fire Station.
I am sure many would be pleased by the fact that UKIP have distanced themselves from Cllr Lagoda. But have they? We are told that he was suspended from their group when he was charged with benefit fraud. But has he? Today Cllr Lagoda sat with the UKIP group, whilst he was there I believe he voted as a member of the UKIP group and my understanding is he has been attending UKIP group meetings.
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