Lambeth Conservatives

The highly respected former Labour Mayor of Lambeth Lloyd Leon has called for “disciplinary action” against a labour Councillor who abused a new Conservative member of the Council by calling her a “scab”.  The remark by Councillor Pete Robbins of Larkhall Ward about Councillor Betty Evans-Jacas made on his personal Twitter Internet page has angered people across the whole community in Brixton. Although the remark was later deleted it has not been completely removed from the web, and has already been filed away by many media reporters and politicians.

The events started on October 9 when Councillor Evans-Jacas resigned from the Labour Party and applied for the Conservative Whip.

“It sparked a ferocious attack on her by the Labour Party,” says Conservative Leader Councillor John Whelan.  “I have now seen the text of a letter written by former Labour Mayor Lloyd Leon expressing his disgust at this abuse which calls for disciplinary action by the Council through the Chief Monitoring Officer.  Lloyd recalls a previous occasion from the 1980s when a councillor changed allegiance — the political parties show respect and constraint.  Sadly, this is lacking in today’s Labour Party which has lost all sense of moral compass.”