Dear Editor - Following on from the article Puzzle of the independent candidates' (Western Telegraph, April 16th), if candidates have the legal choice of describing themselves as independent or representing a political party at the ballot box, why when they are elected, do they voluntarily complete a form that states that they wish to be regarded as a member of a formally recognised political group?
A councillor elected as independent might be expected to judge and vote on individual issues on the basis of the merits of the proposal before them, rather than submit to follow any group line.
The electorate are not informed of the policies of this group', so how do prospective members know what they are, or that they (and we) agree with them?
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They have no mandate to join a group, much less to combine and highjack control of the council in this way.
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