Former cabinet minister Stephen Dorrell has called out the Reform party and particularly Nigel Farage after the Reform leader visited Worcestershire recently and shared his thoughts on the area.
The County Council candidate for Bedwardine said ‘Nigel Farage came to Worcestershire and did what he does best. He went to the pub and declared that “Worcestershire is broken”.
‘But he said precisely nothing about how he proposed to “fix it”.
Dorrell continued, ‘Instead he stuck closely to lines approved by his friend Donald Trump. He talked about the salaries of local officials. He said spending on decarbonisation proves the Council has “failed local residents and he attacked spending on translation services.’
‘These items together account for less than 0.2% of the County Council budget.’
He has nothing to say about the other 99.8%. In particular he says nothing about the crisis in social care Or the need to improve primary and community health services in the county.
And it’s no good looking to Reform council candidates for guidance.They don’t know because they don’t turn up to the meetings!
In conclusion Dorrell said ‘The Liberal Democrats don’t think it’s enough to parrot half-baked grievances. Politics should be about providing answers.’
