AS a resident of Little Lever I am disgusted with the comments made by Cllr Morris in respect of the election of Ukip councillors in our ward.

Cllr Morris attributes the victory to the fact that we in Little Lever/Darcy Lever thought we were voting on European issue.

I find that an insult to the intelligence of the residents of Little Lever/Darcy Lever and would ask for an apology from Cllr Morris through this paper.

Could I point out that Paul Richardson was elected in 2014 when there were no EU issues and last year Sean Hornby was also elected (defeating the Labour candidate who had represented the ward for many years) again without there being any EU issues.

I suggest that Cllr Morris retract his insinuation that we do not know what we are doing and look at the real reason for the defeat.

The councillors elected in the last two years have done more for the ward than we have seen in the last 30 years and I am sure that Rees will listen to the voters and do an excellent job.

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