Quite apart from the complete mess they are making of Brexit and the near collapse of the government at Westminster due to infighting and division, the Tories in Colchester would have you believe they would make a good fist of running Colchester Council.

This is the party starving our public services like the NHS, schools and the police of the resources they need to maintain anything like the decent standard we have come to expect.

The Conservative Party is also to blame for grinding Colchester to a standstill due to their incompetence at County Hall in Chelmsford which has led to the debacle of the roadworks along Cowdray Avenue and St Andrew’s Avenue and the Ipswich and Harwich Road roundabouts.

They are so efficient that this work, which may not make much difference to traffic flow anyway, will be "rushed" through by the middle of 2020.

If that were not enough they are going to close most of our local libraries or get volunteers to run them.

The Tories are about as committed to public services as Jeremy Corbyn is to being clean shaven. I wouldn’t trust them to run a bath.

Tim Young
Leader of the Labour Group and deputy leader of Colchester Council
Mascot Square, Colchester