A Southport councillor at the centre of a bullying storm has been described as “desperately scrabbling for lame excuses” after claiming there was a “smear” campaign against him. A review of Sefton Council’s code of conduct for councillors and mandatory retraining has been recommended after several members of the Liberal Democrat group were named in a number of complaints following a meeting of the Southport Area Committee last September. Two young mums from the Kew Playground Campaign attended the meeting to request that ward funds be released by Kew Ward’s three Lib Dem councillors to assist in saving the playground. Instead … Continue reading Southport councillor accused of trying to “paint himself as the victim” as smear claim dismissed in bullying row.