I got the same TLERA reply this morning. I want the £50 back I’ve paid out to them over the years, they’ve done nothing to for it, and if they can’t be bothered getting involved, then likewise we’ll stop getting involved too.

Well done Lewisham Council and our newly elected local Councillors. You have successfully divided our community in less than one year after being elected.

My sympathies lay with Labour, but certainly not locally now.

The 2010 elections seen a 64.5% turnout: of that Labour polled 32.5%, Lib Dems 39.8%; in 2014, the turnout was down to 41.47%, of which Labour polled 43.2%, with Lib Dems at 22%. Labour will have absolutely no chance at the next local elections if the turnout rises and the abstainers all come back out to play.

In the meantime, what further havoc will they cause over the next three years?