Birkdale Lib Dem councillors Simon Shaw and Iain Brodie Browne have condemned a Conservative council candidate’s “dishonest” claims that they want to “drive new cycle lanes through Birkdale Village”.
In a press release they said: “Earlier this month Tory candidate Lee Durkin made his claims on OTS, misrepresenting completely what was said in the latest edition of the Lib Dem’s ‘Birkdale FOCUS’.
“This is all part of the trend led by current US President Donald Trump, that it doesn’t matter how distorted and untrue something is,” says Councillor Brodie Browne.
“In Birkdale, the Conservatives are trying to out-Trump Donald Trump!”
“The article in the Lib Dem FOCUS was just 31 words long, and, in full, read as follows: “Simon and Iain met with the Council’s Cycling Officer in September to discuss a possible safe cycle route through Birkdale. ‘There would need to be full consultation with residents,’ says Iain.”
“Nowhere did we mention cycle lanes, and in fact nowhere did we mention Birkdale Village,” responded Councillor Simon Shaw.
“I think this really begs the question of why the Tories are opposed to a safe cycle route through Birkdale. Maybe they are happy with cyclists riding on the pavements.”