article_snippet: Labour members forced through the vote, demanding an ‘unqualified apology’, when the ruling Conservatives were left short of numbers at a meeting this week.
article_snippet: Tory council leader Patrick Molyneux explained Tory council leader Patrick Molyneux party had abstained from voting against the embarrassing motion .
article_snippet: Last night Tory council leader Patrick Molyneux explained why his party had abstained from voting against the embarrassing motion, which Tory council leader Patrick Molyneux dismissed as a ‘blatant piece of electioneering’.
article_snippet: We didn’t take part in the debate.
article_snippet: We were down on We numbers and We weren’t sure We’d have the support to win in the chamber so We didn’t vote,’ Tory council leader Patrick Molyneux said.
article_snippet: it’s ill-founded and if anybody should hang anybody head in shame it is Di Martin.
article_snippet: Independent members of the council criticised the ‘mud-slinging contest’ between the two main parties.