Councillor Barrie Yates one of the two remaining councillors representing The Idle Toad Party on South Ribble Borough Council has left the Party, spent a couple of days as an Independent before announcing today that he is to join the Conservatives.
One theory about the cause of the split is that Councillor Yates wants a bigger say in a very important matter -the nature of the hem on the Mayoral Robes of which he has expressed concern in the local media.
If the Conservatives' proposal to spend taxpayers' money on ceremonial finery goes ahead Councillor Yates who is currently Deputy Mayor will be set to wear the robes when he takes over from the current Mayor and will obviously be concerned about how he might look.
Which prompts the question should there now be a by-election since voters elected a Toad only to find themselves being represented by an entirely different Party.
For more on the 'Mayoral Robes Question' see 'Mayoral Robes'.
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