According to the local paper (no link available as yet), three defecting Swansea Labour councillors have formed their own political group - despite earlier statements that they only planned to remain outside the tent, etc. Their action is reportedly a 'proportional' response to expulsion letters they recently received plus the result of an oddball legal requirement for them to register either as a new group or join an existing one in order to take their seats in the chamber.
The new faction have decided to call themselves Communities of Swansea; a catchy title presumably intended to carve out a distinctive political niche whilst possibly drawing in other disaffected individuals. It apparently left their former Labour colleagues unimpressed. We're told that the only discernible reaction was one bank-bencher who was spotted doodling somewhat graphic alternatives for the COS initials.
Views are quite mixed on the ability of the three 'vetrans' to redefine local representation in Swansea as opposed to the chances of them succumbing to the Lib Dem osmosis that has successfully gathered in other such flotsam in the past. But if they can stay faithful to the principles embodied in their name then they might be just turn out to be what Swansea needs at the moment.
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