Staffordshire County Council

Raised the issue of fluoridation in County Council during a health debate – seeing as the county is paying nearly quarter of a million pounds each year (plus I suspect other capital and repair expenses!) for this poison concoction containing fluoride to be drip-dumped into our water! Had some Tories in a hissy fit jumping up and down with their points of order, etc., trying to put a gag on me.  Why won’t they debate this??

 

http://bit.ly/1CIWP5W   (Scroll down timeline to 2:03:00)

 

Although fair play to the Chairman, who dismissed all the "Points of Order" and barracking (the mike misses most of it). Quite disturbing that first into the disruption was the Cabinet portfolio holder Alan White. That does not bode well for the "unbiased" review he was supposed to be conducting about South Staffs Water's fluoridation legal status!

 

But Leader of the Council Phil Atkins was quite supportive of my comments in his summing up (here):- (scroll down timeline to 02.15.30)

 

There were also some in the Labour group calling that I should be allowed to speak – I think more because they knew it made the Tories feel uncomfortable rather than from any noble instinct to preserve free speech.

 

Only lasts a few minutes on the County Council’s webcast playback.

 

 

Chris