Letter in the Romford Recorder

Below is a copy of a letter in this weeks Romford Recorder, following the recent report on Joe webster joining the Collier Row & Mawneys Residents Association.

The Editor of The Recorder,

I would just like to set the record straight, and to correct a factual error contained in the report, “De-selected Webster joins Residents’ Group- Tories rocked by another defection”, the Recorder, 14th December.

The article states that “Mr. Webster is one of a three former Tories - deselected as prospective councillors for the party in controversial circumstances in 2006, to go on and join the R.A's”. In fact, when Collier Row and Mawneys Residents Association was launched in March 2006, there were no less than five Councillors, all deselected ex-Conservatives, who formed the new Residents Association.

These were, Cllr. Andy Mann, Jean Gower, Martin Smith, Alexandra Smith, and myself. The welcome addition of Joe Webster now makes six, and a seventh is also evident in the form of Cllr. Ray Morgon, who was the first to resign from the Conservatives, in protest at our numerous de-selections, and move to The Residents Associations in Havering.

GRAHAM PRICE

Mawneys Ward Action Team