Sadly, while this political gun-slinging is going on, both councillors appear content in playing Russian-Roullette with the lives and welfare of the very residents that both claim to be ‘defending and fighting for’.

“She’d just voted for a budget that would see every deprived child in Walcot paying more for their swimming but allowed golfers at the Broome Manor course to enjoy 18 holes of council tax-payer subsidised golfing pleasure without any increase in charges.”

“The behaviour of our Conservative Councillors doesn’t reflect well on them, but a few of them are secretly delighted that they have been nick-named ‘Rod’s Bluhligans’ by members of the public”

“Derique Montaut is not fit for purpose in my honest opinion, and he should seriously consider his position as leader of the Labour Group”

“freedom of information request relates to the directorship held by Mr HITESH KUMAR PATEL of Company Number:6990831 – DM56 Limited, (now known as ‘Digital City (UK) Ltd’), between the 15th of September 2009 and the 12th of March 2010″

“Something is still rotten in the Borough of Swindon and, (as most honest people know), you can’t bury a bad smell and gangrene doesn’t go away if left untreated”

“Call me cynical but I know of an entire squadron of Digital Piggies that is fully fuelled and ready to fly”

“He increasingly reminds me of the Austrian born Marie Antoinette who initially charmed the French peasants but was eventually despised by them”