Caroline Pidgeon, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, commenting on the decision by Conservative Assembly Members to once again walk out of the chamber at City Hall and prevent important items being debated by the London Assembly today, said:
"It is shameful that the London Assembly has today been prevented from debating key issues including the threat to people living in homes owned by the Crown Estates and the planned reduction in opening hours at tube ticket offices. These are bread and butter issue for Londoners and the London Assembly is here to make sure London's voice is heard.
"This disgraceful behaviour by Conservative London Assembly Members is an insult to the democratic process.”
Caroline also discusses this in an article on Liberal Democrat Voice, where she writes:
"The walk out this week was not just a bad day for democracy in London, but for anyone who actually believes power should be devolved downwards. The Conservative Assembly Members are doing exactly what some Labour councils did in the 1980s by bringing local government into disrepute.
"It is time the 11 Conservative London Assembly Members stopped giving local democracy a bad name."
You can read more about this story on Adam Bienkov's blog and the BorisWatch website.