Seemingly contrary to her workshy counterparts in Kent and Nottinghamshire, Reform councillor Jo Monk seems to believe that failing to turn up to council meetings because you’re ill is a bad enough sin that you should probably resign.
In a recent meeting she said:
I’ve sat for the last four years witnessing people coming and going when they felt like it.
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If you have health issues that are that serious then perhaps you should resign and let someone else who is more committed do that.
What’s good for the goose apparently isn’t good for the gander though. She herself has only attended around half, 56%, of the meetings since she was elected back in 2021. Why? Reportedly, ill health.
Richard Udall, leader of the council’s Labour group, said: “I think she was only talking about councillors, which is in itself surprising as she only had a 60 percent attendance record in the last council due to ill health.”