Not only are Reform councillors cancelling swathes of critical council meetings instead of getting on with the job, they are failing to turn up to the ones that did go ahead.
The Independent reports that at least 21 Reform councillors have missed their first meetings.
It doesn’t seem like we have the names of the individuals concerned – but we do know that 21% of Cornwall’s Reform councillors failed to turn up to their first meeting at County Hall and another 4 councillors were not present at Nottinghamshire’s first full council meeting.
Stunts like this induced Nottinghamshire councillor Johno Lee to tell them:
I look forward to sitting on the committees with you because I don’t think you have a clue