Even by the standards of the Inside Outers the latest speculation on what is going on within the Administration group here, here and here is really scraping the bottom of the barrel. When they do not know what is going on then they make it up.They are obsessed with the idea that the Administration is being held together by the love of money and cannot even begin to appreciate that there may be other bonds, such as the desire to put right decades of Labour incompetence and its impact on the City.
David Phillips also seems to be under the impression that the Council leadership has agreed to roll over and let him and his Tory allies walk into key positions on the authority. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In fact the Administration group is united in their obstinacy and are reinforced in their opposition to the process every time David Phillips stands up in Council and speaks. His behaviour last Thursday was nothing short of disgraceful, even going so far as to openly misrepresent advice he had received, as well as the position of the Council Leader.
All of the group meetings we have observed have been unanimous in endorsing the tactics of the so-called 'rebels' and in supporting the Leader in finishing the job he started in July 2004. If Labour think this process is going to end with them walking back into power without having to face the electorate once more then they are very much mistaken.
