Reform video filmed in council chamber accusing councillor of 'lying' taken down |
A VIDEO filmed in a council chamber in which two Reform councillors accused a cabinet member of “lying” has been taken down.
The party political broadcast style video, shared on social media before being taken down, featured councillors David Thomas and Jason O’Connell complaining Labour’s David Daniels had criticised Reform councillors for opposing a new rule requiring councillors to keep cameras on when attending meetings via video calls, having said the motion wasn’t party political.
In the video Cllr Daniels was accused of “lying”, which he denied.
Cllr Daniels, a cabinet member of Labour controlled Torfaen Borough Council, said he stood by his comments and had called for Cllr Thomas, who had posted the video to his X and Facebook accounts, to take it down as he called it “misleading”.
The Reform councillors were also criticised by Torfaen’s presiding member, Labour’s Rose Seabourne who chairs council meetings, who said she believed posting a party political video from the chamber at Pontypool’s Civic Centre could be a breach of the authority’s code of conduct.
Torfaen Borough Council has confirmed permission had been granted to film the video in the historic chamber in the listed Pontypool Town Hall.
The Reform pair could have faced a probe over a potential breach of the council’s code of conduct but that needn’t take place now as all parties are satisfied a line can be........