As friendly as I can be, and please take this in that manner - these defence posts that are going round just aren't working. Continuing down that path - *especially* the comparison against average won't work.

Harder now Labour are in power too - why won't they return the £300m we complain about!

Our c-tax is cheaper than avg. Good. Bradford is dirt poor, it *should* be cheaper.

Political hay is made partly due to Lbr's own goals. Politics is what you do with the remit u have & the story u tell.

££££ crisis + yr long party = incoherence.

This defence isn't resonating with the electorate.

I'm sorry, but no.

When you have an ex-grooming gang member feeling confident enough to run for public office something is wrong.

Our society is sick, grooming gangs and paedophile rings need to be rooted out.

Labour deserve loss after loss if soft on this.

Yep, I'm aware of all the ins and outs (and I'm not pro-Green space).

I just wouldn't be surprised if Keighley moves further from Labour in 2026.

Comms wise Robbie Moore comes across as the "winner" re: KWVR too.

The problem with this, in Keighley, is every single time a post like this is shown (and it is good news) they will say "why haven't we got our green space?"

Right or wrong, literally every single time a post like this is shared it twists the knife for Keighlians.