Councillors John Bryant, Cled Griffin, Martyn Peters, Kay Reed, Linda Ware and Cilla Herdman walked out of the AGM yesterday evening shortly after proceedings had begun. They each handed in letters to the Clerk before leaving. We are yet to be informed of the contents of those letters.

Of the remaining Plaid Cymru councillors, Tony Wyn Jones and Gareth Morgan stayed for the AGM and the monthly meeting which followed, and Janice Dudley was absent,  recuperating after illness.

Cllr Dick Matthews was elected chairman for the year 2009/10, with Cllr Celia Thomas as vice-chairman.

In the spirit of the agreement made by council members in March,  I will not put my gloss on the decisions reached last night but await the agreed media release drawn up by the chairman and clerk.

I will say, though, that the staged walk-out by a group of elected councillors was  disappointing. At the very least, their electors were deprived of representation at a critical point in the council year, when committee members were appointed and other strategic decisions made.

[Later]   The BBC has this, based on a Plaid media release presumably.

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