'You're acting like you've had a ropey one night stand and now want to leave': Eyebrow-raising political attack at council meeting

A senior Lib Dem councillor accused Stockport Tories of acting like they had woken up from a ‘ropey one night stand’ in an eyebrow-raising tirade at the town hall.

Coun Lisa Smart launched the attack on the eight-strong Conservative group during the authority’s annual budget meeting on Thursday night.

The Lib Dems had tabled a proposal for a ‘cost of living rebate’ for more than 100,000 homes, to offset soaring prices and an overall 4pc hike in council tax.

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Funded from reserves it would hand £15 to all households in council tax bands A-D - broadly equivalent to the 1pc rise in the ‘general’ element of council tax.

The amendment was supported by the Labour administration - perhaps surprisingly given the tensions between the two groups over recent years.

However it did not find favour with the Tories, who said it was ‘unfair’ to demand more money from residents while the council was sitting on more than £90m in reserves.

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But Coun Smart was quick to remind them they had passed up the chance to remove the Labour administration last May, after the Lib Dems emerged from the local elections as the largest group.

Instead the Conservatives supported Coun Elise Wilson’s continued tenure as leader,