First, it was Michael Gove. Next, it was Boris Johnson. Now, a slightly smaller political beast in the form of Bromley council has come out and backed Brexit. The South London council voted last night to say it believed Britain was better off out of Europe. It passed a motion saying:
This council agrees that the negative impacts that the European Union has upon the efficiency and costs of Bromley Council activities mean Bromley Council would be better off if Britain was out of the European Union
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Bromley isn’t the first council to back Brexit, with Havering having done the same at the end of January. But what’s different about Bromley is that it’s the first Conservative council in the country to do so.
In practice, the decision carries little weight. It is a referendum now after all, and it’s unlikely that Bromley residents – or any other people who live in a borough that backs Brexit – are going to be swayed by councillors they’ve probably never heard of.
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