Call for apology over Wheelie Bins from the Lib Dem Council.

Following a spate of calls and emails from residents confused about the microchips found in their wheelie bins, Tobias Ellwood has written to the Leader of Bournemouth Council asking for clarification as to why residents were assured that no microchips were embedded in the bins.

It is a worrying state of affairs when we are assured on one day that 'none of these devices are fitted anywhere in Bournemouth' (Councillor Richard Smith) only for residents to discover the embedded micro-chips themselves - And then for the Council to simply to say the microchips were "nothing to worry about."

Whilst we may be assured that the refuse trucks presently do not have the technology, the clandestine manor in which the Council has dealt issue has aroused suspicions as to why the micro-chip is there in the first place.

If however, there are plans afoot to put the activate use electronic use of these micro-chips, then residents should be informed. A real concern is that we are seeing the birth of another stealth tax, where bins are eventually weighed as they are emptied and residents charged accordingly, or fined if they exceed a set weight.

Big Brother has come to Bournemouth and not even the elected Councillors were aware of it.