Reisdents will remember the flagship Lib Dem promises to 'Save the Winter Gardens'
during the last local elections. The building is has now been bulldozed and a new complex (a quarter of the size) will cost £30million to build.

This new building will not be able to make enough money to support itself but will need subsidising to the tune of £300,000 paid by the Bournemouth tax payer.

Some Lib Dem candidates said they would resign if the original building was not saved - even promising to stand in front of the bulldozers before they would allow the original Winter Gardens to be knocked down. Little did we know how hollow all these promises were.

Shame on the Lib Dems for making such promises simply to win the last local election.

Politics is about decision making - some decisions may be unpopular. But to say one thing during an election and then do another simply brings into question all the promises they make.

May 3rd Elections
Following the Conservatives' success in the May 3rd local elections, the Winter Gardens fiasco will be halted.