A council leader said “I will be on that bulldozer” to build a controversial garden village – and “will ram it down your throat”.
Labour’s Brenda Warrington hit back at Tories over their opposition to build 2,150 homes on green belt land in Hyde. More than 3,400 people have objected to the plans, lodged by Tameside council, to build the Godley Green garden village which are due to go before the planning committee later this year.
It comes after two councillors wore protest t-shirts emblazoned with ‘Brenda the Bulldozer’ over her support for the new village.
Coun Warrington spoke out after a reference to her ‘bulldozer’ nickname by Tory councillor Liam Billington during the fiery meeting on Tuesday.
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