Torbays Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Marcus Wood has today written to his opposite number Bay Mp Adrian Sanders and pleaded with him to 'bury the hatchet' over the bays Casino proposals following a series of outspoken criticisms by the Bay MP of the Town Halls regeneration plans.
Mr Wood has asked him to fall into line behind other bay leaders to lend his full support to regeneration proposals.
Mr Wood says "It is vital that we show a united front to win the backing of Government and the confidence of business leaders - they need to see that all of those in authority in Torbay support the mayor in his efforts."
"Undoubtedly Mr Sanders has a problem with some of the proposals being put forward, but I would be very surprised if Solomon himself could devise a plan that would please everyone in Torbay, the important thing is to see the bigger picture and move forward."
"Our MP has a duty to talk Torbay up; making public comments like "Torbay will be more Monty Python than Monte Carlo." was just silly and unhelpful.
Mr Wood says "You seem in a great hurry to broadcast to the world what you don’t want. That might be acceptable if you had an alternative. Sadly, after ten years in Parliament you have failed to come up with or achieve anything tangible for the people of the Bay.."
Mr Wood says in his letter "Many people are coming to the conclusion that your obstinate opposition to these plans may be more to do with the fact that they are a Conservative success story than any other reason. I hope they are wrong, because if they are right it would be the worst kind of party political sour grapes imaginable."
