I wish I had never backed Lib Dems

Anger in this paper at Tory members of the planning committee who approved homes at Bridge Nursery is misdirected (KM letters, November 28).

My anger, perhaps even my loathing, is aimed at the Liberal Democrat councillors.

For two years they promised to stop this application.

I voted for them, even though they are not my natural party, because they promised they would save Bridge Nursery. What a fool I was.

I sat in the audience and watched in horror as each Lib Dem councillor smugly abstained from the vote.

With the chairman’s casting vote, he is a Liberal too, they could have refused the application, as they promised, but instead they chose to let it go ahead on Tory votes.

Why? The cynic inside me wonders if looking for a scapegoat to attack during next year’s general election is more important than keeping a promise to their voters.

I feel betrayed and let down by the Liberals.

It started when they promised free higher education, but then voted to raise fees at the first opportunity they got.

Now they have reneged on yet another promise.

I’m not going to fall for it again. Like thousands of others in Kent, I will be voting for the Green party instead next year. Barry Lloyd Hildenborough Crescent, Allington