Support lacking for villages in development option three

I AM trying to understand the party politics of Arun's Local Development Framework (LDF).

Arun's Liberal Democrat leader councillor, Simon McDougall (Bognor Observer, letters, April 23) advises us that he is working with "our MP Nick Gibb and other councillors across the political spectrum" to oppose development proposals at Bersted.

In a joint press release with Nick Herbert MP, when announcing the formation of Communities Against Ford Eco-Town (CAF) (April 22, 2008), Mr Gibb stated that "this is a cross-party and locally-run campaign".