"Councillor Tope has gone from being the Cardinal Wolsey of the Liberal Democrats to the Gordon Brittas of leisure." Councillor John Kennedy

"Swimmers at Cheam Leisure Centre have been told to get out the pool by the 'Gordon Brittas of leisure' Councillor Graham Tope.

At a council meeting on Monday Coun Tope failed to give his cast iron guarantee that the leisure centre, known as Cheam Baths, would not be closed.

'We have known for over 20 years that Cheam is old leisure centre, we have known that for years. We need to have a sensible agreement about what's going to be happening,' he said.

Coun Tope explained that although half a million pounds had been earmarked to be spent on the centre in the next financial year, the cost of upkeeping the pre-war leisure centre may not be sustainable."

(Via Cheam Baths Closed By Brittas (from Your Local Guardian): .)

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