Labour and Conservative councillors broke with protocol when they voted against Deputy Lord Mayor Ioan Richard becoming the city's next Lord Mayor.
The leaders of both political groups on the council chose to ignore our request to explain their actions.
The attempt by one Labour councillor to blame the coalition for failing to drum up enough support for Councillor Richard is a pathetic smokescreen and earns our contempt.
Shame on him, and the others involved in this spiteful episode.
