A senior member of a council has resigned. Deputy leader of Swale council, Cllr Mike Baldock (Swale Independent Alliance), has decided to leave his post in the face of the Labour Group “demanding complete control” of decision making. Cllr Baldock, who represents Borden and Grove and is the head of Swale council’s planning committee, took to social media this morning (December 7) to announce his resignation. He said in a post that Labour sought to take control of administerial decisions giving them “an absolute veto on every issue”. This would give the party powers to impose decisions on the ot…