A HEATED debate turned sour after Tory administration members walked out of a council meeting, leaving opposition councillors to continue by themselves.
Phil Mynott, (Brentwood North) had asked the Brentwood Borough Council environment committee last night, Wednesday, if he could debate the practicality of transporting grit bags across the borough.
The request came after a lengthy and *****ly debate on several issues relating to recycling and rubbish collection.
But instead chairman Tony Sleep and his Tory colleagues walked out without actually having called an end to the meeting.
One opposition member said: "The Lib Dem's Karen Chilvers took the chair and we carried on regardless.
"We could have voted for all sorts of things, without the Tories there, but we didn't.
"We were very sensible about it all."