Cllr Graham Neale wrote:“The opposition councillors say they were told by a senior council officer that the Castle name was chosen for the leisure centre to complement the 'One The Elephant' branding of the adjacent Lend Lease tower of luxury housing.
"The council's Labour bosses ran a poll to find a name for the new leisure centre, then completely ignored it and made it up themselves," said Cllr Graham Neale, Southwark Liberal Democrats' shadow cabinet member for transport, environment and leisure.
"Sometimes the decision-making at Southwark Council makes North Korea look like a thriving democracy!”
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