They maybe inconsistent at the best, and could be incompetent at the worst, and possibly lots of stuff in the middle. And perhaps no better or worse than other local authorities. As we dare not risk libel on this site (a fair point) there is a good chance that we should use 'allegedly' in all similar accusations.

This perhaps maybe possibly not a scientific bit of research but generally have we seen a lot of support for LBL??

Anything in Private Eye Rotten Boroughs?