“Oh dear.”

Instead of rebutting them, the Lib Dems have encouraged them. When 343 Bath residents objected to the council granting planning permission for the mast upgrade, Lib Dem councillors, with the support of Bath’s Lib Dem MP, Wera Hobhouse, decided to comply with the wishes of the dupes and cranks. I can guess the political calculation. A few hundred angry residents might not support the Lib Dems at the next election if the party did not bend to their wishes. The broad mass of Bath voters, who may well want better wifi, will not be following the debate or know what the party has done. In Bath, as everywhere, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. The convenience of the cowardice makes the Lib Dems’ behaviour symptomatic of our times. Their lesson is that no one is punished for biting their tongues when they should speak out.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/dec/26/why-would-the-lib-dems-hook-up-with-5g-cranks-it-can-only-be-cowardice