Perspective : City Chief Executive Was Doomed to Go ; After Less Than Three Years at the Helm, Lin Homer has Quit As Chief Executive of Birmingham City Council. Chief Reporter Paul Dale Recounts How Behind-the-Scenes Rows and Political Tension Shaped Her Decision to Go

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Lin Homer's brief tenure as Birmingham City Council chief executive was doomed from the moment Labour lost control of Britain's largest local authority almost a year ago.

Both halves of the incoming Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition were acutely suspicious of Mrs Homer, whom they viewed as having little interest in their vision of the city's future.

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Perspective : City Chief Executive Was Doomed to Go ; After Less Than Three Years at the Helm, Lin Homer has Quit As Chief Executive of Birmingham City Council. Chief Reporter Paul Dale Recounts How Behind-the-Scenes Rows and Political Tension Shaped Her Decision to Go

The Tories were convinced her natural sympathies lay with Labour, although as a council employee she was careful to maintain an air of absolute independence.

But the Conservatives were given further cause for concern when, a few days before the 2003 city council elections, Mrs Homer delivered what was seen as an overtly political speech to the West Midlands...

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