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Originally Posted by Judith Addison
It strikes me that those who criticise local councillors on this website have probably never been councillors themselves. So if you think that our performance doesn't come up to the mark or that we are motivated purely by a desire for power, why not consider standing for election yourselves and see whether you can improve the standard? You may find that being a councillor is not quite as easy as you imagined!
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Do you believe that the conservative party manifesto has any relevance to the day to day running of council affairs? If so in what respect?
If not why do you stand as a conservative and not as an independent?
Personally I don't have the time, inclination or lifespan to stand and fight against the closed shop of party politics that is Hyndburn Council, nor am I hypocritical enough to join a party without believing in its ideals simply to get elected.
It strikes me that those councillors/deputy mayors who don't like criticism should actually represent the people that elected them instead of making stupid comments about Kashmiri, removing benches, placing expensive pay toilets at the entrance to free toilets, butchering the town centre and giving credence to half baked, biased surveys.
Oh yeah, and maybe some of my representatives could actually represent me for ALL of the council meetings and not walk out halfway through