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Originally Posted by claytonender
Thank you Willow and Spinner for giving the viewpoint of some who lives in Central Ward. I agree that a Councillor must be able to speak English, so that they can deal effectively with the problems of the people , who live in their ward.
Also any Councillor who is elected Mayor needs to be able to communicate with all the residents of Hyndburn, as well as representing the Borough in other areas of Lancashire. Our current Mayor, Dr Rahman, has been a a credit to the Borough, as its First Citizen.
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I can appreciate that it is beneficial for a Councillor to be able to speak the language of the majority of the voters in his ward but I can't quite see how he could get selected in the first place by the party to represent them if he could not speak English - how did the Conservative selection committee put him forward?
As for Dr Rahman, I've said it before but he has been an absolute credit to the Borough. He's been an excellent Mayor (and he speaks excellent English).