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Originally Posted by jaysay
Think you've hit the nail on the head JCB, why do you think I no longer give two hoots for local politics, and I was a person who was very much involved until 2001. Peter Britcliffe is a friend of mine, in fact he actually call into see me on Thursday, I wished him happy new year, for 2007 that is  but when Graham was leader of the labour group, they were both as bad as each other, who could outdo the other, who could score the most points over the other, now it seams Ken Moss has taken on that mantle, which does him no favours what so ever. Having met Ken I actually think he's better than that, as I've said on here before he's the only Labour councillor that talks any sense, so it saddens me that he has taken this line, but people do there own thing and its up to him, but it does disappoint me nonetheless |
I have two main problems with local politics , Jaysay .
One is the way the council is run . Is it run according to Local Government legislation from Westminster , or is it run according to rules made by the ruling group ?
I was surprised by the information given by Claytonender . Such a system is undemocratic in many ways , and must lead to trouble between councillors .
I have no problem with Ken Moss . He is free to criticise anything I say , even though he has misunderstood where I am coming from . He is doing what our councillors do , indulging in party politics , and that brings me to my second main problem .
I have said before that I don't see a need for party politics in local government . Most of the issues dealt with by the council are of a non-party political nature . So the councillors seek matters that may divide them , and finding none they turn to personalising things . They get personal , and this leads to a bad form of politics .
Local politics and the Council set-up are due for a good shake up as I indicated in the quote before this one .
I am tending towards criticising the present ruling group , the Conservatives , for the present situation and hoping the Labour group will bring about reform to Council procedures .
I am open to correction if my understanding of all this is faulty .