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Originally Posted by Neil
Why is scrutiny made up of Councillors and not normal people with no axe to grind?
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The theory is that Councillors ARE normal people who the electorate have put their trust in. The fact that we consider them to have an axe to grind shows how some of them (not all, Ken!) have abused that trust.
The body that looks into the way individual Councillors behave is the Standards Committee, which is chaired by a person completely independent of the Council. Maybe that body should be given the remit of looking at things like cancelling meetings to suit individual's needs.