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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Local politics should be divorced from national politics, as they are entirely different animals.....and only serve to confuse some of the electorate....who think they are voting for the same things locally as they do nationally......and follow slavishly a political doctrine/dogma.
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Which is how our current Leader justifies every unpopular move, by playing on the confusion of the majority of the electorate and bringing national politics in to excuse poor local decisions. I'm sure Labour council leaders have used the same tactics in the past but it doesn't excuse it. I have already said frequently to my own group that we should shy away from national party politics and just get on with it when power eventually shifts.
Good public services are all the public really give a toss about.