[Margaret Pilkington]

No John, I am not missing your point......the elected candidates would not be independent at all. They would be unsponsored by any political party, which would open the way for people who have no political affiliations to stand for election...and rather than people being elected on which political dogmas and ideologies they support, they would instead be judged on their ability to serve the electorate of their own particular area.

It may be that some of the people already on the council would still be on the council, but this would be on their ability to do the job rather than which party they supported.
Council business is no place to score political points, and there is no room for petty egotisitical arguments.......it is a place where the business of the borough should be conducted with professionalism and dignity.
You are always going to have people with differing views, but if these views are not complicated by political dogmas, then compromise must surely be achieved in a more equitable way.

I have been to many meetings in my career....meeting where ideas and ideals were very different. People work out their differences and make compromises in an adult and civilised fashion.........are you telling me that councillors can't work in this manner?
And is this because of their political dogmas?...because, if that is what you are saying, then it should not be like that, and you have justified my view that things must change.
I have met people who say 'that won't work'....and frequently this is because they don't want to try it, they are afraid of change, and they really don't want it to work.