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Originally Posted by jaysay
Its a pity really that the council now seems leaderless, if your the leader then you should take on the mantle and whats goes with it, its no use having a column in the local rag called the Leaders Column, yet the leader never uses it but nominates somebody to fill the space, its a bit like David Cameron or Gorden Brown conducting business in the house then refusing to take or present yourself to the media, if your the leader your the leader, and entails everything which goes with the office, and all this crap about we're all working together is a total nonsense, do you think for one minute that if Jonesie was still around the same thing would have happened, not a snowball in hells chance. The council now resembles an headless chicken with nobody in charge
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I must respectfully disagree there, John. I have to say that the entire mood up at Scaitcliffe House has changed drastically since May and in my opinion for the better. I want a Leader I can go to with problems or ideas and be pointed in the right direction, not someone who pontificates like some tinpot Solomon in public meetings and I'm happy to say that Miles willingly shares the limelight in order to create a team ethic. This to me is better leadership than claiming credit for everything under the sun in a weekly column.
I was unaware of Peter's personal issues and indeed I have had my own recently but sincerely hope that it has not affected my performance as a councillor. I may only have been here 17 months but I flatter myself I have at least a whiff of professionalism about me. Cllr Britcliffe does not strike me as a man to use such things as an excuse either, in fairness to him.
However, this repeated 'walking out' appears to me to be little more than political showboating.