Armed officers pursued a car for five minutes
As I spent thirty years as a councillor, democracy — a form of which got me elected several times — now seems to be struggling at various levels and in various parts of the world, including our own.
As I wrote last time, to quote the late Robert Kennedy; “Why not?”. By the way, there are local elections next month. Hands up, who knew this. Hands up if you are voting. If so, I reckon you will be in the minority. [NOTE:I’m sure that the few of you, who follow politics at various levels, will know that this year, our multitude of Parish and Town Councils as well as our six of our seven District Councils come to the end of their terms and all councillors have to be elected.
“The trend towards even more centralisation was well under way when I first became a District Councillor in 1987. I well remember councillors going down to Number 10 to plead for more money and usually returning empty handed. Today local councils have been reduced largely to the role of commissioning bodies. The grants they receive from central government have been cut in the last four years alone by nearly 30% on average, with even more reductions to come.
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