sccsux Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Probaby the 'City Solicitor' as he used to be known ... Liz Bashforth is assistant chief executive legal & governance... Hardly democratic, that a party affiliate decides when the count takes place:mad: new Durham Unitary authority = No Overall Control (Labour largest party) Brilliant. Labour can't even win a newly created seat:hihi: This is sad news for local democracy. How so? Surely it is a sign of a healthy democracy:confused: Will it affect how Sheffield has voted? Probably not (we're a little more concerned about the sale of our parks, merging of schools, years of under investment in our roads....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosyRat Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Well done to the BNP's John Gamble in Brinsworth & Catcliffe and Will Blair in Maltby. It'll be good to see how they carry out their statutory duties as councillors. Councillors have to hold surgeries and carry out casework for all their constituents : black, white, Asian and anyone else, regardless of their ethnicity. The electorate will find out pretty quickly how this works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Liz Bashforth is assistant chief executive legal & governance... Hardly democratic, that a party affiliate decides when the count takes place:mad: : I know who she is, that's why I edited my earlier post. The position iirc, used to be known as the City Solicitor but was changed to Chief Executive of Legal Services some years ago. Maybe the incumbent at the time thought it was too old fashioned a title, or maybe just wanted to be a Chief Executive of something! I don't know why you seem so surprised that a senior member of the SSC officers team is a Labour Party member, if that's what you're implying. At one time it was rumoured you couldn't get a job as a teaboy here if you weren't. Similar situations in Doncaster, Barnsley and Rotherham, so they used to say. Unfortunately a lot of the diehard old brigade are still in post and likely to be for a good few years yet. Which, in my opinion, is why nothing seems to change much, whichever party (other than Labour) is nominally 'in control' there'll still be feetdragging and slowtiming from the people charged with implementing the policies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I know who she is, that's why I edited my earlier post. The position iirc, used to be known as the City Solicitor but was changed to Chief Executive of Legal Services some years ago. Maybe the incumbent at the time thought it was too old fashioned a title, or maybe just wanted to be a Chief Executive of something! I believe that she still retains the title of City Solicitor as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alchresearch Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 On a more serious note who are the idiots who voted bnp? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/7378924.stm instead of calling them idiots, why don't you think about WHY they voted BNP? These are probably traditional Labour voters who feel betrayed by their party. They're never going to vote Conservative, so what option do they have? The problem is that the BNP is just associated with racism, down to the activities of some of it's members. Big deal. Look at Labour and Tories and their sleaze. Every party has their problems. Instead of looking at the person, look at the policies. Then you can see why people vote for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuey Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 instead of calling them idiots, why don't you think about WHY they voted BNP? These are probably traditional Labour voters who feel betrayed by their party. They're never going to vote Conservative, so what option do they have? The problem is that the BNP is just associated with racism, down to the activities of some of it's members. Big deal. Look at Labour and Tories and their sleaze. Every party has their problems. Instead of looking at the person, look at the policies. Then you can see why people vote for them. Agree completely. The BNP didn't get themselves elected, the other parties did all the work for them. If a significant group of people feel disenfranchised then they will cling to someone who listens regardless of policy. The BNPs strong point has always been that they come across as local. When the main parties stoppped litening to the ordinary working man they only made the BNP stronger. Dont knock the BNP for trying to get elected. Blame the political machine mainly run by Labour that made them feel they had no choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I feel that if people want the BNP to disappear, the best way would be to improve THEIR political party to make them electable, rather than mud slinging and just throwing the 'racism' card around. The BNP wanted a review of immigration. It wasn't done. We had a huge influx of immigrants who came and worked hard and well and didn't cause problems. However, they've now saved enough money for their needs, or the pay system has increased in their native country and now they're going home - leaving the country in a mess with a worker shortage. I didn't vote BNP because I'm happy with the Conservative party - they appeal to me. However, if they didn't, I could clearly see myself voting BNP, if only to give the other parties a bloody nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizmachin Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 I feel that if people want the BNP to disappear, the best way would be to improve THEIR political party to make them electable, rather than mud slinging and just throwing the 'racism' card around. The BNP wanted a review of immigration. It wasn't done. We had a huge influx of immigrants who came and worked hard and well and didn't cause problems. However, they've now saved enough money for their needs, or the pay system has increased in their native country and now they're going home - leaving the country in a mess with a worker shortage. I didn't vote BNP because I'm happy with the Conservative party - they appeal to me. However, if they didn't, I could clearly see myself voting BNP, if only to give the other parties a bloody nose. In a democracy people vote for who ever they feel like, usually the party the feel meets their aspirations. When the voting is done and counted everyone accepts the result even if they don't like it. We can't criticise anyone whichever way they vote. If we do we destroy democracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfstalin Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 With only one declared labour win with only 24% of the vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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