hackey lad Posted March 25, 2023 Share Posted March 25, 2023 3 hours ago, RollingJ said: Takes them THAT long to come up with the excuses, does it? Might have to find both reports and read them before then. They know what they are going to do/say but are keeping it until after the local elections . The cynic in me feels they are hiding . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prince al Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) Plymouth trees: Council leader Richard Bingley to resign. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-65043109 Edited March 26, 2023 by prince al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 38 minutes ago, prince al said: Plymouth trees: Council leader Richard Bingley to resign. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-6504310 404 - page cannot be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prince al Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 Thanks, try again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollingJ Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 It worked! Now all we need is for Terry Fox to follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloke Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, RollingJ said: It worked! Now all we need is for Terry Fox to follow suit. Hmmm... 404 - Terry Fox cannot be found. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredderick Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 2 hours ago, HumbleNarrator said: What I don't like about local council elections is how not all of the councillors are up for election at the same time. At the last elections when the tree felling was a hot topic, even if Labour had lost all those standing in that election, they would have still retained overall control of the council. Agree. Having a third up each year means in reality there are only about 6 months in the year when decisions get made. In the run up to elections elected members generally don’t want to make any decisions at all in case half a dozen people start a petition and run to the Star with a campaign. It’s a crazy system. All out elections would be far better. Give them a fair period of time to do what they said they would and if they don’t deliver, get them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeHasRisen Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fredderick said: Agree. Having a third up each year means in reality there are only about 6 months in the year when decisions get made. In the run up to elections elected members generally don’t want to make any decisions at all in case half a dozen people start a petition and run to the Star with a campaign. It’s a crazy system. All out elections would be far better. Give them a fair period of time to do what they said they would and if they don’t deliver, get them out I believe all metropolitan councils in England are run on the same basis. Its not just here. Edited March 26, 2023 by HeHasRisen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 True. All-out local elections arise only when the ward boundaries are substantially altered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Fredderick said: Agree. Having a third up each year means in reality there are only about 6 months in the year when decisions get made. In the run up to elections elected members generally don’t want to make any decisions at all in case half a dozen people start a petition and run to the Star with a campaign. It’s a crazy system. All out elections would be far better. Give them a fair period of time to do what they said they would and if they don’t deliver, get them out Yes, I fully agree with what you say. Our "democracy" is laughable. All set up to make it as easy as possible for the politicians and, as hard as possible for the public to change anything, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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