Devolution for UK cities...what of the rest of us?
14 May 2015, 10:45 AM
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Devolution for UK cities...what of the rest of us?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32726171
How will THIS affect the "rest of" the UK, especially the not-so-well-off North?
How will THIS affect the "rest of" the UK, especially the not-so-well-off North?
14 May 2015, 11:25 AM
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Sounds good, how about devolved to my road. None of us have kids so no child benefit or education required. Two of us have decent cars so no tax on petrol.... I am liking this plan!
14 May 2015, 12:06 PM
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14 May 2015, 12:27 PM
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The problem I see is that the more you devolve money and responsibilities, the more likely you are to end up with some fruit cake(s) running the show. Some of the nut jobs you see in parish councils and less so in local authorities should not be given the time of day, never mind the ability to decide how much gets spent on what.
14 May 2015, 01:15 PM
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More fat-cat local city councillor snouts at the trough wasting public money and milking the system. Think main government is bad...local government will be even worse.
I like the principal of devolved cities, similar to that of the USA with their county/state/federal split system. But as often demonstrated localised government is even more corrupt and inefficient than the federal one. Its a good idea...if people put in charge were honest, have a well aligned moral compass and were competent at their jobs, but we know that doesn't exist in politics.
I like the principal of devolved cities, similar to that of the USA with their county/state/federal split system. But as often demonstrated localised government is even more corrupt and inefficient than the federal one. Its a good idea...if people put in charge were honest, have a well aligned moral compass and were competent at their jobs, but we know that doesn't exist in politics.
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14 May 2015, 04:13 PM
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Don't worry Jeff, you can always come and live in Scotland when London cuts you loose
14 May 2015, 04:20 PM
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14 May 2015, 06:48 PM
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The problem I see is that the more you devolve money and responsibilities, the more likely you are to end up with some fruit cake(s) running the show. Some of the nut jobs you see in parish councils and less so in local authorities should not be given the time of day, never mind the ability to decide how much gets spent on what.
http://gov.wales/splash?orig=/
14 May 2015, 08:37 PM
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The problem I see is that the more you devolve money and responsibilities, the more likely you are to end up with some fruit cake(s) running the show. Some of the nut jobs you see in parish councils and less so in local authorities should not be given the time of day, never mind the ability to decide how much gets spent on what.
Our local Tory council leader is known to most of us as Mad Lizzie.
The previous (tory) guy was lucky not to go down for flouting laws on waste disposal.
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