tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post9051283736981591313..comments2023-12-23T09:28:20.869+00:00Comments on The View from Cullingworth: Perhaps we should try some of this democracy stuff?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-32909351385581885772012-12-09T08:26:03.897+00:002012-12-09T08:26:03.897+00:00I also 'picked-up' this article by Charles...I also 'picked-up' this article by Charles Moore and 'homed in' on this same paragraph.<br /><br />I would go further than that which you appear to be suggesting and, if I may, would like leave a link to my, albeit, short article.<br /><br />http://witteringsfromwitney.com/moore-on-modernity/WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-41681271972035301322012-12-08T22:19:46.599+00:002012-12-08T22:19:46.599+00:00This is happening in the local authority where I l...This is happening in the local authority where I live. I wrote to my local councillor about it. <br />Are the local newspaper owners also tied in? <br />I would have thought that elected councillors would have been very upset about it and loath to co-operate in such a venture - the dismantling of democratic government. <br />To make things worse, it is all being done in semi-secrecy. Councillors ought not to permit this secrecy. They should be shouting about it.<br /><br />JunicanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172766774137902766.post-59074884100517400802012-12-08T17:19:12.740+00:002012-12-08T17:19:12.740+00:00"Under the new public health arrangements, we..."Under the new public health arrangements, we will have a "<i>Health & Well-being Board". This will be a formal committee of Council but with officers given voting rights alongside councillors - in the cause of 'partnership' the principle of electing people to make decisions is compromised.</i>"<br /><br />This is truly horrifying. Surely other elected councillors and councils must have complained?Lysistratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10193876192173490810noreply@blogger.com