The glorious leader must live!

[garinda]

Originally Posted by garinda

Parkinson.

Miles.

Easy for me to remember.

When I'm checking to see if our Hyndburn/Ribble Valley Parkinson's support group meetings have had any press, up he pops...occasionally.

Not the high profile party leaders we've been used to. Though supposedly he's very nice.

[accyman]

Originally Posted by garinda

When I'm checking to see if our Hyndburn/Ribble Valley Parkinson's support group meetings have had any press, up he pops...occasionally.

Not the high profile party leaders we've been used to. Though supposedly he's very nice.

you would think with a name like that he would be pretty good at interviews

[garinda]

Originally Posted by accyman

you would think with a name like that he would be pretty good at interviews

He would have been, but an incident with an emu knocked his confidence.

[accyman]

Originally Posted by garinda

He would have been, but an incident with an emu knocked his confidence.

lol could you imagine if rod hull had lived and developed parkinsons.That emu would have been twice as active

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Neil

The Councillors vote the leader in so it will be whoever the majority party vote in. I cant remember the name of the current leader of the labour party, having a mental block but someone will be along to remind me soon I am sure

I wasn't aware of this I thought that the leader of the council would be elected at large, like the Mayor of Kingston (here the Mayor is the chairman of the council). I still think that one major problem with your system is having party politics in a local council. Partisan politics probably get in the way of what is best for the community. Garbage pick up, fixing potholes, making sure that the streets are policed, providing fire protection, etc. seems to be what councillors should be paying attention to ... not which political party philosophy is best fitted to deal with the problems.

Ah well, none of my business really. Just seems kinda weird. However, it is entertaining.

[garinda]

Oh dear.

Someone's made headlines in the national newspapers.

Tory politician won't slash 43,000 expenses despite ruthless public sector cuts - mirror.co.uk

[Boeing Guy]

According to the Observer :Politics | Accrington Observer - menmedia.co.uk

Peter has very nicely promised Not to increase council tax to pay for the shortfall from his expenses, sorry I meant to say shortfall from the government.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Eric

I wasn't aware of this I thought that the leader of the council would be elected at large, like the Mayor of Kingston (here the Mayor is the chairman of the council). I still think that one major problem with your system is having party politics in a local council. Partisan politics probably get in the way of what is best for the community.

I agree with you about party politics in local government.
If we voted for our Councillor and a separate vote for the leader at local elections we could easily end up with a leader of the council that did not have a majority support from the councillors. I think he or she would be unable to do anything because of the local party politics getting in the way

[dam]

Year 09/10 M. Pritchard £1.00 thats more like it!




Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003

In accordance with Regulation 15 (3) of The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England)
Regulations 2003, below is a schedule of the allowances paid to Members of the Council in the
2009/10 financial year.
David Welsby, Managing Director
Hyndburn Borough Council
Scaitcliffe House
Ormerod Street
Accrington BB5 1LN
13

th July 2010

Name
Total Amount
(Gross figure; tax and
national insurance to be
deducted)
£
Name
Total Amount
(Gross figure; tax and
national insurance to be
deducted)
£

Addison, J. 3,648,82 Hayes 11,911.20
Atkinson, R. 5,882.16 Horne, S. 5,550.96
Ayub, M. 5,645.88 Jones, G. 11,010.37
Barton, Pam

1 5,140.20 Liddle. J. 8,225.07
Barton. Paul 1 5,529.48 Lockwood, J. (deceased) 1,323.96
Britcliffe, P. 30,951.92 Mason, D. 4,792.00
Broadley, J. 4,835.97 McCormack, C. 5,433.10
Clarke, P. 16,811.88 Parkins, D. 4,889.31
Collingridge, N. 4,543.92 Parkinson, M. 5,982.00
Dad, A. 12,369.00 Pratt, K. 8,926.87
Dad, M. 5,689.32 Pritchard, C. 6,846.72
Dawson, B. 4,747.92 Pritchard, M. 1.00
Dobson. A. 5,595.61 Rahman, M. 4,747.92
Gott, P. 5,999.97 Roberts, B. 17,038.61
Grayson, H. 4,747.92 Smith, J. 5,489.88
Griffiths, J. 12,236.88 Storey, J. 10,266.90
Haworth, M. 15,300.18 Walmsley, B. 11,019.00

Haworth, S. 5,360.59 Wilson, L. 13,460.64

[flashy]

so WHEN it gets kicked out it will get nothing?

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Neil

I thought it was but did not want to make myself look silly, that's everyone else job

Which we achieve on a regular basis

[garinda]

Originally Posted by flashy

so WHEN it gets kicked out it will get nothing?

Whatever the election results are in May, and which party has the greater majority, and therefore controls the council, Peter Britcliffe will remain a councillor, and a county councillor, because he isn't up for re-election this year.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by flashy

so WHEN it gets kicked out it will get nothing?

He'll still be a councillor county councillor and add ons if re is leader of the opposition, which I would think would or should be up for debate

[accysimon]

Originally Posted by garinda

Whatever the election results are in May, and which party has the greater majority, and therefore controls the council, Peter Britcliffe will remain a councillor, and a county councillor, because he isn't up for re-election this year.

Lets hope then, that he is kicked off as many committee's as possible, and that the Tory group vote against him as leader.
It's about time he came to live in the real world.

[flashy]

so he'll still get paid but just not as much?