Cllr. Gavin Ayling

What use is an English Parliament if it can be usurped? Don’t walk blindly into the end of democracy for Britain…

Parliament?
Inconvenient

Shoreham’s excellent MP had a written answer provided by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister about areas of outstanding national beauty. The man also known as the man who said “Labour created the green belt and we plan to build on it” made this response: here.

I will pass no judgement as I do not know the specific circumstances and I, for one, am for Falmer’s stadium (see the last entry on his list). But I will ask you to continue to tell everyone you know who lives in Hull to vote him out!

An aside: during the Council meeting where the Council Tax settlement was voted upon in Adur District Council the Leader of the Council had prepared an answer in case a member of the public attended who attended the previous year. The question was words to the effect: “What would our Council Tax settlement be if we had the same central government grant as Prescott’s Hull?” The answer, surprising not because of the answer but because of the figure, is that Adur’s Council Tax bill could be cut by 87.2%.

A caveat on that: Hull is more deprived (of a good MP too!) and does have more social problems (which shouldn’t necessarily go with levels of employment, but often does) so we should expect the local Council to need more funds (but not 87.2% more).