Anthony has beat me to a response to the new Green Paper today, so I thought I’d develop his scepticism about the appetite for ’scrutiny’.
For me, the interesting question is – as ever – around the whole notion of representation.
Town Hall Matters has lighted on this question and that post returns to a theme that [...]
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Who will cover the cost of ’scrutiny’?
Strengthening local democracy, kinda
I’ve just read through the new Strengthening Local Democracy Green Paper, and I can’t sum it up better than Talking Heads did in their 1977 hit, Psycho Killer. Not the refrain “better run, run, run, run away”, but the verse:
You start a conversation you can’t even finish.
You’re talking a lot, but you’re not saying anything.
When [...]
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