Cornwall Council Panto ... they're behind you!

Well would you Adam and Eve it, those bastardly tories have taken no time at all (5 months) to make clear their stance. Local people have no right to have any say in what is going on around them. No network panels, no manifesto and now nobody to push the localism agenda forwards in the council.

"We want democracy" "Oh No We Don't"
"We don't want a centralised council" "Oh Yes We Do!"

I say, jolly well done Cllr Robertson and friends. You have grabbed that power and are keeping it to yourselves in a magnificent style with the independents enabling you to do so. Your forefathers would be proud of you. All those mock protestations in district council chambers pre-election, cries of "how dare the Lib Dems centralise" "what about democracy?". Indeed. "Oh No We Didn't".

However, I don't actually think this is purely because they are stamping their feet and not wanting to share their toys. No, I believe this state of affairs is because they actually haven't got a bloody fucking clue what they are doing and why would they wish to expose that they actually don't have a bloody fucking clue through the dissemination of their incompetence across 19 panels of local people. Not good for the old PR that. David Cameron has probably personally advised against it - you can't get hung for what you don't say or do.

An elderly Tory gentleman (ahem) walked into my place of work the other day and during a conversation of political exchange (as always) he questioned why the Lib Dems had not co-operated in an alliance on the council. He felt it would have been for the good of Cornwall and Lib Dems must not really care. However, the look on his face showed that it was more like they hadn't got a clue, were reliant on the sandalled Lib Dems to roll over and play ball as nice Liberals really should, and because they have not done so his gang have had to bunker themselves and leave it to the officers. Of course the officers can't be arsed with localism, god all that travelling? Don't you understand the geography of Cornwall?

Is anyone selling tickets to the next Full Council panto, I think we should go along and demand answers to the above. Hmm. I might just get out my scented notepaper and turn one out for the leader of the council.

Mwah. Bye for now Dahlings.

Ffiona x