FPT: I'm not so sure on this one. Donning my hard-nosed value hat, what is the extra cost of overnight counts compared to next day? The point about "overnight ballot-stuffing" is imo f… (View Post)

I think there's also an element of the centre being gutted, as per local authorities not having sufficient resource for eg Trading Standards or Building Control. This was an external production … (View Post)

Transatlantic ????? trade. :wink: (View Post)

Remarkable sentencing remarks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzyC_rPzwJM (Causing death by dangerous driving, one day after passing test.) (View Post)

AIUI Councils have a legal duty to take into account objections up until the time the decision is made (I have used this myself to address the first 90% of objections before the meeting), and convers… (View Post)