When I lived in Westminster there was a massive income source in parking revenue and parking fines which most councils didn't have, and of course council tax was on loads of high-value houses an… (View Post)

Are you competing with Leon ("society is near collapse") for the role of Chief Morning Ray of Sunshine? (View Post)

Similarly, we're starting to have frequent problems in collecting refuse in my borough - the combination of (a) pinging (b) actual Covid (c) no driving tests for new drivers for 18 months and (d… (View Post)

Gove does have his fans - I'm one on a non-political basis. He is a politician who is really interested in doing stuff, and I'm allergic to politicians who just want to BE something. I can … (View Post)

That's right, also within constituencies. In my patch (Hunt's constituency, SW Surrey) the Tories are down to 2 County Councillors out of 7, and both are in the villages where there are mas… (View Post)