I spent Friday at the count discussing this with various local councillors. Aberdeenshire has been officer-led for too long and much of the stupidity has been them rigidly imposing the rules based on… (View Post)

Starter for 10: stop telling people what they are supposed to think and listen to what they do think. For all councils I would start with the absolute fucking basics. Spend the money so that these pl… (View Post)

I spent a few years living in Houghton-le-Spring, an ex pit village southwest of Sunderland. They have just voted in 6/6 Reform councillors. I really dislike Reform and everything they stand for, but… (View Post)

Hang on, I think Rayner is in the clear. Worst case scenario she took bad advice and underpaid a small amount of tax. Bad, but apparently its now ok to take 5 mil in crypto, take advice to find an ex… (View Post)

None of that will touch the sides. Do all that if you want but you need the Big Bang as well to satiate the screaming anger out there about how broken everything is. (View Post)