chartpolski 24,053 Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 (edited) 9 minutes ago, mushroom said: Can they legally do that? The councils, as in postpone locals because they will obviously lose? Surely that has to be challenged by Reform and demanded by the population. Fuuck me, I don’t even want to visit anymore. Anybody fancy a free holiday? Just fetch me a couple of pups over and I’ll pay for the trip It’s supposedly because Labour is doing away with all the local councils , county councils, etc and each county will only have one unitary council. This isn’t planned until three years time, but it looks like those councils under threat from Reform want to postpone any elections until the changes go through meaning some councillor’s will be in place unchallenged for seven years ! The councils can only ASK for a cancellation of elections, the government minister has to agree with it, but as Labour are forecast for a hiding in the local elections it’s a safe bet they will allow the cancellations ! If this was anywhere else in the world Labour would be screaming anti democratic dictatorship, etc. ”Democracy delayed, is democracy denied”. Cheers. Edited January 10 by chartpolski 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,127 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 There must be a legal challenge to this. It’s undemocratic ffs! And reshaping the councils to exactly how they used to be should be no reason to withhold elections. They really do want lining up against the wall!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 24,053 Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 1 minute ago, mushroom said: There must be a legal challenge to this. It’s undemocratic ffs! And reshaping the councils to exactly how they used to be should be no reason to withhold elections. They really do want lining up against the wall!!! I agree that only one council per county is sensible, but denying elections is undemocratic, it’s fairly obvious that current councillors will have an advantage in elections to a unitary council in three years time, so it’s best for the incumbents not to have elections and put the likes of Reform at a distinct disadvantage. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mushroom 13,127 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 8 minutes ago, chartpolski said: I agree that only one council per county is sensible, but denying elections is undemocratic, it’s fairly obvious that current councillors will have an advantage in elections to a unitary council in three years time, so it’s best for the incumbents not to have elections and put the likes of Reform at a distinct disadvantage. Cheers. Has to be illegal! It’s an obvious ploy. Problem is none of the main partys are gonna contest it because it keeps them both in power locally. Reform have to contest this in the courts and the media etc have to pull it apart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chid 6,551 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 39 minutes ago, mushroom said: Can they legally do that? The councils, as in postpone locals because they will obviously lose? Surely that has to be challenged by Reform and demanded by the population. Fuuck me, I don’t even want to visit anymore. Anybody fancy a free holiday? Just fetch me a couple of pups over and I’ll pay for the trip I'll do it .. I've got previous experience I picked a dog up in England and dropped it off to ditchshitter in Ireland a few years back . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,372 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, Goly said: I imagine there's plenty of rail jobs over there, but bet it's a case of who you know. No problem mate you know mchull......mention him on your CV...jobs as good as yours 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mr moocher 981 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 I always fancied nz south island nice and rural 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TOMO 26,372 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 4 minutes ago, mr moocher said: I always fancied nz south island nice and rural Must admit I liked NZ...only been round the north island...but it was stunning... I liked Oz as well....got the feeling in my brief visits that Oz was the country to make ££...but either way a lovely part of the world 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLATTOP 4,495 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 1 hour ago, Goly said: You never considered New Zealand, more vitamin D? I would move, don't know what rail career prospects are in Canada and New Zealand. My old Local Operations Manager upped sticks and emigrated to New Zealand he's now an operations manager for the railway in Wellington, I remember him nicking my PPE and RIO vest for me to take pictures of him standing next to the Network Rail Response vehicle to add to his CV, good luck to him this country is now a grade A shit hole. 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mC HULL 12,963 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 52 minutes ago, TOMO said: No problem mate you know mchull......mention him on your CV...jobs as good as yours me grandad was born there mate i’m practically canadian lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goly 645 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 18 minutes ago, FLATTOP said: My old Local Operations Manager upped sticks and emigrated to New Zealand he's now an operations manager for the railway in Wellington, I remember him nicking my PPE and RIO vest for me to take pictures of him standing next to the Network Rail Response vehicle to add to his CV, good luck to him this country is now a grade A shit hole. I was wondering whether our tickets transferred to places like Canada, Oz & New Zealand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goly 645 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 2 minutes ago, mC HULL said: me grandad was born there mate i’m practically canadian lol Calm down Moose. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 26,890 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 4 minutes ago, mC HULL said: me grandad was born there mate i’m practically canadian lol You are actually,your entitled to a "Canadian by descent" passport,your full of surprises mCCANADA 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goly 645 Posted January 10 Report Share Posted January 10 1 minute ago, mackem said: You are actually,your entitled to a "Canadian by descent" passport,your full of surprises mCCANADA I've got relations there on my nans side, does that count. They asked her to visit a few decades back but never got around to it, bet she would have enjoyed it the lass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 24,053 Posted January 10 Author Report Share Posted January 10 9 minutes ago, mC HULL said: me grandad was born there mate i’m practically canadian lol Get the passport mate! Always handy to have an alternative. And the language is easy to learn; you just say “eh” at the end of every sentence! LOL ! Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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