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[Knipper]

Originally Posted by August

I've been wondering this for awhile. What is a council? Is it part of the government? Who makes up this council?? By what right do they tell citizens what they can and cannot do?

FYI August, councils are made up of local people who are elected by other local people. Councillors are generally affiliated to the main political parties, though some are independent. I think the theory is that local people know best how to run their own affairs. In reality, most councillors are politically naive and to a large extent incompetent. The amount of power they have is largely dependent on which party is running the country at any particular time. They get voted in or out every couple of years but who actually runs the council depends on which party has the highest number of elected councillors. They are responsible, at a local level for things like refuse collection, education, traffic management etc, and they are funded by the national govenment. Now, shall I explain the rules of cricket? They are much easier to understand than how english local government works - honest