Council admits spying on family

[Trex]

To paraphrase Honest Abe, democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people.

[mrbeast]

Originally Posted by Trex

To paraphrase Honest Abe, democracy is the bludgeoning of the people, by the people, for the people.

Democracy sucks..........just not as much as the alterntenatives.

[FIREWALL]

Just so I can understand this.

How doe's this council compare say to my city hall in USA.

Is this council elected by the local people it seems to have unlimited power over ?

[jumpy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_g...ent_in_England

Probably more than you'd ever want to know about local councils in the UK.

Most city/county or district councils are elected locally, and can have mainstream or independent political membership - ie my city council is Labour, though most political denominations are represented in some number or other.

here's our lot:
http://www.cabinet.leicester.gov.uk/...asp?GL=1&bcr=1

and their member attendence summary:
http://www.cabinet.leicester.gov.uk/...nceSummary.asp

I like this bit:

In attendance
The number of meetings that the councillor attended in a capacity other than committee member, for example a voluntary attendance out of personal interest for a topic being discussed.

:rotfl: