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Dinesh.V.Kumar wrote: Hope to see you make a good councillor!!!
He is not doing it to be a good councilor. 
Dalek Dave wrote: Doing it to get on the planning committee!
Just another councilor with a private agenda. 
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No, the labour lot pissed away £100,000,000 on a busway that nobody wanted, that was not needed and that will only ever make a loss.
The reason being political rather than evidence based.
I would like to see council tax spent on the necessities rather than vanity projects that will burden the people of Luton in debt for generations to come.
The planning committee is the best way of stopping socialists pissing away money.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Spoken like a true politician. 
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Spoken as a Council Tax payer actually.
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Dalek Dave wrote: The planning committee is the best way of stopping socialists pissing away money and alternatively approving the Dalak Housing Estate project.
FTFY 
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Public office should be used for public service; that is, working towards the betterment of the community as a whole. It should reflect self sacrifice on the part of the elected official. If they have a personal want, it should only be acted upon if it will benefit the community as a whole, keeping in mind both the economic and social makeup of the community.
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Yeah. But what is for "the betterment of the community"? If you're in position where you're able to decide you'll decide what YOU think is better. You can't (and never will) please all with your decisions. And having one in the office that cares about how much the city can afford might be better in the long rund than one who spends more than has just for the sake of "change" and "improvement".
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I'll use the example of my grandfather, 25 years on the school board as a volunteer. He delivered school supplies during the '30s, '40s and '50s without being compensated for his time, wear-and-tear or fuel.
It was a service he provided without compensation.
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Those who seek power should be barred from ever achieving it.
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Douglas Adams was a Sage.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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I have to say, British elections confuse me. In the US, you cannot represent a district unless you live in it, and elections are for individuals, not for parties who then appoint someone into a seat the party has won. Our system is flawed, sure, but the British system seems far more prone to corruption and malfeasance.
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Gregory.Gadow wrote: not for parties who then appoint someone into a seat the party has won
That's not how it works...
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That is the impression I've gotten from reading news over the years about British elections, that the person who stands for election is basically a place-holder for the party, and not necessarily the person who ends up holding the office. It is also my impression that independent candidates are effectively barred, as a person cannot run without a party's backing.
If you can point me to an online resource with correct information, I would be appreciative: I'm something of a political geek and I actually find this stuff interesting.
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Gregory.Gadow wrote: That is the impression I've gotten from reading news over the years about British elections, that the person who stands for election is basically a place-holder for the party, and not necessarily the person who ends up holding the office. It is also my impression that independent candidates are effectively barred, as a person cannot run without a party's backing.
All of that is very not true.
There have been a number of independent MPs over the years, and even more independent Councillors.
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It seemed that Dave was being asked to stand for a local office. Are the election rules the same as for election to the EU Parliament?
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Kind of, because the European Elections are coming up this year across the country the website is running guidance on them. Dave is standing in a by-election (an election held out of the normal time because of the death or standing down of the incumbent).
I believe to stand for a council as Dave is doing you have to live or work in the area covered by the seat. Who can and cannot stand in local elections[^]
If you want to stand you have to pay a deposit (or get someone to pay it for you) and if 2.5% or more vote for you then you get the deposit back.
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Thanks for the link, this is just the kind of info I wanted.
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There is to be an election, Dave is hoping that his party* will elect him to stand in the election. He is telling us that his party has just him to choose from, but he must still win an election before he can take up the seat.
The electorate will then vote for him or someone else, they will not be voting (directly) for a party. And should whoever wins step down or die before the next election then no-one can be appointed to that seat by the party who previously won, there will have to be another election.
*(whichever party it is, he was Tory but after they refused to select him as a potential parliamentary candidate he was threatening to defect to UKIP to get a shot)
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Good luck. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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See Here For Rumours[^]
What is great is that it is coming out just as I reach my contract end and am due an upgrade.
Looks like I will be getting my grubby little protuberances on this beastie just as it is released!
Can't wait.
I do hope it will be Android and not an in-house OS.
I shall be in full Swank Mode!
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Ooh drool, techno lust...
I really like my S4 - I have not yet been able to persuade myself yet to get an iPhone despite desperately trying to convince myself that I need one.
My S2 has been consigned to being used as a dashboard camera - it may come in use one day given what I would say is the 0.25% of numpty road users.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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