Monday, December 13, 2010

Oh yes?

Tim Montgomerie and other supporters of the Tory part of the Cleggeron Coalition are getting very excited about a new Bill that will "give power back to the people". This is known as the Localism Bill, which will "let councils and communities run their own affairs". The first thing I should like to point out is that councils and communities are not the same thing and the difference between a bunch of politicians in County Hall and a bunch of politicians in Westminster is minuscule. In fact, the main difference is that, by and large, local politics is more corrupt.

The second question is the inevitable one: will this Bill empower local councils or, for that matter, communities to ignore or reject EU regulations if they are deemed to be inappropriate and the people agree?

2 comments:

  1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1527886/New-EU-map-makes-Kent-part-of-same-nation-as-France.html

    But won't all this just be a 'back-door' wayn too introduce the EU Inter-Regional aspirations, e.g. the Trans-Manche area, etc ?
    Why bother with national parliaments when local (corrupt, greedy) councillors can do your bidding for you.

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  2. Perhaps UDI from Yorkshire

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