Political lesson from North Yorkshire
Regular hikers will be familiar with this picture. It shows the right of way going straight ahead. There’s just one problem. Alongside it is the “Bull in field” sign. In other words, there’s a theoretical right of way which is very different from the reality on the ground.
That’s exactly how I felt when I got back from my brief break to my council emails. The Monitoring Officer confirmed to me that, in her opinion, the constitution had not been subverted by the decision that Member Area Panels (MAPs) would not meet.
The constitution may say that that MAPs exist. The bull in the field (aka Labour’s built-in majority) proves otherwise.
And I feel just as protected by the rule book as I did in North Yorkshire.
There’s only one answer in the long run. We’ll have to get rid of the bull.
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