Did you vote yesterday?

[MarkHeenan]

It reminds me of old Cllr Fairbanks, now deceased sadly. When I stood for the Borough Council in 2007 he gave me a little card with a picture if a mother and her daughter, with the caption "Mummy, do all fairy tales start with 'once upon a time'?" "Oh no dear, there are plenty that start with 'if elected I promise...'"

 

[shoes]

I too would like to welcome Mr Heenan as our new MP and would like to reiterate Wookie's sentiments.

I look forward to seeing what changes, what doesn't etc. in the near future.

 

[cookie_monster]

I too would like to welcome Mr Heenan as our new MP and would like to reiterate Wookie's sentiments.

I look forward to seeing what changes, what doesn't etc. in the near future.

hes not an MP...thats david kidney still.

he is however a new county councillor.


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[db]

I too would like to welcome Mr Heenan as our new MP and would like to reiterate Wookie's sentiments.

I look forward to seeing what changes, what doesn't etc. in the near future.

hes not an MP...thats david kidney still.

he is however a new county councillor.


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jesus wept, i can't keep track.. how many political representatives do we have, then?

MP for Stafford: David Kidney
County Councillor: Mark Heenan
...

if someone could complete the list, i'd appreciate it.. and how do their roles differ? what decision making power do any of them actually exert??

 

[Gramaisc]

We should also have an MEP, or two, and possibly a Borough Councillor or Parish Councillor, depending on where you reside.

 

[db]

We should also have an MEP, or two, and possibly a Borough Councillor or Parish Councillor, depending on where you reside.

well that's what i'm asking, how many positions are there in the county (and borough), what are they, and who currently holds them?

 

[Gramaisc]

We actually have 6 MEPs, 2 Tories, 2 UKIP, a Lab and a Lib. We have one National MP, as we all know, and I believe that, as we don't (yet?) have a unitary authority, we should have two local authority councillors, whose titles may vary depending on where you live, although there will be one County Councillor and one Borough or Parish Councillor. I'm sure that our resident elected representative will correct this as necessary, when he spots it.

The MP is David Kidney, currently, as we all know.

MEP's Name Political Party

Philip Bradbourn Conservative
Michael Cashman Labour
Malcolm Harbour Conservative
Liz Lynne Liberal Democrat
Mike Natrass UKIP
Nikki Sinclaire UKIP

This will give you your Borough Councillor, but it's up to you to know which ward you're in.

This will give you your County Councillor, same rule applies.

 

[Lunar Scorpion]

...and one Borough or Parish Councillor.

Parish Councillors are a seperate thing again, so if you have Parish Coucillors you will also have Borough Councillors. The middle bit of Stafford has no Parish Councils, but various bits on the outskirts do - e.g. Doxey, Berkswich (somewhere up Baswich way) and the villages.

 

[Gramaisc]

So there are!

"Parish and Town Councils
At a more local level there are 179 Parish and Town Councils in Staffordshire. These councils have parish councillors who are elected every four years. Usually elections are held at the same time as district/borough elections. Services that Parish and Town Councils may provide include:

allotments
bus shelters
cemeteries
children's play grounds
grants for local projects / organisations
halls for social clubs and meetings
parish lighting
recreational / sports fields
traffic calming measures
war memorial maintenance"

I've always been a bit mystified by Parish Councils.

 

[db]

We actually have 6 MEPs, 2 Tories, 2 UKIP, a Lab and a Lib. We have one National MP, as we all know, and I believe that, as we don't (yet?) have a unitary authority, we should have two local authority councillors, whose titles may vary depending on where you live, although there will be one County Councillor and one Borough or Parish Councillor. I'm sure that our resident elected representative will correct this as necessary, when he spots it.

The MP is David Kidney, currently, as we all know.

MEP's Name Political Party

Philip Bradbourn Conservative
Michael Cashman Labour
Malcolm Harbour Conservative
Liz Lynne Liberal Democrat
Mike Natrass UKIP
Nikki Sinclaire UKIP

This will give you your Borough Councillor, but it's up to you to know which ward you're in.

This will give you your County Councillor, same rule applies.

...and one Borough or Parish Councillor.

Parish Councillors are a seperate thing again, so if you have Parish Coucillors you will also have Borough Councillors. The middle bit of Stafford has no Parish Councils, but various bits on the outskirts do - e.g. Doxey, Berkswich (somewhere up Baswich way) and the villages.

good knowledge, you pair - skill awarded

 

[db]

Electorate send horrified BNP leader to work with foreigners

British voters have forced the leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin out of the country after electing him as a member of the European Parliament as a wind up. "Now they’re saying they want me to go and work with hundreds of disgusting foreigners," Griffin whined.

In his victory speech, the tearful BNP leader complained that his so-called supporters "didn't care about his feelings" and admitted that he hadn't really thought it through. "Don’t make me go and sit with those smelly Europeans," he pleaded. "They’ll speak to me in their funny languages and make me eat hummous and garlic and all that. I don't know what I was thinking."

 

[tek-monkey]

Lmfao!

 

[70-plus]

Now the dust has settled about the elections - wow so much dust - Tom has thanked everyone for voting Green. Great! I presume that Tom is to the left of the Labourites.... Is he happy that the Tories reaped the benefit. Ironic - vote Green get Blue - I'm happy with that!!! Isn't everyone...

 

[db]

Now the dust has settled about the elections - wow so much dust - Tom has thanked everyone for voting Green. Great! I presume that Tom is to the left of the Labourites.... Is he happy that the Tories reaped the benefit.

what do you think?? lol.. you appear to have answered your own question.. it strikes me that, since signing up, almost all of your posts have been sniping at the other political condidates.. do you have a personal interest, blueshirt?

Ironic - vote Green get Blue - I'm happy with that!!! Isn't everyone...

i gather from your username, and this statement, that you are affiliated with the conservatives? in which case, i have to wonder why you've been giving markheenan an (albeit mild) hard time in the other threads?

 

[Gramaisc]

i have to wonder why you've been giving markheenan an (albeit mild) hard time in the other threads?

Perhaps he's not quite blue enough...

...although his spunking cocks comment was fairly blue.

 

[Tilly]

Thanks to everyone who's congratulated me. It was probably one of the weirdest counts I've evr been at. We (the Conservatives) took all 9 seats in Stafford Borough and 49 of the 62 seats in total. A Group that large can be pretty mental, and as has been pointed out, in four years you'll know who to blame - IF we've done a poor job that is.

I was shocked that Labour got so close. I felt certain the Lib Dems were the main threat. With a majority of only 68 it's pretty clear I've got one term and one term only, so I'd better get on with stuff...

As for spunking cocks, I feel I must reveal the precedent that was set during the two counts. In the Local Election, there was a ballot paper with a non-spunking cock in the box, which since the entirety of the mark was within the box did count as a valid vote. In the European count however, a cock within one box was spunking into another box, and was rejected as "void for uncertainty". So now you know - be careful where you spunk.

Ahhh yes, the goodoledays...

 

[Withnail]

Ahhh yes, the goodoledays...

See the goodoledays were always a delusion.

We were in the middle of an experiment- and tbf it had an element of Newspeak about it.

But had Political Correctness Gone Mad?