[arista]

Labour running scared over mayor reform



[Labour are "running scared" following news
that elections for newly-created mayors
will be postponed,
a prominent Conservative candidate
has said.

Elections were due to take place for
Greater Essex,
Norfolk and
Suffolk in May
but the government says these will be
pushed back until 2028.

Louise McKinlay, the Conservative candidate
for Greater Essex, said the decision
"strips our country" of investment.
A Green candidate in Suffolk said
the lack of communication was "a joke".
Devolution Minister Miatta Fahnbulleh
said she wanted the local government
reorganisation process to be completed
before the mayoral elections.

Meanwhile, Reform UK deputy leader
Richard Tice called the move a
"deliberate, dictatorial cancelling of democracy".

The Liberal Democrats said they would work
to make sure the elections still went ahead
next year.

The mayoral elections for
Hampshire and the Solent,
and Sussex and Brighton,
are also due to be postponed.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjwyq8l6g5qo

[Parmy]

Lock the lot of them up.

[Ray.]

Tyrants.

[joeysteele]

Actually I personally think the elected Mayors are just another costly exercise and drain on taxpayers funds.
The cost of electing them , then their salaries and staffing too.

Maybe have one for the 4 capital cities of the UK,
However I'm sure we could have managed and could continue to manage without all these Mayors elsewhere in the UK.

I don't really know of many people who supported this creation of yet another tier of power.

[arista]

Joey, your Labour Gang
do not want Reform UK Winning.

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

Joey, your Labour Gang
do not want Reform UK Winning.

I'd concede that your probably correct in that.
I don't want Reform winning anywhere either myself.

However I still don't see why the UK now needs all these Mayors with the high cost to the taxpayers the election of them brings.

[arista]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

I'd concede that your probably correct in that.
I don't want Reform winning anywhere either myself.

However I still don't see why the UK now needs all these Mayors with the high cost to the taxpayers the election of them brings.

Loads of money spent on Mayor Cash Printing
Flyers (Conservatives /Labour / Reform UK/Greens/Lib Dems)



It stinks I tell you
Clever Joey


We ain't North Korea

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by arista

Loads of money spent on Mayor Cash Printing
Flyers (Conservatives /Labour / Reform UK/Greens/Lib Dems)



It stinks I tell you
Clever Joey


We ain't North Korea

Current politics across the board in the UK, as to ALL Parties, now stinks absolutely rotten.

[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

Current politics across the board in the UK, as to ALL Parties, now stinks absolutely rotten.

That's 100% true tbf.

[Liam-]

The areas asked for delays and they were approved, they haven’t gone out their way to cancel specific elections

[bots]

They always do this when areas are being consolidated. The tories did it last time if i remember correctly

[Merry Mockmas]

Tbh Starmer and the Labour Party just keep making themselves look worse and worse in almost everyone's eyes.

I don't know how they can't read the room?