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Post by mike on Apr 29, 2020 20:51:32 GMT
Doh! Its a joke based on the Green Party's quote in the article. He made it sound like a death so I presented it as though it was. There was nothing inaccurate in my post. Not directed at you mike (apologies if I gave offence). It was directed at the bizarre press story linked. But would have been deserved if you were directing at me as I was being a bit mischevous, writing it in a style as though it was a death. The resignation itself is a bit odd. |
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Post by mike on Apr 30, 2020 16:25:43 GMT
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Post by Merseymike on Apr 30, 2020 17:00:35 GMT
Was he due to retire in May anyway - certainly reads that way to me I'd be surprised if there aren't many more of these to come, particularly when the party has a large majority, or when the councillor is an Independent and didn't intend to stand again anyway |
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Post by timmullen1 on Apr 30, 2020 19:23:12 GMT
Was he due to retire in May anyway - certainly reads that way to me I'd be surprised if there aren't many more of these to come, particularly when the party has a large majority, or when the councillor is an Independent and didn't intend to stand again anyway Looks from the website that they were scheduled to have whole council elections in May, so yes, likely he wasn’t intending to stand. |
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Post by mike on May 1, 2020 17:05:50 GMT
Councillor Chris Blanchard-Cooper, LibDem member for River ward at Arun District Council, has sadly died. He was also a Littlehampton town councillor. Not quite sure on the current numbers here as there are a variety of Independents, some of which prop up a minority LibDem administration. Either the LibDems are now the same size as the Conservatives or maybe slightly smaller. www.arun.gov.uk/news-archive/cllr-chris-blanchardcooper-2170/ |
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Post by andrewteale on May 2, 2020 9:05:45 GMT
Councillor Chris Blanchard-Cooper, LibDem member for River ward at Arun District Council, has sadly died. He was also a Littlehampton town councillor. Not quite sure on the current numbers here as there are a variety of Independents, some of which prop up a minority LibDem administration. Either the LibDems are now the same size as the Conservatives or maybe slightly smaller. www.arun.gov.uk/news-archive/cllr-chris-blanchardcooper-2170/Brookfield ward, not River ward. He represented River ward on Littlehampton town council. |
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Post by mike on May 2, 2020 9:53:25 GMT
Trying to make sense of Arun District Council. It lookes like there are now 21 Conservatives, 19 LibDems, 7 Independent group, 3 Independent Independents, two Greens, one Labour and one vacancy, making 54.
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Post by timmullen1 on May 2, 2020 10:14:59 GMT
Trying to make sense of Arun District Council. It lookes like there are now 21 Conservatives, 19 LibDems, 7 Independent group, 3 Independent Independents, two Greens, one Labour and one vacancy, making 54. It would appear that the Lib Dems run the council in some form of coalition as they occupy all the Cabinet positions. |
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Post by mike on May 2, 2020 10:39:19 GMT
Yes, with the Independent group and Greens it looks like.
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Post by Khunanup on May 2, 2020 13:45:38 GMT
Trying to make sense of Arun District Council. It lookes like there are now 21 Conservatives, 19 LibDems, 7 Independent group, 3 Independent Independents, two Greens, one Labour and one vacancy, making 54. It would appear that the Lib Dems run the council in some form of coalition as they occupy all the Cabinet positions. If we hold all the cabinet positions then that's definitely not a coalition. |
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Post by timmullen1 on May 2, 2020 14:00:25 GMT
It would appear that the Lib Dems run the council in some form of coalition as they occupy all the Cabinet positions. If we hold all the cabinet positions then that's definitely not a coalition. Confidence and supply then, because the council’s website is contradictory, saying the Cabinet is filled by members of the majority party, which by their own numbers is the Conservatives, 21-19. |
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Post by Tony Otim on May 2, 2020 14:07:37 GMT
If we hold all the cabinet positions then that's definitely not a coalition. Confidence and supply then, because the council’s website is contradictory, saying the Cabinet is filled by members of the majority party, which by their own numbers is the Conservatives, 21-19. Local council in poorly worded website shocker.... Probably applies to many a council... |
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Post by Khunanup on May 2, 2020 15:32:14 GMT
If we hold all the cabinet positions then that's definitely not a coalition. Confidence and supply then, because the council’s website is contradictory, saying the Cabinet is filled by members of the majority party, which by their own numbers is the Conservatives, 21-19. That doesn't even mean that there's confidence & supply. It's best to look back to last year and see what the reporting was to see what happened. Labour voted to put us in here in 2018 for example when the Tories had more councillors than us but there was no agreement or arrangement with them and no guarantees, they just went ahead and did it. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on May 2, 2020 16:08:57 GMT
If we hold all the cabinet positions then that's definitely not a coalition. Confidence and supply then, because the council’s website is contradictory, saying the Cabinet is filled by members of the majority party, which by their own numbers is the Conservatives, 21-19. Local government doesn't need the formality of C&S etc. We allowed a Labour-led (Labour plus a couple of sensible Indies) administration on the basis that they were less likely to be stupid than a Conservative-led (Conservatives plus silly Indies) administration {I mention Brian Silvester at this point} without any formal agreement. Even the informal arrangement was scarcely an agreement; more an understanding. |
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Post by mike on May 2, 2020 21:05:05 GMT
I make it 106 council vacancies at the moment.
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Post by mike on May 4, 2020 15:55:26 GMT
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Post by mike on May 4, 2020 16:00:08 GMT
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on May 4, 2020 16:05:53 GMT
What is this pathetic fucking obsession with "Starmer loses"? Grow up.
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Post by greenhert on May 4, 2020 16:16:20 GMT
Moorcroft at the time of his resignation, which was created out of the former Burslem South ward in 2011. |
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Post by lbarnes on May 4, 2020 16:16:21 GMT
What is the current rule re non-attendance? What happens if an MP resigns or dies? |
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