As for Northampton (a few miles away from me in Kettering) – even by the standards of local government it is a mess.

For example they had a massive argument over a seat – not over a electoral seat, over a chair.

No I am not making this up.

if poilitico’s are paid more than peanuts you get career politico’s who know nothing else but robbing the taxpayer and creating more parasites

Thanks to our wonderful higher education system with it’s emphasis on ‘Studies’ degrees, we have a plethora of young people who are ideally suited to the kind of hard jobs in the local community that no one has bothered to perform before.

Take, for instance, Lesbian Outreach Co-ordinators. I’m willing to bet that we have the best Lesbian Outreach Co-ordinators in the world. Well, certainly the most.

Now, as we head into parlous economic straits, our army of trained local government workers can lead the way into recovery.

I can think of any number of counties in the world who are in dire need of Lesbian Outreach Co-ordination services, even if they don’t know it yet, and Britain is ideally placed to provide these. and many other, vital services to the betterment of all.

So how about a bit of praise for the far-sighted policies of our government, who have placed us in the enviable position of having a ready workforce superbly trained in the kind of jobs that are really necessary for our economic survival in these parlous times.

As for elected politicians, money is not what motivates them, so they would still want the job whatever it paid. What attracts them to the job is the opportunity to exercise power over others (which does not mean they are averse to lining their pockets as an incidental benefit).

http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Critics-council-directors-reject-pay-increases-12-000/article-444145-detail/article.html

There really is this fantasy going on. Recession?, what recession? Oh, don’t worry, the taxpayers will cough up again.

I wonder what these people would think about taking that a bit further and kicking the vast majority of them out of their jobs, and keeping only the most talented people on at very high salaries. Kind of like Singapore, if I’m not mistaken.

I’m guessing it wouldn’t go down too well…