tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post3768353505012627745..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Liz Truss must have been a bad councillor tooJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-82324461674872124812022-10-18T22:57:48.880+01:002022-10-18T22:57:48.880+01:00Every level of Gov't comes with different role...Every level of Gov't comes with different roles and responsibilities. Even if you're at the bottom rung - I was a Parish Cllr - you learn a lot. I saw how much ppl waste time on projects that are never carried out and ppl pursuing personal agendas. In the end I concerned myself with things that were free or cost hardly any money - removing graffiti, litterpicking, reporting vandalism, abandoned cars and blocked drains. <br /><br />I'm sure none of those were in Truss's remitMatt Pennellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-48205848248032620222022-10-16T22:46:04.970+01:002022-10-16T22:46:04.970+01:00Theresa May was a councillor in Merton 1986-94
ht...Theresa May was a councillor in Merton 1986-94<br /><br />https://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/14614441.former-merton-councillor-theresa-may-to-become-prime-minister-today/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-22587509708614598542022-10-16T20:58:45.529+01:002022-10-16T20:58:45.529+01:00You can read some recollections of one of her Labo...You can read some recollections of one of her Labour opponents in Greenwich here - https://alexgrant.me/2022/07/13/liz-truss-can-be-beaten-i-should-know-ive-defeated-her-twice/<br /><br />None of it is very surprising. Apparently she is the first prime minister since John Major to have held office in local government so I’m really not sure your thesis holds water. I think that being a counsellor CAN be a fantastic political education, but as with all education it doesn’t really work unless you want to learn!SJnoreply@blogger.com