tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post9087665598195653119..comments2024-03-20T12:28:00.031+00:00Comments on Liberal Bureaucracy: The Boundary Committee for England regretfully advises...Mark Valladareshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15773193846795037711noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-7925017359751657112009-12-09T01:29:23.979+00:002009-12-09T01:29:23.979+00:00I've lived in all three counties - Devon, Norf...I've lived in all three counties - Devon, Norfolk and Suffolk - and I wouldn't like to say I know what the ideal arrangements should be in any of them. But I <i>do</i> know that Exeter losing its City Council is madness.<br /><br />More of my <a href="http://hopingformorethanslogans.blogspot.com/2009/12/reflections-on-threat-to-exeter.html" rel="nofollow">witterings on this subject</a>Lon Wonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08084739915361657921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-2028045785086557402009-12-08T11:07:35.154+00:002009-12-08T11:07:35.154+00:00I was born in Suffolk. At that time, pre 1974, th...I was born in Suffolk. At that time, pre 1974, there were East and West Suffolk County Councils plus the Districts/Boroughs. A new "West Suffolk House" was built and opened in Bury St Edmunds this year so the Tories there will be pissed off.<br />As an outsider I would have said that reverting to the pre '74 set up , with a unity Ipswich (& Felixstowe?) would probably have seemed sensible to the general public. But when did common sense come into it?Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-64133418554390286722009-12-07T20:40:18.090+00:002009-12-07T20:40:18.090+00:00Basically what Adrian said--DCC becomes unitary on...Basically what Adrian said--DCC becomes unitary on existing borders, so excludes the existing two unitaries. And also abolishes Exeter as a distinct unit, which given the long history of Exeter as a County Borough is absolutely wrong--if Torbay can be independent and govern itself then Exeter definitely can.<br /><br />I know little about the geography of Suffolk, and the politics I pick up from you, but it's daft to be merging everything into massive units, while we have metro boroughs and unitaries like Torbay and Calderdale being tiny yet self governing.MatGBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02821264556751176639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-41033675307243415352009-12-07T19:54:07.291+00:002009-12-07T19:54:07.291+00:00Should have signed that Adrian Sanders, but presse...Should have signed that Adrian Sanders, but pressed the wrong key!Adrian Sandersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-76346221081260785382009-12-07T19:54:07.292+00:002009-12-07T19:54:07.292+00:00Sadly, Torbay, like Plymouth, is also ommitted fro...Sadly, Torbay, like Plymouth, is also ommitted from the draft proposals.Adraknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17934023.post-29948060466966344062009-12-07T18:13:33.060+00:002009-12-07T18:13:33.060+00:00Ah: but there's a General Election in the mean...Ah: but there's a General Election in the meantime and you may well find an incoming Government more reluctant to hack off the Tory shirearchy than Labour.<br /><br />Perhaps we now need to campaign for parishes to have more say over local issues (like licensing?)Chris Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320759168614397205noreply@blogger.com