Localities

  • Locally, politics now needs to work out

    Beyond the fringe noise of constant protest, local politics now needs to come into its own.

    Whatever the level or structure (and at times these need review to improve the process) the public are in need of control over their imminent affairs.

    The outcome of today’s local elections, including Mayoralty positions, is fundamental to realising it.

    The renewed or replacement candidates drive key decision making and determine the look and feel of our local communities.

    The characterful among us can bring out more understanding to enrich a dimension that’s ethical in local politics.

    Such is the cry because people feel misunderstood, and thus underrepresented.

    Otherwise, everyone who succeeds is looked to for the investment of time in the detail of any changes and the effort to renew all of the obligations that make it work.

    The decline of parts of the UK can be put into reverse by such attention given to it.

  • The miseries of Reading Crown Court

    The status of a Crown Court is more than others, so I’ve been told. It ranks higher because of a proximity to more important issues. This is as far as it got until a staff member cut herself off. She wouldn’t say any more about its goings on.

    In time, I learned a lot more by myself. Not on the legitimate side, but on the criminal end of the stick. It showed me a dimension to law and order that isn’t seen often. It took me into people’s lives. It’s about as much as I will say here.

    The Crown Court in Reading is a good one, but has its shortcomings. They are in some of its staff. They’ve been to blame for much of the goings on in the town. The opportunities people have found has to do with their own criminal efforts.

    It’s never everyone, but a sizeable network was built out of its daily activity. This ramped up crime, and its own lawbreaking is something to behold. As a town was engulfed, work started to dismantle it. It took a long time.

  • Reform UK dives into local politics