{"id":4829,"date":"2013-11-13T11:15:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T11:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coopsy.co.uk\/thenews\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2013-12-14T08:49:46","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T08:49:46","slug":"brighton-labour-and-tory-councillors-finally-vote-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/index.php\/politics-2\/2013\/11\/brighton-labour-and-tory-councillors-finally-vote-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton Labour and Tory Councillors Finally Vote Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By William Mills<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4625\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4625\" alt=\"photo of Brighton Town Hall\" src=\"https:\/\/coopsy.co.uk\/thenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Towwn-Hall-570x3131.jpg\" width=\"570\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Towwn-Hall-570x3131.jpg 570w, https:\/\/the-news.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Towwn-Hall-570x3131-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brighton Town Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brighton and Hove City Council<\/strong> have announcing some free parking in the run up to Christmas at some of the city centre car parks in a measure which will do nothing to increase the number of spaces nor help those carrying heavy parcels from shop to car.<\/p>\n<p>However it is a milestone that a Conservative Councillor combined with <strong>Labour Leader Councillor Warren Morgan<\/strong> to out vote <strong>Green Leader<\/strong> <strong>Councillor Jason Kitcat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since 2000 when <strong>Brighton<\/strong> and <strong>Hove<\/strong> combined to become one city no political party has ever had an overall majority on the City Council.<\/p>\n<p>Is it not time to do away with political parties in local government for good?<\/p>\n<p>Let individual councillors run for office on their own merits and not as a party placement.<\/p>\n<p>The best local Government in <strong>Britain<\/strong> is the <strong>City Of London<\/strong> which traditionally doesn&#8217;t permit party politics and everybody runs as an independent.<\/p>\n<p>This would also stop the shameful practice of old and infirm councillors, who\u00a0should have long since retired, clinging to their seats for &#8216; one last term&#8217; and collecting another <strong>\u00a350,000 in allowances<\/strong> whilst doing so.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By William Mills &nbsp; Brighton and Hove City Council have announcing some free parking in the run up to Christmas at some of the city centre car parks in a measure which will do nothing to increase the number of spaces nor help those carrying heavy parcels from shop to car. 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