The Standards Board (or strictly the Adjudication Panel for England) showed the reason why they need to be abolished when they threw london's regional government into a mess for a month.
The Standards Board fails to deal with the increasing corruption in public life, whilst undermining local government.
The system has clearly brought itself into disrepute and should be scrapped.
The Standards Board fails to deal with the increasing corruption in public life, whilst undermining local government.
The system has clearly brought itself into disrepute and should be scrapped.
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I think the voters should have that power. Being a bit of an idiot is an occupational hazard.
I accept that legal intervention is needed to deal with corruption and the traditional approach which disqualified councillors imprisoned for 3 months or more seemed to work well.
The SBE and APE actually act to undermine democracy.
It would be different if the comments were not made to the person's face or made to other people, however.
That gives me far greater cause for concern than insulting remarks made by a drunken politician. Those remarks are properly dealt with through the normal political process.
Let the voters decide Ken's punishment at the next election.
Whether he was or not, however, does not matter.