Richard Baum

Don’t forget that there’s a meeting of Bury Council on Wednesday night. If you want to see democracy in action, or simply if you want somewhere warm to stay for a few hours, head down to the Town Hall. It may be a night of high drama (relatively speaking…) because there’s a motion of no confidence in the Leader of the Council. His cack-handed management of the Equal Pay Review warrants little else, so we’ll see how that goes tomorrow night. The Tories only have a majority of one, so it won’t take much to make it very interesting indeed.

The meeting starts at 7, and as well as that particular debate, there’ll also be questions to the Executive from Members and the public, and questions to representatives of outside bodies. Unfortunately the Tories have changed the rules so that you can’t just come and ask a question any more (they have to be submitted well in advance), but there is a loophole whereby if there’s a burning issue you have, you can get your local Councillor to ask a verbal question without notice on your behalf. This only applies to some issues, but if you have the question, we may be able to get it asked. Just come on down and try!

Rick