We're gonna need a bigger trough.

There's nothing more that our council leader, Neil Parkin likes more than a good election, but on the days when he can't manage an election he likes to still have a quick shuffle.

Earlier this week at the council meeting, he stood at the front of the chamber, spoke of Cllr Searle, and had a good shuffle in full view of everyone present. He is of course, as leader, entitled to do this whenever he wants, and if he feels that it isn't big enough he can always request an extension.

I am of course referring to Mr Parkin's cabinet, I don't know what you were thinking of.

It seems that Parkin has decided that the best way to display the Tories dedication to the austerity measures is to make the trough longer, possibly to match the dole queues.

You've got to laugh really, the whole idea that we are supposed to care about their very important "cabinet shuffle", it's like they think that they're real politicians or something.

So apparently, Cllr Searle is now to be a Cabinet Member Without a clue Portfolio, as she is far too busy to actually give a damn about Adur, and would rathe just be in charge without having to actually do anything.

Cllr Beresford is to become Cabinet Member responsible for snaffling a few extra quid from the trough for himself, and I think that Cllr Funnell was transferred to the position of Cabinet Member for being really old, or something like that.

 

So, we now have more cabinet members drawing allowances and still no sign of democracy or transparent decision making processes. Councils all over the country are dropping this version of governance like a handful of poo, because it is so open to corruption, however our local Tories are loving it because, and this is only my theory by the way, they seem to like having their hands full of poo.

HHH