Corcaigh_the_Cat
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Labour suspends Sheriff of Nottingham over budget cuts vote
Shuguftah Quddoos was the only member of the party who voted against the council's budget savings.
www.bbc.com
This isn't right, surely.
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asredastheycome
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That's an absolute disgrace. I hate what the Labour party is becoming, and its ever since Starmer became leader.
Unravel_Morrison
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This has been going on for years with Labour; it's not a Starmer thing.
Google Labour councillor suspended and then any year you like and you'll get a load of results.
Google Labour councillor suspended and then any year you like and you'll get a load of results.
Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret
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Isn't the sheriff of Nottingham supposed to stop people taking from the rich and giving to the poor?
Unravel_Morrison
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I have met people from the Robin Hood family (no, really!!).
mattiethomp709
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I blame guy of gisburn
NYboro
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I've been to Robin Hood's Bay. Does that count?
Unravel_Morrison
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No, not unless it belongs to the Earl of Huntingdon.
NorthumberlandBoro
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It is right, and stop calling me Shirley.
TheLodger
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It's totally right, and every party has on occasions have a 3 line whip, that's always the case when it comes to the budget.
There is a legal requirement to set a balanced budget, the governing party has to put one forward and have every right to demand its members to agree it.
Our budget has been in negotiations for 4 months, all councillors from all sides have had chance to give input, ask questions and make proposals that would provide a balanced budget, officers work round the clock to ensure whats proposed is balanced and possible, so yes all parties should and do expect its members to vote in favour of its budget.
There is a legal requirement to set a balanced budget, the governing party has to put one forward and have every right to demand its members to agree it.
Our budget has been in negotiations for 4 months, all councillors from all sides have had chance to give input, ask questions and make proposals that would provide a balanced budget, officers work round the clock to ensure whats proposed is balanced and possible, so yes all parties should and do expect its members to vote in favour of its budget.
BlindBoyGrunt
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Do councils require a unanimous vote on the local budget or would a majority be enough?
TheLodger
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It requires a simple majority, at least Middlesbrough's constitution does.
NYboro
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No budget would ever pass otherwise.
BlindBoyGrunt
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Then would it not be better all round if the odd dissenting voice was allowed? It would reinforce the idea that the party is a broad church.
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Corcaigh_the_Cat
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Absolutely this. Banning minority dissenting voices is very much a trait of the right.
TheLodger
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There is dissenting voices all the time, indeed quite often from me, but not on the budget.
BlindBoyGrunt
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Surely this is when the dissenting voices should be heard the most, when central government cut back funds so drastically that towns and cities can no longer provide for their people. When libraries, youth clubs bin collections and street cleaning can no longer be afforded, this should be the time for dissent.
El Guapo
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I went Uni with Robin Hudson (Tru story)
BlindBoyGrunt
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Did he inherit his father's tights?
TheLodger
Well-known member
Well, the problem is, if a budget isn't supported then it's the people that we all represent that pays the price. Someone always pays, and when a budget isn't passed it's the residents. I for one am not interested in dissenting voices, we all have strong principles, it's why we are in politics, but my priority is our residents not principles.