Stimpy writes
Elected Borough Councils who were tightly controlled by the
Government (in particular their budgets);

...which was a very good thing given the tenuous grip on reality many
of them had at that time which was, lest we forget, the height of the
'Loony Left' era

Irrespective of whether or not the local electorate had voted for them?
What about local democracy?

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Dave

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 01:08:38 +0100, Dave
wrote:

David Boothroyd writes

"Pedant" is an insult directed by the inaccurate against the accurate.

No, it's an accurate description for people who indulge in irrelevant
nit-picking.

Precise enough for the purpose of the subject under discussion.

This discussion misses one point:

If the GLC was, say, Conservative controlled due to the outer boroughs
being Tory, it was entirely possible for ILEA to be Labour controlled
(inner boroughs and borough councillors being LAbour).


This means that the 'pedantic' nature of the GLC/ILEA isn't so
pedantic!

Rob.
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rob at robertwoolley dot co dot uk