A Green councillor in Hackney has quit within days of winning his seat because he was voted in against electoral rules.James Tilden was elected to represent Hackney Central ward with 1,681 votes following the council elections last Thursday (May 7), but his party failed to realise this breached electoral law before making him their official candidate.As a primary school teacher in the one of the borough's community schools, Mr Tilden is legally an employee of Hackney Council. Under Section 80 of the Local Government Act 1972, teachers cannot become a member of a local authority if they are employed by or their job is confirmed by the same local authority.Meanwhile:
Scotland Yard has been urged by the Tories to investigate Zack Polanski after he admitted he failed to pay council tax while living on a houseboat in east London. The Green Party leader was branded a 'hypocrite' after he apologised on Monday for the 'unintentional mistake' and said he had 'immediately taken steps to pay any council tax' owed. The Conservatives and Labour have both referred Mr Polanski, who is a member of the London Assembly, to the City Hall sleaze watchdog over his council tax arrangements.
Are we uniquely blessed in this country with hapless politicians? What happened to the apparatus of state and local government that’s paid well to oversee the process and stop this sort of thing happening?
Mind you, with the current incumbent of No 10 clinging on like a limpet despite everything, are the Greens really the worst of a bad bunch?
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And now, Angela Rayner, that Prime Minister contender, whose main qualification seems to be leaving school with more children than GCSEs, is said to be crowing about no longer having HMRC chase her for unpaid taxes. What is it with these people who want to run the country yet are unable, or unwilling, to run their own lives by withholding monies due? Shades of that American woman who stated that only poor people pay taxes. Meanwhile, Rachel from Accounts is hoping to be the next Foreign Secretary if Wes Streeting, who allegedly claimed he wanted to be the first openly homosexual Prime Minister, is chosen. Her main qualification is that she once went abroad on holiday. So that's all right then. We really are doomed.
Penseivat
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