Election Special!

To quote a little of what was said:

The site has deliberately built a spread of views ... so I don't think there'd be any valid accusations of bias. i.e. the mods moderate themselves too.

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The site is what the doers collectively make of it, and as far as I'm concerned the non-doers have no voice. Everyone is welcome, and if they chose to stay away then that's their problem not ours!

So there you have it! We've agreed that the political dinosaurs who refuse to engage other than under strictly controlled conditions have no right to gag "the new politics". We've an amazing spread of views across our membership, and there's a matching tolerance to the rights of others to express their opposing views.

Maybe the best advice to members is to consider what the person you give your vote to is going to do with it after they've safely pocketed it? Are they going to go AWOL until the next election, or are you going to be able to put searching questions to them afterwards, and get a prompt explanation of why they are doing what they are doing in your name?

If there's one thing that's generally agreed it's that our Town has been badly served by "party hacks" of all parties. The "new accountability" is everywhere these days, so perhaps it's not a big ask that Bedlington gets its rightful share! â–