Westminster and Whitehall seem to be the only ones to ignore the fact that there is no real purpose to their existence.

Or could it be that they still regard their position as representatives of their constituents. And yet, as John McGregor, (now Lord McGregor, said to me in a letter, "Mr. Flynn, we do not have an agricultural policy. I just implement directives as they arrive from Brussels". That, today is the function of the Westminster Parliament.

At the moment, I am putting together what I hope will be the start of a new approach to Local Democracy. I want to resurrect the County Economy where the Local County sets and collects the Property and Business Rates. The Retail Shops that sell Local Goods and Produce, are given a percentage Rebate on Local Taxation for supporting the Local Economy, providing work for Taxpayers. And I see no reason why Norfolk cannot look at the possibility of a local supply of water and Electricity. And remember, Bacton is a local structure. I could go on and on. But times must, and I have a Parish Council meeting tonight. Regards, ATFlynn.

"Norfolks Mutineer"

It is perhaps worth noting that J.S.Mill in his essay on Representative Government wrote that line by line amendments could only produce a dog's breakfast. He felt that MPs should reject a bad Bill in its entirety and throw it back to government to get it right.

He would also have approved of pre legislative scrutiny.

Clever... is a boss clever for getting his workers to agree to do less work?

Geoff is a Hoon with a view, probably not dissimilar to my own, about many of his neutered colleagues, no doubt many of whom foster delusions of achieving the dizzy heights of power of our Geoff. Even their role as voting fodder has been traduced!!!!!!!