Localism

It is wonderful, Mr Pickles the man Bradford rejected preaches localism. What does he actually do! Denies Norwich the right to local government, we are now ruled by people from 50 miles away. Then he says councils can save money by sharing services, so we will be ruled by people from 100 miles away.

Back at the ranch, his erstwhile colleague, Ken Clarke, is closing local magistrates courts. So , in this area, Thetford, Swaffham and Cromer courts will go. That will make people feel that decisions are much closer to home, much more local.

Let us be clear localism only applies where it saves money, there is no great principle at stake, just the usual Tory philosophy, when you have an excuse cut, cut and cut again. What is interesting is that the Lib Dems back all these policies. The only difference seems to be that the Lib dems claim to support Europe.