Yesterday, the government announced its plan for local government. Underneath the bullshit claims of empowerment was an ideologically-driven attack on the notion of government of any sort.
Paul likes some of it, but he thinks it doesn't go far enough. He thinks that the only people who should make decisions about our communities are… (drum roll): property developers.
While I welcome today's statement, particularly the measures that go towards tax incremental finance, will my right hon. Friend consider making them developer led, rather than local authority led? When the measures were trailblazed in the United States a couple of decades ago, most American cities and states found that regeneration was much more effective when they were developer rather than local authority led.
(As you might know, Mr Uppal is a property developer).
Being serious for a second, I'll point out what's wrong with this idea. Simple. Democratically-elected bodies exist solely to serve their community. They can get things wrong, and they can be sacked by the community. Developers work solely for private profit. They've got no interest in the public good. A developer's idea of a successful community might be Broad Street in the Dark Place: a dystopian hell of sex shops, fast food and drug dealing. A developer would see this as great: profitable. A decent council would see this as damaging to public health and safety. Giving control to developers logically leads to the abolition of elected bodies entirely, and I don't think he's averse to the idea.
What a massive twat Mr. Uppal is. It's come to this: polite and reasoned argument just fails in the face of such determined refusal to address anything wider than his own greed and selfishness. I'm genuinely ashamed that this benighted community is supposedly represented by such a small-minded individual.
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Waiting for the bus in Broad Street makes me feel less of a middle-class prig (...for a couple of minutes at least).
Couldn't agree more though Vole. But how do you engage with someone who couldn't care less - and who, at least until he asks for our vote again, doesn't have to?
I don't know. I fondly hoped that my ranting would kickstart public humiliation for Mr. U - which is why I've gone to considerable efforts to verify his lies and background, but even the local Labour Party isn't interested, and I don't think Uppal's vulnerable to scorn because he's so selfish. I wish I knew how to get through to him.
A sex scandal always works.
It is time, Mr Vole, to take one for the team.
You interest me strangely…
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