Collective Responsibility -v- Individual Responsibility.

[DanaC]

Bingo!

'cept we're talking about council rather than government, but yes. This is a big problem. There is a great deal of confusion amongst the electorate as to how council works and who is in charge of it. Because ten years ago our party had control of the council a lot of people still think we're in charge. Every time one of our lot appear in the paper as a Chair of one of the Scrutiny Panels, the electorate just think we're the decision makers. It all sounds like the executive unless you know how the council works.

And frankly.....some of our people seem to have 'gone native'....they're more interested in smoothing the waters for council decisions than in being the opposition. Not all....some of them want to do this because they genuinely believe that they can be nore effective through this system...but I find it hard to believe that 8K a year additional allowance plays no part in the decision.