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  I would certainly agree that party politics at a town/parish council level is irrelevant.
  
  At District and higher though, with statutory duties and a high level of tax/spend, it does have relevance for budgetary and strategic matters.
  
  One thing - a lot of people who moan about party politics at these level often do not understand the role of Parties in it. I find people picture some kind of over-riding central party control and that is just not what it is. The local party selects candidates, the local party supports and funds them in the elections and local policies are derived by the local parties. I speak here only from many years of direct experience of the Conservative Party and cannot speak for the others.

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