Captain Haddock
- Location: Marlinspike Hall
- Registered: 8 Oct 2012
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"We are living in very strange times, and they are likely to get a lot stranger before we bottom out"
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- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,057
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,931
Get real
Firstly does anyone even know who there councillor is ?
.and really councillors are already dismissed as irrelevant
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Funny old comments .I must have be an exception because even now some refer to me as Councillor.I know who the District Councilors are their names are on the.Council web site .Sometimes there are articles in the paper.Some are on TV or radio.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Now that meetings are televised maybe the dress code will be addressed.I always maintained you were at a business meeting and should dress accordingly.Jackets should be worn and only removed on a very hot day .The Officers always kept to the rules.i have so many jackets in my wardrobe.I always wore a jacket when I attended MCD or Age. Concern .
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,931
Sue
This is probably where we depart from agreement Lol.
It's fair to say you had many years in local govt so would be interested enough to keep up to date with who your local councillor is.
This is not the general case, and as your aware surveys have been carried out over the years on that one question where the locals reply was they didn't know who who the local councillor was, or ever seen them.
Of course there would be maybe three or four that would be known .
I'm afraid I also don't agree on dress code .
Let me give you a small example of this.
Apart from the saying
Don't judge people by appearance.
Whilst on the county council in a stifling hot day I took off my jacket (the alternative was to faint !)
And was told I was not allowed to!
Of course my health was going to come first , and it was left there Lol
But we really don't want to get into what people wear, it's what they can do for Dover that is far more important .
I can recall a few councillors that didn't dress up but we're leafing lights for there own areas but also very respected in the council itself.
I won't name names as some have sadly departed .
The TV on debates in the council , again Sue you have an interest that many don't share , which is an issue councillors need to address , how do they involve or enthuse locals in the work of the local authority.
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Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,879
I am sure most councillors deserve to be mocked at some time during their tenure.
I do not care what they look like so long as they look clean and tidy and at least show some interest in the matter being discussed.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
I was mocked often.Widow twangy .The Councillors Who made that comment we’re seriously ticked off.Another was ginger bonce when I coloured my hair .Im old school if you dress smartly you act professionally .Rail way staff bus drivers have uniforms .Nurses etc.
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- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
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Jan Higgins wrote:I do not care what they look like so long as they look clean and tidy and at least show some interest in the matter being discussed.
Totally agree - it was not the images of tractors that got me, it was being on the phone during a HoC debate in the first place.
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Guest 3925- Registered: 28 Nov 2020
- Posts: 541
Although I've reworded to hopefully not cause offence, "If you polish a poo, it still remains a poo...."
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Still thinking about that Andy .
Paul Watkins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 9 Nov 2011
- Posts: 2,226
I think all Councillors get mocked during their careers as elected representatives. It’s the nature of the politics. You just need to accept it as part of the role. I think the issue is what they are mocking you for.
You need to thick skinned & also have the judgement to decide what they are mocking you for is justified & do you need to take action if justified or see it through.
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Guest 3925- Registered: 28 Nov 2020
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Sue Nicholas wrote:Still thinking about that Andy .
It means my view is it doesn't matter what you look like, it's how you behave, how you support, what you say and what you do.
Our PM, for example, wears a suit, but it doesn't matter how much you polish it......
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Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
- Posts: 23,931
There we go Sue .
Not to much support there .
It's not about how you look
It's what you do
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Each to there own.I have my standards others have there’s.I only wore a hat once at a Council meeting when the Chairmans Board was unveiled.Amelia did all the time.
Guest 3925- Registered: 28 Nov 2020
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You don't have to wear a uniform or a suit to have standards and to say so these days is very old fashioned and out of date I'm afraid!
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 6,025
Yes part of the current problems .My late husband had to wear a uniform and his shirts had to be pressed with out a crease in the sleeves.The had had a white covering which had to be washed.Sea speed and British rail .One day we on this forum will have to meet up .I know most posters but not your good self .
Keith Sansum1- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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That's a shame that some remain unknown but that's how it is .
I do recall Sue when you were boasting on how many hats you had for the garden party where the public were shut out of kearsney abbey .
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