Indeed Roger:What secret society?
From today's Telegraph letters page...
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Canterbury democracy
SIR - Patrick Williams describes a poorly planned traffic trial imposed by Canterbury City Council (Letters, December 29).
In addition, the council has ignored public opinion on the designation of the Kingsmead playing fields for house building and a number of decisions allowing drug and alcohol rehab centres being sited in residential areas.
Perhaps the problem has arisen because the decision-making power is vested in an executive committee of 10 out of a council of 50. They are all from the same party, but only one of the 10 represents a ward within the city; the remainder represent Herne Bay, Whitstable and outlying villages.
Julian Booth
Canterbury, Kent "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/9776606/European-Unions-federalist-agenda-will-not-best-serve-Britains-interests.html