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  Howard;
  Just to attempt to show this other ways, taking away the present Mayor and Wanstall
  Any Mayor or any Councillor should not ALONE have the power to suspend a Cllr.
  
  It's goes against the Localism Act 2011 for anyone aware this came into being because the old Standards boards got so clogged up with political parties reporting each other, often for political gain, that the Govt scrapped it, replacing it, but leaving it to local councils to sort out there own issues.
  In itself great idea, but last night showed, this again can be abused.
  The localism act does say decisions have to be open/Transparent/Fair
  This suspension reaches none of these 3
  nor does the fact that there is no appeal process.
  I have always been a believer in local decision making, but against things that are democratically arrived at.
  
  The only time I feel any one Cllr should have such power (like any employer) would be if a Cllr had committed a serious criminal offence being dealt with by the police.
  This isn't what is happening in this case.
  
  I'm thankful to Cllr Cowan who did speak up, but more concerned that the majority didn't and a Cllr is suspended without evidence.
  This goes against all natural justice.
  The ballot box should be the place cllrs are removed.
  Last night was a sad day for local politics and DTC

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