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From: Free Thinking Doggie
Why does a small country need 5,000 councillors ? 'There were more than 5,000 councillors up for election across 136 councils in England on Thursday, standing for a mixture of district, metropolitan, unitary and county councils as well as all London boroughs. Labour were defending the most seats with more than 2,500, the Conservatives over 1,300, the Lib Dems just under 700 and the Greens just under 150.

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Why does a small country need 5,000 councillors ?...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	09:29:08
>> Yeh, there is far too much governance generally. Not just in the UK.	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	09:44:12
>> BBC says 5000.	Free Thinking Doggie	09:36:54
>> 5.000 up for election, most aren’t.	Hamsterwheel	09:55:06
>> 19,107 actually. Quite close for you….	Hamsterwheel	09:31:35
>> .. or 650 MPs.	Free Thinking Doggie	09:29:41
>> Malta has 15 times that on a population basis	Hamsterwheel	09:33:40
>> So %&!*@in' what ? The political class are parasites and as such will expand ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	09:36:29
>> It’s the civil service needs the axe.	Hamsterwheel	09:55:53
>> We need to train more axemen	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	11:34:46

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