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Cambridge councillor lives 400 miles from his ward

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-47332924



Donald Adey moved from his ward in Cambridge to Scotland a year ago, but remains on the county and city councils.

The councillor, who lives in Cupar in Fife and rarely attends council meetings, represents Trumpington as an independent after he quit the Liberal Democrats in 2018.

He claimed £10,000 a year for his county council role and received £4,500 from the city council.
That's bad enough but also:

Following a vote in December, 60 of the 61 county councillors agreed to give up 1.2% of their allowance - equivalent to the financial loss suffered by staff, who had been forced to take 3 days unpaid leave as part of budgetary cuts. However, Mr Adey declined to do so.
What a greedy little rat-faced man he is .....
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22-02-2019, 07:25 PM
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There have been many MP’s that don’t even reside in the uk !!!

You are mistaking politicians for honest normal working folk and forgetting they are simply an elite club there to look after their own and fiddle accounts to their own gain
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22-02-2019, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Omah ->
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That's bad enough but also:



What a greedy little rat-faced man he is .....
That's putting it mildly Omah.
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22-02-2019, 07:54 PM
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Welcome to the world of MP"S
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22-02-2019, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by APRICOT ->
Welcome to the world of MP"S
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This thread isn't about an MP .....
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Originally Posted by Omah ->
This thread isn't about an MP .....


An easy mistake to make seeing as they are all the same really. Anyone in politics is on the take I reckon.
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23-03-2019, 11:06 AM
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Cambridge councillor Donald Adey resigns post 400 miles away

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan...shire-47651642

A councillor living 400 miles from his ward is to resign after admitting he was unable to represent his constituents.

Donald Adey moved from his Trumpington ward in Cambridge to Scotland a year ago, but remained on the county and city councils.

In an email to the BBC, Mr Adey said he had posted his letters of resignation from both on Tuesday.

"Representing Trumpington has proved difficult from Fife," he said.
Difficult? More like impossible .....
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23-03-2019, 11:09 AM
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I think people going into public life often have high ideals to begin with then find they can't do the good they wanted so resign themselves to getting all they can while they can. Noses in the trough they find it difficult to quit.

Our system fails us and makes them crave money more than the service they wanted to give.
 

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