Local democracy has been brought into disrepute by incompetent councillors and overpaid officials. Hundreds of millions of pounds in public money have been wasted on a vanity project at a time when the public sector is facing an unprecedented financial squeeze. From the start the tram project has been grossly mishandled by almost everyone involved. If this were China, they’d probably be shot.
Let’s bring councils into line with elected mayors
WE can't go on like this.The reputation of Scottish civic governance has finally disintegrated following the Edinburgh trams fiasco.
Local democracy has been brought into disrepute by incompetent councillors and overpaid officials. Hundreds of millions of pounds in public money have been wasted on a vanity project at a time when the public sector is facing an unprecedented financial squeeze. From the start the tram project has been grossly mishandled by almost everyone involved. If this were China, they’d probably be shot.
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Don't show me this again.