That’s that then, a divided village – thank you SPC!

Fast link: https://stubton-divided.co.uk

Thanks to the SPPC this evening, I can declare that Stubton is now officially a “divided” village, even though they argued they didn’t want this outcome. SPC had every opportunity to be mature and accept the wishes of the majority of residents or reach a compromise, instead they chose to be confrontational and go with the minority (for those not understanding what we are talking about, we are discussing this POST). Unfortunately, the way item 6.5 was written left little room for discussion, incidentally on all items this evening there was no clear proposer or seconder…….

If only the Council had followed the governing advice given by NALC and .GOV.UK, they would have prevented the division. They had the perfect opportunity to action the will of the people, yet they chose to ignore the residents wishes (a reminder that councillors are elected to represent the people). Why would they annoy the residents, I don’t know – but there we are – they have decided to ignore democracy and we have to accept their dictatorial decision, or we drop to their low standards?

The recent Flag Flying, survey conducted by Mrs Crooks and Mrs Flint was undertaken when no council existed. The questions were fair and all view points were considered. Yet, this Parish Council has chosen to ignore the results and ignore the guidance provided by the “Nolan Principles”. They have chosen to ignore democracy and become dictators, not unlike the very person they despise – Putin. If the survey had gone the other way, Mrs Crooks and Mrs Flint would have reported it that way, this is called democracy.

We were told by one of the councillors that they were coerced into becoming members by the “controllers” of the village, to prevent LCC running the village. 🙂 We are also aware of pre-council meetings, deciding issues before council meetings (more of the sham), which is forbidden.

Finally, I witnessed how this village behaved a couple of years ago, during the planning request by the previous owners of Heatherway House, which was despicable and I witnessed this awful attitude continuing last night when a councillor started to yell at a resident.

As a footnote, we are totally behind Ukraine and support them in their quest to defeat Russia. We especially recognise the great efforts families have done for Ukrainian citizens in this village, but that does not mean the majority of residents wish to see their flag flown every day (only on associated anniversaries). The gesture to fly it over 2 years ago was just, but time waits for no one – time to move on.

Thank you.

Parish Councillors