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Beyond tautology or justification there is no convincing argument for this other than a laissez faire attitude and a willingness to go where the money is. Currently, anybody can use a stick to beat the council but as the consequences of an elected mayor and "devolved power" become apparent the only people we'll be able to beat will be ourselves. Much of the land we perceive as public is being passed to private hands, including the Universities, and they can look after their interests however they wish. Try and park your car in the wrong place around Kelham Island and enjoy the ride through the legal system- it doesn't involve going to the Town Hall to appeal your case. Chris Grayling is on record as stating the tories ultimate model for local government is a department to issue contracts and someone to sign the cheques. Try and beat that model up over whether they like cars or not. Only the mayor and police commissioner to hold to account every five years.

I personally know a conservative party member who was imprisoned for larceny. After a period wandering in sackcloth and ashes he was allowed to be an active party member again. But as Dennis Skinner said "Half the tory members opposite aren't crooks"

Some further grounds for exasperation here:- https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/campusmasterplan no need to sit fuming behind the keyboard and venting to the wrong people.

It's a council traffic disruption team making life difficult for drivers because they hate cars so much.

In the Sheffield archive there's a series of films taken by the City Engineers Dept. They show traffic flow around the city and I think the earliest dates from 1921. Have a look. It's interesting to see the level of congestion when there were far fewer vehicles on the road than there are now so I think Sheffield Councils of the past must have hated the car even more than you suggest they do now. The journey time across the city has changed little in the last thirty years- I think the University of Sheffield hold the figures, they do that sort of thing. If you collect the evidence you could present it to the council and if it supports the view you present you could be on to a winner. I think the real problem you're experiencing is around self esteem.

You've clearly not read the author I suggested nor taken Occam's advice which would benefit you immeasurably. And your systolic is still a hundred points too high.

I think it's fair to say no real people were missed off

For my sins I have a friend who's an active Tory party member (Hi Robin!). He regularly posts on forums like this as do a number of his associates in the party- it's their approved role as activists to whip up support for their "sad passions" and hatred for anything that isn't "one of us" yet maintain plausible deniability for the party, for any opinions expressed.

You're almost nearly right on one small point. If you don't consider the wider picture. To help you I'm going to suggest you study and understand the full meaning of Occam's razor and then broaden your reading, starting with the easily digestable work of Naomi Klein. It'll help you blood pressure and mental health too.

Ha! Ha! Ha1 And where does he stash his money exactly? Google is your friend

Paul Dacre, editor of the Daily Mail secretly loves the eu and votes for it with his actions. http://www.politico.eu/newsletter/playbook/politico-brussels-playbook-satire-saga-mega-mergers-brussels-attacks-latest/ http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/31/paul-dacre-eu-subsidies-hypocrisy-daily-mail-euro-lies

How long ago? I went to school with a bundle of Pipes in the sixties. All redheads.

We invade whenever the locals won't accept our trading terms. We're the neighbours you'd avoid if you had the option.

Indeed I do! I sat regularly on the wall at Bernard Road from 1960 through to about 1965. I continued to trainspot seriously until the end of steam, graduating from Sheffield to visiting all the regular places across the country. I visited a couple of preserved lines after that and decided it wasn't for me and gave up entirely until 1978 when I was working in York and on a day off I visited the NRM which re-awakened my curiosity and I have maintained an interest in preserved railways ever since.

No problem. Thank you very much