#council
Bin Day Bureaucrats
#council
Bin Day Bureaucrats
The local council is like a mysterious secret society, except instead of world domination, they’re mostly concerned with where you park your car and what colour your front door is. They’ll approve a 12-story block of flats next to a Grade II listed cottage, but heaven help you if you want to convert your shed into a yoga studio—planning permission denied. Parking rules change more often than the weather, and the signs are written in a dialect only ancient druids can read. Councillors argue passionately over flower bed layouts while ignoring the sinkhole swallowing half the high street. It’s democracy at its finest: petty, confusing, and somehow always two hours behind schedule.
Giant Rat Crashes Birmingham Council Meeting: Warns of Bin Raiders and Rats' Rampage
- Wednesday, 09 April 2025
A man dressed as a giant rat, known as the "Selly Oak rat", attended a full meeting of Birmingham City Council to raise concerns about the city's bin strike. With 21,000 tonnes of uncollected household rubbish on the streets, security experts warn that residents may be at increased risk of fraud as "bin raiders" search through discarded waste for confidential documents.
