#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.
Labour MP Liam Byrne Absent as Birmingham Battles Bin Strikes, Opting for Japanese Getaway Instead
- Wednesday, 09 April 2025
Labour MP Liam Byrne, chair of the business and trade committee, left his constituents in Birmingham to fight bin strikes while he enjoyed a luxurious trip to Japan with seven other MPs. The "fact-finding" mission was supposed to last only until official meetings finished on Friday, but Byrne extended his stay for a personal holiday. This means his constituents were without their local MP to advocate for them during the bin strike battle with unions.
