I have a modest proposal to make. Councillors should go on strike. For a week in the run-up to next year’s general election, they should put down their clipboards, store their leaflets back in their cupboards and stay at home rather than campaigning for their local PPC.
Councillors may not be able to disrupt the public’s day-to-day existence as effectively as Bob Crow, but they can make life very difficult for their national colleagues.
