"I am appalled that such intrusive material should come to our council chamber. It may be that transparency has its place in the great halls of power, but not here."
Really?
Personally, I think it more important to have transparency at the local level. MPs have the media to expose their interests. All local councillors have to fear is divulging interests that would possibly harm them should transparency reveal such interests.
Why, exactly, should local councillors not be subject to the same scrutiny as their national peers? Surely, it wouldn't be because their small-time conflicts don't affect the small-time scope of local government?
I think cllr Angwin forgets scaling in the democratic process, and he is not above it.
It is a shame, it must be said, that a councillor who has been so clearly dedicated to public service - and for such a long time - should feel that democratic transparency shouldn't apply across the board, but if he truly has nothing to hide, then what argument is there for not divulging his lack of conflicts?
None that I can imagine.
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