A question or 2

I have decided to ask my local labour councilors a couple of questions via E-mail. Well actually I have sent them via e-mail to 2 of them because the other one has no e-mail address listed. Perhaps he hopes people can't be bothered to write to his home address. He thinks wrong. The questions are dropping onto his welcome mat via snail mail any time soon.

Here are the questions.

You are a member of a labour council and are our councillor and so we would like you to tell us what your thoughts are regarding these points.

1. What is your stance on the abolition of clause IV?

2. What is your stance on the notion of a society in which equal opportunity is a reality and what are you doing to help make it a reality?

3. What is your feeling about the idea of nationalisation of British Industry?

4. How do you feel about trade union membership and what do you feel the benefits of a trade union are?



5. Is the minimum wage enough?

6. How do you think the gap between rich and poor can be narrowed and what policies do you support to make this happen?

7. Are you a full time councillor or do you have another job with an income? What is your wage as a councillor and how do you manage to give all the time that is required to be a councillor if you have another job.

8. Your address is listed on the council website as Foredyke Nursery, Wawne Road, Sutton, Kingston upon Hull, HU7 5YS. Why don't you live in your constituency area?

9. The council website says you entered council in 1988. Is this an unbroken stint or have you been a councillor since 1988?

10. Why do you feel you are the right person to act on my behalf in council?



Obviously one or two of the questions were modified for each different councillor.
There are many more I would have liked to ask but I cynically believe that they probably won't answer many if any of the ones I have sent anyway.

Their answers will of course be posted just as soon as I recieve them.