Local councillors

"you fat bastard!"

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Councillor Jodie Jones is a 23-year-old beauty
BY NEWS TODAY · AUGUST 30, 2011

SHE’S a far cry from the stereotypical stuffy old politician, but councillor Jodie Jones is causing a stir at her local town hall – and is already being dubbed ‘Britain’s sexiest councillor.’

The Tory politician – who gave up her social life to pursue a career in politics – certainly looks like she would be more at home on the nation’s catwalks than council chambers.

Stunning Oxbridge graduate Jodie was elected as the youngest councillor on Cannock Chase District Council earlier this year making her a surprising addition to the Staffordshire authority.

A far cry from the often dour-looking men and women sitting on Britain’s council’s,the glamorous 23-year-old has sure been turning heads at the council chambers.

While the down-to-earth beauty is representing the voice of Britain’s youth generation, she freely admits that she enjoys a night out on the town with her friends.

And judging by her Facebook profile, she’s certainly not shy – as a range of pictures show her in clinches with female friends, partying in a bikini and sitting in the street holding two bottles of booze.

But her lifestyle as a young girl has not been to the taste of all of her colleagues.

Councillor for Heath Hayes and Wimblebury, Diane Todd, said: “These pictures do not show the behaviour she should be displaying.

“That’s not the behaviour I expect of a councillor, she needs to make sure that she isn’t seen sat swigging from bottles like this.”

Fellow councillor, Christine Mitchell, warned Jodie she need to make sure her normal lifestyle doesn’t get her in trouble.

“We all know what young people do,” she said. “I’m sure if you go out on a Saturday you’ll find the older councillors inebriated as well, but she has signed up to a code of conduct.

“She must make sure that she doesn’t do anything or say anything that might bring the council into disrepute.”

But pretty Jodie says the transition from politics student to politician has taken a toll on her personal life, sacrificing love and friendships along the way.

Tories don't deserve love or friendship

Don't worry, Jodie has since found love again:

http://politicalscrapbook.net/2013/11/aidan-nazi-stag-burley-proposed-to-girlfriend-on-human-rights-junket/

The indulgent smile on my wizened features collapsed on reading the phrase "The Tory politician"...

I still managed to feel slightly sorry for her, considering how bizarrely unrestrained that article is in its leching.

that piece is the worst it's true

nice for her she went to that fine old institution, the University of Oxbridge

i believe she studied Econosophy

There's a Mail article that goes over pretty much exactly the same ground, but is at least embarrassed enough to affect that it's just scandalised by her 'outrageous' facebook photos rather than going all in with the explicit perving, I'm not sure which should properly be considered worse.

there's a story out there about a Lib Dem councillor who works as a lap dancer or something, i left it out as not in this thread's original remit - happy that this remit has broadened btw - and not really wanting to republish it

http://i3.gazettelive.co.uk/incoming/article3607636.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/cllr-nicky-walker-as-the-potholes-are-filled-in-498869053-3607636.jpg

photoshop?

http://www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/polopoly_fs/topping_out_1_1492726!image/1627761627.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_630/1627761627.jpg

this thread has filled me with an incredibly deep sense of sadness

Fills me with pride at our democratically elected representatives. Best local councillors in the world.

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If there's anyone on ilx who works in publishing, a coffee table book of local councillor photographs needs to happen.

http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/resources/images/2812198.jpg?type=articleLandscape

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out of context some of these look like part of a weird anti-glamour fashion shoot

is this hula-hooping woman on the left a minor celebrity?

It may be Clyde 1 dj Gina McKie

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http://iwc2.labouronline.org/172241/uploads/f553c003-4e47-9314-f942-344b9af51030.jpg

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=painting+of+local+councillor&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=-JcyU_-OKYXMhAf084DYBg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=799#q=portrait+of+local+councillor&safe=off&tbm=isch&imgdii=_

the very poor pruning technique up there is going to lead to some dreadful die back :'-(

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^^^ is this ted from Hi De Hi?

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aw bless they let one of the young people dress up as a councillor

Lots of experience but I think this Labour XI lacks mobility, energy and imagination.

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A local councillor question:

If someone were to be on a Parish Council and it was proposed that, say, the field next to their house should be replaced by a factory or a housing estate ... would the councillor be allowed to have an opinion on this or would this be considered a "conflict of interest"?

They have to declare a conflict of interest and then sit out the decision that their friends make for them

But would that count as a "conflict of interest"?

I'd much rather someone "local" (by which I mean directly affected) be arguing the case for the local area and I'm guessing that's why most people get involved in local politics.

For some reason, I draw a distinction between the above example and ... I dunno ... if the councillor owned the field and was going to make a fortune if it was built on (though perhaps they are just on a spectrum).

Almost any kind of commercial building in the vicinity of a house is going to have some kind of impact on property value. Strictly I don't know how conflict of interest rules work at Parish level, or whether parish councils have jurisdiction over most planning decisions, but the thin veneer of local democracy has to at least maintain the illusion that elected officials must place the broader interests of the people who elected them over personal prejudice or gain - however unlikely that is in practice

Beautiful thread.

Yeah. I'd not found it until this evening.

Same. This is great. And very close to home tbh

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