[Biffo1262]

Quite frankly, in my experience, if there were a league table for idiocy I reckon some local councillors would take up at least 75% of the top 100 places. When elected as councillor for some reason they seem to think that everything they say has to be believed and have no need to research their subject before pontificating as an expert. The problem is that they do the credibility of those Councillors who do know what they're about considerable disservice. I recently considered standing in the local elections but when I studied the standard of competence of the people I would be required to work alongside I just shook my head in disbelief and walked away. No matter how hard I would have worked for the serious issues, unless you were accepted as part of their little cabal, it would have meant compromising my own standards. Getting elected is the easy part but being able to make a difference without selling out is another matter altogether for if you are not an elected member of one of the major parties you will be marginalised and have no serious say in any matter at all! For my own part I am trying to get my local JP and a another council member to my club just to see how things are done. The JP has shown great interest all in the means of fairness and I believe he now has the wherewithall to make rational judgement about the type of people he has to deal with when it comes air gun & firearms offences. The Councillor? Not a word have I heard from either of my two local councillors which says it all.