"Richard Kingstone" <richard_kingstone@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me how you become a local councillor?
>
> I've looked around the internet for some answers but apart from being
> asked to contact the council direct, or one of the main political
> parties I can't get a straight answer.
>
> (And before any one states the obvious, I know that it involves
> getting the majority of votes cast in a local election)

Move 30 miles away from the ward you represent.
Be unemployed/on-the-sick (Lib-Dem selection requirement)
Learn how to speak out your arse.
Have a much greater belief in your abilites, then everyone else.
Be able to convincingly blame the Government for all the shortcomings (if
not Labour) and, if Labour, blame the local council.

Gaz


> Thanks
>
> Richard