"Ian Jelf" wrote ...
But they are not "public servants" (that term applies to employed council
officers). They are elected officials which I consider to be an
important distinction.

It's a linguistic difference; they were elected to serve. There's probably
some correct term that sums this up. Let's not get pedantic about it.

What's wrong with disciplining a power-hungry ******* who has betrayed
those
who bothered to vote -
That is the job of the electorate; not a non-elected body of officials.
If a councillor wants to be a complete ******* then that's their
prerogative. The democratic process should ensure they don't get in next
time.
As has been said before, we get the leaders we deserve.

Yes and no; in a smaller, simpler society, you could get away with that;
indeed, the 'Paris Commune' of 140 years ago was urged by Marx to have a
system of voting 'em in, and democratically throwing them out if they ceased
to do the job.

In our larger, more complex society, we long ago (democratically, via our
elected representatives) chose to have some checks and balances. This
avoided having redo elections if, say, 5% of the electrorate demanded it -
it also avoided having wait until the next election to get the *******s out.

let alone those who didn't, but are still entitled to
be represented by honest men (and women) ?
If they didn't vote, they have no grounds for complaint about who they get
to represent them.

I agree; but the person who won the election, who they failed to elect
(either by not voting or voting for someone else), still has a duty to all
the constituents. And it's him we're talking about.

I really see no reason why we should wait for the full term minus 3.2
seconds, just because the lying ******* conned us at the election. And, in
the UK at least, we don't have to.

Though in practice, the toothless watchdogs usually achieve little - as in
this case; one insincere apology - just like the bankers - when he should
have been charged and kicked out of office. The man's clearly an idiot.

You of course, may disagree.
--

Andrew

"If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z.
Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." ~ Albert Einstein