Pitfalls of becoming a councillor, #357
There is no quicker way to turn a Big Thinker into a Master of the Detail than to persuade them to stand as a local councillor - the bright ideas for changing the world quickly disappear and get focused into ‘my housing casework’. This is generally good news for their ward, and bad news for social acquaintances.
Dan is so right. I used to have opinions (though not Big Opinions), now I just have executive board agendas. Talking of which, there’s one tomorrow, and an agenda waiting to be read. /sigh
How true. I was very politically active - thinking and campaigning - BEFORE I became a councillor. This all became far harder and less frequent when I became a councillor. The time I could dedicate to politics vanished into a black hole of case work and meetings.
Now that I’m free again I personally feel I am contributing far more to both the Labour Party and society.
Spot on.
I wouldn’t claim to be a ‘Big Thinker’ but I certainly get more chance to aspire to it since getting the elbow from the electorate.