Election 2010: Democracy??? Yes please!

It would be nice wouldn't it? If when we voted, in the majority, who or what we voted for would be put into place. You know, democracy. I thought for many years thats how things worked. Not so it seems.

On the eve of a national general election here in the UK, I would like to raise the issue of the English Democrat Elected Mayor of Doncaster, one Peter Davies. Lets be clear, the man has a legal mandate given to him by the people of Doncaster, in fair and open elections. He has been in office for 8 months. The previous Mayor of Doncaster was Martin Winter, originally a labour man, who later was re-elected as an independent. Martin Winter served two terms as Mayor before he was made a scapegoat and forced out of office over the tragic and much publicised "Edlington torture" case.

The plan by the Labour party was to get one of their own back into the job of Mayor after they lost control of Mr Winter. With Winter out of the picture the way was paved for a new mayoral election. As is the case with Labour, they failed to take the electorate into account. After decades of Labour control, Doncaster council was in a mess. The "donnygate" scandal served to begin the exposure of just how dis functional the Labour run council was. So, the electorate made its choice, much to the disdain and visible anger from the Labour "possy". The people chose An English Democrat candidate called Peter Davies.

Back to now. Eight months in office and now central government (labour party) has decided to intervene in the affairs of Doncaster council. Davies has hardly had time to get used to his new desk let alone fix decades of Labour cock-ups. It would appear that they are going to somehow blame Davies for all their mistakes. Central Government, or should i say, the labour party, is effectively saying to the electorate of Doncaster, "ah, yes well, you might have wanted that, but we wanted this, so up yours!".

If Peter Davies is forced out of office over this typical labour interference, it will be a travesty of justice for the people of Doncaster. Perhaps more importantly it shows how little your vote is really worth.