Some years ago I was a governor at a local school. Meetings of the governors held to one guiding principle namely: the less important an issue was the more time would be spent discussing it. And so it is in respect of local politics. The electorate will be tempted to vote for parties on the issue of refuse collection (or lack of it) rather than the major issues.
However one can understand the frustration of being subjected to an abject refuse collection contractor. The men who collect the rubbish are not to blame, indeed I find them very helpful. No, the problem is with the management of the company they work for and the supine councillors and officers of the council who have failed to deal with the matter.
