In Spite?

What is going on in Doncaster indeed. Here's the original article from the Daily Express.

And here is a quote from the Daniel1979 blog, mentioned in the first link above:

Doncaster has a Mayor, in fact a recently elected Mayor. His name is Peter Davies and he is an English Democrat, and he has sent shockwaves through the local community (and some national news outlets) when he was elected he immediately cut the Mayors salary from £73,000 to £30,000 and closed the Council’s own newspaper for peddling propaganda courtesy of the taxpayer. He pressed on and is seeking to cut the number of councillors from 63 to 21 in an effort to save a further £800,000. He has axed many of the Mayor’s other perks, including the chauffeur.

He has withdrawn Doncaster from the Local Government Association and the Local Government Information unit saving a further £200,000 and then made the following, almost legendary comment:

"Doncaster is in for some serious untwinning. We are twinned with probably nine other cities around the world and they are just for people to fly off and have a binge at the council’s expense".

Could it possibly be that Doncaster has a new mayor, someone who is upsetting the political classes and making them feel a little less perky and comfortable? Perhaps they don't like him cutting his own salary (as a reflection upon those who want to bloat theirs further), and perhaps they don't like the fact he has no wish to indoctrinate. He's rocking the boat.

You decide what you think of that.