Buying off your opposition?
'COUNCIL LEADER INTENDS TO STAND FOR THIRD TERM NEXT YEAR. BUT HE HAS TOLD AMBITIOUS YOUNGER COLLEAGUES HE WILL QUITE UNDERSTAND IF THEY DECIDE TO STAND AGAINST HIM.'This gem is from Facebook and refers to Hounslow council leader Steve Curran, mighty big of him was my first thought, of course people can challenge you if they feel they could do the job it's known as democracy. But, given the rocky few weeks that Curran has had he has decided on keeping his current dynamic cabinet, BUT has also made a decision to appoint five 'cabinet assistants' - whatever they may be, at a cost of £8916 on top of their basic £11,576. Could the fact that there's a possibility that perhaps three of these 'cabinet assistants' could also be said to be 'ambitious younger colleagues', could this be an early manouevre to head off any challenges?
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