Don't You Know There's A War On?

I know I should be used to it by now, but I still can't help getting enraged by the government's specious and hypocritical War on Town Hall Non-jobs (currently being enabled by The Telegraph). Quite apart from the fact that this is a 'war' on a largely low-paid, majority female workforce that are trying to make other people's lives better, it's the bare-faced idiocy of it that really gets to me. Quote:

This week Mr Cameron singled out Manchester city council for what he said were “politically-driven” cuts.

He said that, rather than closing help centres, libraries and swimming pools to save £110 million, the council should look closer to home at the chief executive’s pay, for example.

So the Manchester City Council Chief Executive is being paid more than £110 million a year? Somehow I doubt it. Moreover, David Cameron is hardly in a position to tell anyone else off for making 'politically driven cuts', is he?

You know, I wish this much-touted localism was actually genuine. Then maybe local councillors would be able to freely decide who councils employ to do what and, as long as the community were happy, it would be absolutely none of Eric Pickles' or David Cameron's damn business.