National comment on Barnet's proposed constitutional changes

Link above to The Guardian Diary

"Wouldn't it be good, suggests Brian Coleman, if only the leader of the ruling group and leader of the opposition, or their specific appointees, could speak during meetings, and everyone else had to seek permission from the (presently Tory) mayor?"

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Picture of Barnet Mayor
David Hencke web site

"Barnet Council, already notorious for cuts as a no-frills Easy Council, is about to make dubious history as the first borough to curb free speech."