I've had experience of a sort of localism through the programme I used to work on.
It was a bit of a mixed bag. Having group of people deciding on how to spend programme money isn't a bad idea when they are looking to support social enterprises or community services. Having them want to spend £7500 on paying an electricity bill so a railway bridge can have some pretty lights is a different kettle of trout.

Then again you can say that the State spends money on stupid things as well, so...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 3 Oct 2011, 15:29, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I think the idea is that it's easier to hold local government to account
so it should shut down that sort of stupid spending.
That is if the voters bother to look into this shit, but they never do.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 3 Oct 2011, 15:36, Reply)