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The ruling party’s performance at July’s Dorset Council meeting reminded me of a ‘golf-ball’ deep in sand..…. content, not wanting to be moved. The Cabinet system allows the Leader to form a Cabinet, and to hand-pick its 10 councillors and 6 Lead Cabinet members. But 60.7% of electors didn’t vote for the Leader’s party. Yet these same-party 16 of the 82 councillors effectively determine county policy. Councillor representation can be skewed geographically too: ‘old’ West Dorset now has just one of the 16 appointees! My Public Question on whether it was a free-vote was ignored, yet answered when one free-thinking ruling-party councillor voted for the more democratic, ‘Committee’ system, to give representation that’s proportionate to the electorate’s votes. ....