You know the situation in local government must be bad when the comparisons with war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan begin.
Riddled by internal division, interference by national, failed redevelopment programmes, the destabilising impact of charismatic figureheads who command fierce loyalty, boundary disputes, civilian insurgencies and exhausted public finances … perhaps there are similarities between Northamptonshire CC and the aforementioned countries.
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