Tell Me The Opposite

ps re the council can i disagree about the resorting they have too many staff waste a lot of money and nose into people when they are not needed.This is no lie my sister when putting rubbish in a bin in town normal stuff and not a lot got asked are you putting rubbish in the rubbish bin?

I was told once my rubbish had filled the bin up again not a lot was put in.It seems to me they want to meddle and not work.They are also political councils shown be neutral but they defiantly play on the left

well here is the thing we are a district council which should be called district busy body

yes but how many have they destroyed today

again thanks

Fiona thanks I will take on board what you say

Cat Loving Man said:

1- I find councils unkind to me

I find councils 'neutral', they follow the rules and do the best they can with few resources. They have always been responsive and thorough when assessing disability needs as they change.

Cat Loving Man said:

2- The police have treated me badly

I have only had 2 episodes of police contact. My flat was burgled in the 90s, they caught the burglars and recovered some of my property. Then I had to contact them regarding a noisy neighbour, the police did cut down the worst of the noise when they heard it.

Cat Loving Man said:

3- My neighbours in my view have discriminated against me in the way they treat me.

I have never found this with my neighbours. 

I believe the closest definition of "Council" in this contest is nearest to your County Council (the elected legislative body for the government of your area).

In the UK we have usually three layers of this type of parish, district and county level of administrative local government organisation.  They roll up into to regional and national (country) government.

They are involved in the provision of a wide range of infrastructure and social care services.  They are involved with things like refuse, recycling and sanitation, public (mass) transport, Schools, environmental health, noise abatement, planning control for buildings and a long list of other duties or responsibilities. 

They officially collect a fee from households to enable the management and control of the necessary municipal budgets.

There is an involvement in civil defence and communication with e.g. police and fire departments, plus departments who maintain a community's roads.  They will control how land is used in environmentally sensitive areas and deal with lobbying on behalf of residents with utility companies when service has been a problem e.g. flooding through poor sewer maintenance..

They control some budget items involved with providing social housing for residents in need and some financial assistance to some people in difficult times of their life 

Sometimes they are also involved in mediation of neighbourhood disputes and management of antisocial behaviour in a neighborhood.

They can influence promoting economic and tourism activities in a local area.

With so many competing duties to deliver and restrictive budgetary control, there can be conflicts of different priorities and people holding them to account about topics which matter to their neighbourhood.

Often their operation of applying fines, permissions, and sanctions in a local area ...may give rise to strongly held views by different people in a community with varying perspectives over topics, rights and fairness.

There is also the aspect of them being effectively the frontline / visible faces of implementation of local government / civil service legislation (both popular and unpopular).

1. A council rented us our first home. 

2. The police we have encountered were pretty sensible and down to earth

3. Our neighbours have not actually discriminated against us, but many of them have been inconsiderate.

As opposed to the national UK government.

A council is the local government in the UK

I still want to know what "council " means. (I'm from the pacific islands.)

You can also be happy to know that somewhere a police person has saved someone's life today.

Only number 3 is true for me.

define "the council"

The police have saved my life, while causing themselves harm to do so.

The majority of people I encounter are happy to be there for each other if it does not infringe on their own happiness.