Who could have predicted it?

Senior members of Dundee, Angus, Perth & Kinross and Fife councils aren’t keen on a local government reorganisation.

I wonder what it is about their highly-paid jobs disappearing that they don’t like?

It’s as if efficiency, value for money, and cutting out needless duplication isn’t their primary aim!

Most of Scotland’s population is in clusters that are instantly apparent on a population density map.

These clusters should be the basis of governance, not county lines that are centuries out of date.

Identifying council clusters

Reorganisation should reflect what Scotland is today, not what it was in Queen Victoria’s time.

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire should be one authority.

The Inverness cluster – Nairn, Forres, Elgin, Dingwall and as far north as Brora – should be another.

Then you have the Edinburgh, Glasgow, Ayr and........

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