One question.
Here in the United States, such a move by a city council would lead to calls for a recall election to remove the council and replace them with office holders who would be expected to reverse the offending policies/laws/etc. We have this power at the state and local level because they are written into the constitutions of these political entities.
Is there a similar provision in English law to remove officials who offend public sensibilities?
(BTW, the recall process is not easy due to the fairly strict processes concerning the collection and validation of signatures needed to place the matter before the voters in a special election. Normally, a slate of replacement candidates is up for election at the same time to ensure continuity of leadership should the recall election succeed. The most notable recent example was the recall of Governor Gray in California and his replacement by Arnold Schwarzenegger (sp), aka “The Terminator.” We do not have this power at the federal level because there is no provision for it in the U.S. Constitution. The only way we can remove a federal office holder is impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction in the Senate.)
“Here in the United States, such a move by a city council would lead to calls for a recall election to remove the council and replace them with office holders who would be expected to reverse the offending policies/laws/etc. We have this power at the state and local level because they are written into the constitutions of these political entities.”
Local elections are scheduled - there is no ability to kick out a council once elected by the electorate, you have to wait for the end of their term - however, councils operate in a similar way to our parliament so you may get individual representatives (councillors) kicked out of their roles internally by fellow councilors who can taste the political climate.
Most of the policy initatives though are actually run by non elected council officers - most of our local politicians are idiots (there is no money in local politics) so give a nod and a wink to paid officials ideas as they don’t have the wit to come up with their own. I always find our local government far more ‘soviet’ than the central government (though that may just be where I live).