| Comment | Why would it not be? As long as you declare your interests then you can basically have whatever job you want. Bear in mind councillors get paid fuck all, so most have day jobs of some sort.
What would not be allowed is, for example, having declared this interest, if the councillor were to stand on a council committee deciding on orange march applications.
So you can have biased interests, as long as you openly declare them, and stand down from involvement in any council activities where there is a conflict of interest.
The real question here is how the Labour Party are allowing him to remain a member - given that they are not bound by such strictures and can deselect as they see fit. |
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