Author: Theo Butt Philip

Theo Butt Philip grew up in Wells and attend local schools. After university in the north of England, he returned home and was elected to Wells City Council. He spent eight years as a councillor, including a year as Mayor and has twice stood for parliament in Bridgwater and West Somerset. Theo has worked in a range of political and communications roles and is currently employed by a local authority.

Forget ‘cancel culture’, Mr Jenrick. Cancelling elections is the real threat to democracy

Theo Butt Philip 03/03/2021

The anarchist activist Emma Goldman is reputed to have said, “If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.” Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick must have been listening and has just decided that you can’t vote to change who runs Somerset County Council. On Thursday 6 May the electors of Somerset go to the polls to […]