Why is Oxford City Council getting embroiled in the merits or otherwise of the Iraq war?

Today, Green Party members are putting forward a motion at the council meeting calling for Tony Blair to be impeached.

It should be ruled out of order.

What on earth has this issue got to do with the city council?

We pay our council taxes for our councillors to tackle local issues, over which they have some influence, not national and international topics, on which they are powerless to act.

The debate, if it takes place, will be pointless, and all that will be generated is a lot of hot, political air.

There are plenty of local problems - highlighted every day in our news pages - to which councillors should give their undivided attention.