A BISHOP SUPPORTS A KNIGHT

1. George Bishop, presumably now retired on a fat, platinum proofed pension, ran the Personnel Department at Hornet Street.
2. For that onerous position Derek Myers authorised his vast all inclusive near £150,000 a year salary: a salary not unadjacent to the Prime Minister.
3. Small wonder George springs to the defence of his patron!
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   George Bishop16 June 2014 10:31

   What a lot of small-minded, mean-spirited, jealous comments. I worked for Derek for about 10 years and thought he was a first class, inspirational Chief Executive. I don't know of any of his senior staff who thought otherwise either. During his time, the Council saved tens of millions of pounds to offset poor Government settlements and which kept important services running which would otherwise have been cut or reduced. His work with SOLACE and in local government generally points the way for Councils in the future. He well-deserves the honour. Instead of carping on, why not be pleased that the Council, through Derek, has been given the recognition it deserves.
   Incidentally, why are most of the comments on this blog anonymous - too frightened to be identified? Anonymous comments are in the same category as anonymous letters - to be ignored.

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   justin.downes16 June 2014 20:17

   So you worked with Myers and expect us to take your character assessment of him seriously? Yours is the usual sort of flimflam we expect from this club of overpaid senior local authority officers. As for SOLACE....it's no more than a talking shop for self serving senior officers....none of whom would survive in the profit driven private sector.
   You claim Myers saved 'tens of millions of pound'. Is that not the job of a well paid Town Clerk of any competence.?
   RBK&C is the smallest, richest and easiest to manage of all UK boroughs.
   It is one of the great mysteries of our times how Myers and Cockell managed to position themselves at the top of the salary and allowance heap.
   For the Town Clerk of a small council to be paid close to £280,000 a year beggars belief. And Myers's defence of Cockell's abuse of the Bentley by suggesting it 'saved taxi fares' is just beyond priceless.
   But congratulations Mr Bishop.... a superb piece of sycophancy!

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   HornetsNest16 June 2014 20:29

   What a paean of praise for Sir Del...
   And who might Mr Bishop be.... so obsequious in his praise?
   Mr Bishop has every reason to be over Sir Del like a cheap suit. There aren't many humble personnel officers with salaries and add ons matching our Prime Minister.
   And who should he thank? None other than Derek Myers.
   Put a sock in it Bishop....you never deserved close to £150k a year. More than the personnel manager of a FTSE 250 company

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   Donald Cameron16 June 2014 21:11

   This little bit of indignation from Mr Bishop made me smile. Proof positive that a cabal of self indulgent and self satisfied honchos were running Hornton Street under Derek Myers. "He saved money and was a great boss". Well, Mr Bishop, on £250k plus we expect nothing less from a Town Clerk. But senior managers need to be sensitive to their environment (which is usually unique) and show that they are up to the challenges. Mr Myers' environment at K&C was a Conservative monopoly, a Leader seduced by 14 years in office and a complacent electorate of residents working hard to pay the school fees and the mortgage. Hornton Street was out of site and out of mind so long as the dustbins were collected on time. But when rate payers had occasion to lift the stones and find that the Town Clerk was authorising jollies for the Leader in North America, including expense claims for entertaining strangers, and improper use of facilities such as the Bentley, it became clear that the Town Clerk was too inclined to expediency. And so he was hammered by the Hornet. And rightly so. If you have a different opinion of these specific assertions I would be interested to see them. Please blog.

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