A Vulgar Exhibition....Opening Costs of £30,000 Plus

The Dame-though a touch common and vulgar herself-was horrified to hear those two social climbers Cllrs Cockell and Moylan had outdone themselves in the vulgarity stakes.
A council having to cut back on basic services might think it indelicate to spend thousands of pounds on a lavish opening of a road; one which has already cost taxpayers nearly £30 millions. But not so these two whose lifestyles are so generously funded by us poor taxpayers.
Sadly our two jumped up local councillors don't see life quite like that. Puffed up with their own self importance they ordered the best of everything at the Exhibition Road opening yesterday.
Young boy waiters glided around the spacious halls of Imperial College feeding 100 plus or so freeloading guzzlers with fine champagne and foie gras canapes.

Council Entertaining

And certain of our councillors seem to have a more than a passing interest in some of the young catering staff......par for the course, one supposes. We have rather a poor record when it comes to cllrs and an interest in youngish boys....

The Dame has been told that nearly £8,000 was wasted on catering. And it gets worse...the Welsh Guards band cost £4,000 and the teams of Presidential security  a further £3,000 and the vast number of marshals £6,000.

A Council that loves to burn our money

Into these calculations one has to factor in lost working time for all the various officers taking a half day off. And finally, we have the cost of the mechanical white elephant, the jugglers and the acrobats. That lot cost at least £3,000. So the whole afternoon cost at the lower end £20,000, but probably, with other hidden costs, £30,000. At a time when Pooter Cockell is preaching the need for council austerity he is happy to burn £30,000 on a few hours rather poorly organised entertainment. The sooner we have gentlemen running our council the better.