Such a shame: they will miss all the exciting news from their grand next door neighbours.....
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| A CHAINED UP DAME! |
We now hear who it was on high who gave this advice to councillors.....
It was none other than Cllr Greenhalgh.
Councillor Greenhalgh, despite being pre-occupied with the Met, still has friends in the H&F Cabinet and is thus still able to throw his substantial weight around!
Evidently 'Steve' was unamused at the Dame poking some harmless fun about his hand being disconnected from his brain in the City Hall lift. We all know how difficult it is in a crowded lift.....
Even so it is no reason to stop councillors having their harmless bit of fun too. Lift the ban 'Steve' and prove that you are the libertarian you boast of being!
Another example of small minded and intrusive behaviour.
ReplyDeleteI do not understand what is the point of being heavy handed and drawing peoples attention to something which might not be accessed to by many; this will only encourage those with initiative to find out a little more about the Dame and contributors and their informative and unbiased views!
Why on earth would H&F want to ban the Dame? They have nothing to be ashamed of! The Dame has never found it necessary to attack the culture and style of leadership. On the contrary......
ReplyDeleteThe directive went out on 10th January and about 20 H&F Councillors were barred from access to the wisdom of the Dame. Is the Hornton Street paranoia spreading to H&F?
ReplyDeleteGreenhalgh is a monster. His treatment of the poor and vulnerable in H and F was shameless.
ReplyDeleteWhat does Greenhalgh have to do with it? He moved on to the GLA ages ago to be the Police Mayor and has screwed up. Touching up a young member of staff in the GLA lift
DeleteOne rule for Mr Greenhalgh another for every body else; rather like the BBC.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very strange blog. Until now the Dame has not paid too much attention to H&F because they seemed to be doing all the right things. Cutting back on waste and saving Council Tax. But when one sees a move like this it can be a signal that all is not well and the Dame needs to shine her well known light into some dark places. Be on your guard H&F
ReplyDelete20.30 you are right. The Dame is a person of the world and picks up on things that many do not notice. Only the other day she noticed that Pooter Cockell has expanded his self promotion activities and is now doing personal video messages on the K&C website. But look carefully - he is a frightened man. The Dame has rattled his cage and he is drowning
DeleteGreenhalgh is dust. The question is who in H&F is trying to stifle comment from the Dame?
ReplyDeleteIf Greenhalgh has something on someone in H&F, this is just the kind of thing that the Met would enjoy looking into
ReplyDeleteDoes the Dame have any idea from her sources who gave the order and why?
ReplyDeleteCould it be that the well established anti democratic tendencies of K&C are being spread to H&F? Hornton Street prides itself on masses of "consultation" and "data publication" but this is mostly a veneer of box ticking. "Consultation" is used to announce the decisions of closed meetings of Councillors and officials and "data" is frequently disguised to hide what is really going on. H&F are in great danger if this cancer is about to spread across the border. If this blog is correct and Councillors have been banned from reading the Hornet then this is censorship in its most blatant form
ReplyDeleteIt is always a person who initiates these anti democratic practices and it is probably another pox flowing out from the tri Borough nonsense. In this case it is unlikely to be Cockell. The Leader of H&F, Cllr Botterill, has little time for the "Prime Minister" Cockell. He has told friends that he thinks he is a prat. And of course Pooter looks down on low life Botterill. A youngster with no social status and no country pile. (Unlike the Young Pretender of the Royal Borough Cllr "Rock" Mellon).
DeleteThe other bridge of poison is Derek Myers, joint Chief Executive of K&C and H&F. He is known to be power mad and pissed off that Westminster will have nothing to do with him. He also knows that the Hornet is strongly against the tri Tripartite stupidity and Myers himself has been given stick from time to time by the Dame. It could be that Myers has taken steps to deny H&F Councillors their democratic rights. If this is so he needs to be ruthlessly put down
A quick glance through the H&F website shows a line up of Councillors who (judging from their photographs) are a young, vibrant and dynamic bunch. Labour and Conservative. A stark contrast to the brow beaten poodles of K&C. Hornet readers should spend a few minutes on the respective websites and check out the people whose job it is to represent residents in a democratic democracy.
ReplyDeleteThe Hornet is a political blog dedicated to exposing wrongdoing and applauding good work in the affairs of K&C and to a lesser extent H&F and Westminster. It is an intelligence data base for local Councillors and officers and it is administered by the highest journalistic standards. If some tin pot bureaucrat is attempting to stifle free speech then there can be no doubt that the Councillors of H&F will react with fury. They know what they have to do.
Who is imposing censorship in H&F? We should be told
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