Who deleted expenses diary of
Mr Pooter?
PUBLISHED: 22:44,
28 April 2013 | UPDATED: 23:13,
28 April 2013
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Convenient: It seems that Sir Merrick Cockell has had his online biography on Wikipedia edited - to remove references to his legendary expenses
Westminster has been awash with speculation over who
edited the Wikipedia entry of rising Labour star Chuka Umunna to include
comparisons with President Obama.
Apparently the changes, designed to flatter the Shadow
Business Secretary, were made from a computer at the very law firm where he was
working before he became an MP in 2010. A coincidence, of course.
Now it seems Britain’s highest-paid councillor, the
pompous Sir Merrick Cockell, has also had his online biography edited — to
remove references to his legendary expenses.
Cockell, the leader of true-blue Conservative
Kensington & Chelsea Council, is also chairman of the Local Government
Association, on a combined salary for both jobs of £120,000. My mole at his
town hall tells me that on March 25 the list of his expenses was taken off his Wikipedia
entry by someone calling themselves ed17.
Conveniently, his many enemies kept a copy of the
deleted words. It shows he spent £59.74 on a taxi from Heathrow Airport to the
town hall and £129.53 on lunch with two people. His nickname, Pooter, which he
hates, also vanished along with an article giving more details about his
spending.
He lavished £60,000 on a Head of Office, and £40,000
on his PA; £115,000 on a Bentley with the number plate RBKC, which Cockell used
to use to save on taxi fares; and £800,000 on creating four ceremonial roles,
including a mace bearer, and decking their holders out in ruffs and silk
coats.
Cockell is standing down as leader in May. Let’s hope
his successor tries to save taxpayers’ money, rather than squandering it on vanity
projects.
You wait to they hear about Danny Boys allowances!!!
ReplyDeleteWith the feeble Labour opposition in Kensington Town Hall, we can only rely on the media (Andrew Peirce at the Daily Mail and the Evening Standard) plus of course the Dame, to keep the greedy Tories in Hornton Street on their toes. A new Leader will be with us shortly. Let us hope that he is less self interested than Cllr Cockell and sets a better example with personal extravagance and personal entertainment charged up to tax payers
ReplyDeleteIt is high time for a new Leader of Labour in Horton Street.
DeleteMaybe Emma Dent Coad could bring a bit of life back to this feeble and voiceless Opposition?
Time for you learn, Pooter. There is no hiding place now. Why don't you push off to Cornwall and do us all a favour. Including yourself
ReplyDeleteIt is just awful to think that this person was tolerated for so long by Conservative councillors
ReplyDeleteThe bald facts are that Cllr Cockell was using the Mayor's Bentley "to save taxi fares", he was flying to America First Class to "freebies", staying at the best hotels, using limos and entertaining friends (sometimes on Saturday night in New York) at top restaurants. And charging it all up to tax payers. Whether or not this has been deleted from Wikipedia, it is a matter of public record.
ReplyDeleteFuture Leades of K&C need to remember that the Dame and FOI is a wicked combination.
ReplyDeleteNo surprise here then; we all know what has been going on at Hornton Street
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