Friday, 21 June 2019

THE PRICE OF MR PRICE-THOMPSON

PRICEY PRICE-THOMPSON?
Our calamity-prone Council appointed an ex-local newspaper hack, Mr. Price-Thompson to do what he claims is  'reimagining' how the Council could, in the words of our glorious leader, cure "the fact that some people had lost faith in us completely. 
They had lost faith in the Council."
The Dame has always been interested in spinning and PR hocus pocus having founded what is now one of the UK's major communications consultancies(yes, she's a busy old thing!)
She had never heard of this particular PR sleight of hand called 'reimagining' so decided to find out how much it's going to cost the poor, bloody council taxpayer. 
This is her Freedom of Information request to the Council. Let's hope that the 'need for transparency' piously called for by Mr. Price-Thompson extends to its answer of the FOI below.

Please provide the following information:

1. The salary and pension costs of Mr. Price-Thompson, Head of News.
2. The number of  full and part-time employees, directly and indirectly, reporting to Mr. Price-Thompson and the aggregated remuneration costs

3. The number of external consultancies retained or used ad hoc by Mr. Price-Thompson's department and their cost.


8 comments:

  1. Dominic Grayson21 June 2019 at 09:12

    I wonder if Mr. Price-Thompson sends out his 'news' releases to the Hornet's Nest?

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  2. Anonymous21 June 2019 at 09:13

    I was always told that journalists hated PR people sending them "News Releases" as it was the job of the journalist to decide what or was not "News"

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  3. Anonymous21 June 2019 at 09:16

    The Dame complained that Mr. Quirke and Cllrs Campbell and
    Taylor-Smith had not even bothered to reply to her report about the catastrophic impact of illegal subletting in the Royal Borough.
    Shows the Council only pays lip service to communicating with residents.

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  4. Anonymous21 June 2019 at 19:07

    Please let us know how you get on with your FOI request. They have 20 business days to respond I think.

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  5. Anonymous23 June 2019 at 12:21

    @09:16 - SPOT ON - ITS ALL A SHAM
    KTS and Dizzy have no interest in residents views.
    Dizzy hides behind the "she gets it, but she's a bit thick" M O.
    KTS just plays the political game

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  6. Anonymous23 June 2019 at 14:55

    Can't wait to hear results of the FOI request, please keep us posted! Great work, keep fighting the system.

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  7. Clear The Swamp24 June 2019 at 11:53

    Dizzy falling into the bad old ways of disgraced ex Leader Merrick Cockle. Bogus surveys, monumental trash press releases, and sexed up Press Releases.

    Dizzy needs to understand that is results that matter , not hot air.

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  8. Angry Resident24 June 2019 at 18:38

    It is absurd that Local Government wastes money on puffers. The Leader should rely on Councillors to tell her what matters to residents and it is the Ward Councillors who should communicate and explain to local residents.

    Another example of dizzy squandering tax payers money. Just like she continues to do on Opera Holland PArk

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