The one-time leader of our Council, Sir Merrick 'Pooter' Cockell, never forgave the Dame for exposing his massive expense claims and first-class travel. He claimed the 'old bitch' (as he rudely calls the saintly Dame) had cost him a place for his ample backside on the red benches of the Upper House.... plus a handy £40,000 a year attendance allowance.
It now seems that our current leader, Cllr Campbell believes that she too will be robed in ermine!
No one is quite sure why she should feel so entitled.
She has possibly seen how Pooter has built up a lucrative bunch of sinecures and feels she too should have a slice.
Together with Cllr Weale she was very much part of the Cabinet whose lack of control of the TMO allowed this horrific tragedy to happen.
The TMO was very much a creature of the Cabinet Weale and Campbell served in.
The stench of the smoke of Grenfell will never leave Campbell and Weale
ReplyDeleteDidn't Weale get the chop from her broker job? She was desperate for income replacement so her pals sorted it for her. Corrupt bunch
ReplyDeleteAs usual, the Dame is on the button. The game that dizzy is playing is vintage Hornton Street - straight out of the book of disgraced Cllr Pooter Cockle.
ReplyDeleteBest mate Cllr Weale has told carpet bagger dizzy that if she plays her cards well she can make it to the House of Lords. A key player in all of this is Chief Clerk Barry Quirk - his job is to make sure that dizzy is insulated from the Grenfell shit. Quirky has promised to do this - starting with doubling the PR budget and splashing Council Tax on uber cost lawyers. The Grenfell strategy is "its not our fault".
Little behaviours pass big messages. For example, Cabinet Member Kim Taylor-Smith does not draw his hefty £60k allowance. He is in the fortunate position of being a rich person and allows his entitlement to be spent on the more needy. A great example that he does not boast about. Others could follow his example.
ReplyDeleteCllr dizzy Campbell is loaded. She has a house in Chelsea, a country estate in the Isle of White and a ski chalet in Verbier (next door to Prince Andrew). That's £50 million of real estate for a start. All inherited from her dad, a colonial trader who made his money in Hong Kong and gave his daughter a boarding school education in England. Now the girl wants to cap this all with a bit of of Ermine and RBKC is the stepping stone.
Pass the sick bag, Dame
Sounds, Whip it out,as if dad was a social climber.
DeleteDizzy loves the aristos and even manages to hob nob with some of the fringe members who she feeds crumbs to. For example Earl's daughter Cllr Weale ("we agreed to listen but not to hear") and Mary's cousin, disgraced ex Cllr Rock Fielding-Mellon - owner of the consultancy "Socially Conscious Capiital" which operates from mum's stately pile while they drill holes in the heads to obtain esoteric feelings. Really.
Delete"Next door to Prince Andrew".
DeleteOf course.....
Followers of the Dame unfortunately like to impart false information on the Hornet. For the record, Cllr Elizabeth Campbell DOES NOT live next door to Prince Andrew in Verbier. The opposite is true. Prince Andrew lives next door to Cllr Campbell.
DeleteCllr Campbell has twitched her curtains in Verbier and spied the Prince. But they have never met. His Royal Highness runs an exclusive household at the ski resort and has no knowledge of the neighbours
ReplyDeleteDear Dame,
ReplyDeletePlease save us from these social climbers. Cllr Campbell bought an estate in the Isle of White to be near the Queens house at Osborne. But that did not bear fruit. So she bought a ski chalet in Verbier so she could be close to Prince Andrew. That did not work out either. Where next? Sandringham? Lots of country properties for sale near the estate.
Yours sincerely
Observer
An arriviste. A great bore that these people keep turning up in society. And a shame about this filly who must have had nice curves when young
ReplyDeleteLord Kensington,
DeleteThe Dame has had complaints about your lasciviousness. We know that in '70's Chelsea you set hearts racing but now you are just a 'Vieux Beau'.
Just read the blog. The Royal chaser. Also a Royal Borough. She is still trying to met up with William and Kate but she managed Meghan at a Grenfell event for survivors.
ReplyDeleteDear Dame,
ReplyDeleteThe benches in the House of Lords are red not green. Pooter definitely wanted to sit on the red leather benches.
Duchess...a slip of the pen. Thank you.
DeleteWhat a pathetic, self aggrandising, shower our Councillors are!
ReplyDeleteSocialist, Emma Dent Coad claims to be a descendant of Catherine de Medici, Christopher Columbus and the Borgias.
Wealthy Capitalist, Dizzy Lizzie wants to be presented at Court and in the House of Lords in a robe of Scarlet and Ermine.
Emma owns property in close proximity to Grenfell.
Dizzy owns property in close proximity to Prince
Andrew at Verbier.
Dizzy and Emma are
Neither of this pair have covered themselves in glory
Emma has claimed that she is much classier than any of the Tories on the Council. She's a very snobbish woman.
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