tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post1715350449032202241..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: Uncle Eric's Citizen Samizdat: Barnet's bloggers and the FOIA, a statementMrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-71951161838628495202011-09-26T21:14:49.139+01:002011-09-26T21:14:49.139+01:00something missing from the photo, I think, baarnet...something missing from the photo, I think, baarnett: was MetPro/Evolution Emergency Response not available for escort duty this year?Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-77068757011373366882011-09-26T18:30:06.879+01:002011-09-26T18:30:06.879+01:00News comes of the Friern Barnet Summer Show 2011 (...News comes of the Friern Barnet Summer Show 2011 ("Banners will be confiscated and sent to a better place"), <a href="http://i55.tinypic.com/6oj1vm.jpg" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.<br /><br />It shows, as you say, the Mayor of Barnet up the jaxi, and Brian Coleman about to be in the taxi.baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-12973287776193235102011-09-26T18:02:23.473+01:002011-09-26T18:02:23.473+01:00PS, I don't doubt you are right re Pickles, bu...PS, I don't doubt you are right re Pickles, but we have had so much fun out of his kicking Barnet up the jaxi, and continue to relish the sense of discomfort it extends to our snivelling Tory councillors.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-29601852682405315442011-09-26T17:52:12.983+01:002011-09-26T17:52:12.983+01:00Spasiba,tovarich: greetings to reformed member of ...Spasiba,tovarich: greetings to reformed member of the blogging community of Broken Barnet, Don't Call me Dave. DCMD has been re-eductated and rehabilitated and is now @cannylinguist, available on twitter (and no doubt delighting the ladies of New Barnet). <br /><br />Come back DCMD: all is forgiven.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-35367460858326784612011-09-26T15:03:32.036+01:002011-09-26T15:03:32.036+01:00DCMD salutes your courage, your strength, your ind...DCMD salutes your courage, your strength, your indefatigability! However, he knows from his years of trying to deal with Conservative Central Office in his former life as Chipping Barnet Conservative Association Chairman, that nothing is going to change, however many letters you write to Eric Pickles. <br /><br />Whilst Uncle Eric can talk the talk, he can't walk the walk. There is no appetite within the party to truly reform local government. It is much easier (and cheaper) just to talk about reform, rather than legislate to make it happen.Don't Call Me Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602899129846028170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-20436827998642848672011-09-26T14:47:49.222+01:002011-09-26T14:47:49.222+01:00and several outsourcing companies too: worried abo...and several outsourcing companies too: worried about something? Want to talk to a sympathetic listener in confidence? Steer clear of Mrs Angry then ...Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-26978401474585818362011-09-26T11:25:31.150+01:002011-09-26T11:25:31.150+01:00hello Cneifiwr: thanks and yes, the reality is tha...hello Cneifiwr: thanks and yes, the reality is that most councils are working entirely in the opposite direction to the alleged aims of the localism agenda. Barnet has not only ignored the spirit of localism, it has gone further and removed what few processes there were here that provided any real interaction with the democratic process in the past. There is too much at stake for certain parties in relation to the outsourcing free for all to risk any real scrutiny.<br /><br />Very popular, this post, already - and look, the Audit Commission have called in: morning gents!Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-5921866587633046112011-09-26T10:41:40.952+01:002011-09-26T10:41:40.952+01:00A superb letter, and sadly one which could have be...A superb letter, and sadly one which could have been written about any number of councils. Like you, I await Uncle Eric's response with bated breath.Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.com