tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post7934776563832640774..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: Light breaks on secret lots, or: 'an honest mistake', by the Daftarrest councilMrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-27448706791660748932014-02-07T01:29:34.169+00:002014-02-07T01:29:34.169+00:00Thank you Mrs Angry for this excellent blog and yo...Thank you Mrs Angry for this excellent blog and your sustained support in raising awareness of our despicable local authority. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-68504813120026248932014-02-03T23:00:44.337+00:002014-02-03T23:00:44.337+00:00If anything shows that council leadership (members...If anything shows that council leadership (members and officers) is not fit-for-purpose it is the latest press release. It appers to show that there is deep-seated institutional paranoia and probably worse.<br /><br />I feel very sorry for the principled officers and members who are having to deal with these completely out-of-control people on a day to day basis; it must be so demoralising and stressful for them.<br /><br />The press release actually has me thinking that things are even much worse than most people could imagine and the sooner this council is dismantled the better as the top level is now so toxic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-47109208227945969362014-02-01T21:20:36.722+00:002014-02-01T21:20:36.722+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-13572045202628870872014-02-01T21:20:23.078+00:002014-02-01T21:20:23.078+00:00How very interesting, Cneifiwr, your comment in te...How very interesting, Cneifiwr, your comment in terms of the timing of events. I imagine that lawyers for Jacqui Thompson are reviewing this information and related matters with great interest.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-33027293227555943082014-02-01T20:37:43.780+00:002014-02-01T20:37:43.780+00:00If I was innocent, as Carmarthenshire County Counc...If I was innocent, as Carmarthenshire County Council maintain, I would want to clear my name immediately and not wait until March for a full Council meeting to debate this issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-2812058905382399832014-02-01T20:13:19.812+00:002014-02-01T20:13:19.812+00:00Thanks, Mrs A. As always a very, very good summary...Thanks, Mrs A. As always a very, very good summary. At several points on Thursday and Friday things were moving so fast that even those of us who follow events closely felt we were losing the plot.<br /><br />One of the most explosive revelations came on Friday when the auditor responded to an extremely misleading council statement which sought to cast doubt on the auditor's competence and integrity.<br /><br />What we now know is that the council ignored advice to seek legal opinion on the indemnity and carried on regardless. When the auditor himself realised what had happened, he sought expert legal opinion and provided it to the council some 5 months before the libel trial began.<br /><br />It is clear that the council dismissed that advice and most likely concealed it from all but a handful of individuals. It was certainly not presented to the full council.<br /><br />What that means in plain terms is that Mr James and a few other players pressed on, determined to take the case to court in the knowledge that the Audit Office had stated that the indemnity was unlawful.<br /><br />Events are set to gather pace next week.<br /><br />Journalists from the mainstream media, bloggers and opposition politicians here have all received an overwhelming response from outraged members of the public, but a well-placed source heard a senior council figure dismissing it as "just headlines which will soon blow over".<br /><br />How wrong they will be shown to be.<br /><br />Cneifiwrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08767078276794410524noreply@blogger.com