tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post2466256872395565740..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: Change and Decay in all around we see, and A Tale of Two BarnetsMrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-34298841073956837432013-04-09T08:18:48.629+01:002013-04-09T08:18:48.629+01:00I am a Labour party supporter and had the pleasure...I am a Labour party supporter and had the pleasure of serving on the same school governing body as Leslie Sussman. I was always impressed by his dedication, his openness to others' ideas and his sound judgement. He quite changed ny views of Tories. It's shame the present lot are nothing like him.Jeff Richardsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-28324681673830634522013-04-09T00:07:01.692+01:002013-04-09T00:07:01.692+01:00Hello Neal: how nice to receive this comment from ...Hello Neal: how nice to receive this comment from you - I think your father was a very rare thing, an honourable man, and one admired by all parties here in Barnet. I am sure you are very proud of him, and such a dedication to the ethos of public service. I wish more representatives would look at his example and take note. Best wishes, anyway: Mrs A.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-49010073084446279012013-04-08T19:24:19.772+01:002013-04-08T19:24:19.772+01:00Dear Mrs Angry, I have just read this post and wan...Dear Mrs Angry, I have just read this post and wanted to say that you are absolutely correct in many of your opinions and I totally agree that Councillor Leslie Sussman undertook his duties in a completely selfless manner and with great love and hope of building a better communuty around him. I can say this with complete confidence as I am his son, and I am always overwhelmed when people remember the man he was. Thank you, Neal SussmanNeal Sussmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-21477384851770098412012-02-27T16:29:31.699+00:002012-02-27T16:29:31.699+00:00I think there were quite a few of the old school T...I think there were quite a few of the old school Tories then, don't know about wets, exactly. Remember Leslie Sussman, who only died last year, and who never took any allowance, being minded to see his post as councillor as public service? The present lot are neo Thatcherites, most not around then. And one cannnot imagine any of them undertaking their duties with the same selfless motive - to serve the community. Which reminds me, another story in the local Times today about Brian Coleman's rudeness to a constituent over parking problems in North Finchley ...Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-66875444558496567852012-02-27T16:15:20.093+00:002012-02-27T16:15:20.093+00:00For those around to remember, did the "wets&q...For those around to remember, did the "wets" die out in Barnet/Finchley in the Thatcher years?<br /><br />It might have been uncomfortable to have been "semi-detached", and "not one of us", at the time.baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-81841911897911938782012-02-26T22:49:38.444+00:002012-02-26T22:49:38.444+00:00ah ... that's better, cleansed of trolling to...ah ... that's better, cleansed of trolling toryism ... I am always fascinated by the sheer awful oikishness of our Barnet Tories: me, I like my conservative class enemies to be gentlemen, and not jumped up plebs like Coleman et al. <br /><br />In Barnet they are almost all sad little Thatcherites, living in the past, and accompanied by a new intake of young right wing opportunists who are still living at home with Mum and Dad and know nothing about anything, but fancy themselves as politicians. <br /><br />Of the old timers, John Marshall and Brian Schama are gents, Cornelius is nice but dim, the rest, apart from the Salingers, are ghastly ... only there for their allowances. The women are largely invisible and treated pretty appallingly by what appears to be a chauvanistic, not to say misogynist prevailing attitude by the dominant Cabinet members. Interestingly, and tellingly, there are no young women Tory councillors. And this is how Coleman manages to push the group into supporting his ludicrous and self imploding policies: there is a vacuum, and he has inhabited it, in his inimitable way. What will happen when he loses his seat in May is anyone's guess: I imagine they might start to turn on him, fearing for the loss of their publicly funded sinecures at the next local election.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-53842473222539246592012-02-26T21:14:52.129+00:002012-02-26T21:14:52.129+00:00hmm, will answer later, bath about to spill over ....hmm, will answer later, bath about to spill over ..Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-8470008192240730192012-02-26T20:47:34.145+00:002012-02-26T20:47:34.145+00:00The most stratified local authority I know is Hari...The most stratified local authority I know is Haringey - richer west, poorer east. Barnet is more mixed.<br /><br />But hostorically, and without looking at individuals, it is odd there is not more of a patrician (plus the female of that) and 'one-Nation' Conservatisim in Barnet, rather than what we have - bright blue in tooth and claw.baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-26544017771411940742012-02-26T19:32:58.187+00:002012-02-26T19:32:58.187+00:00yes, we were in East Cem, still missed Marx. Miss ...yes, we were in East Cem, still missed Marx. Miss Angry would be less ignorant of such things if she would show more respect when her mother is lecturing her on issues of grave historical and political significance, and was less impertinent.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-67393778692902561982012-02-26T18:36:56.346+00:002012-02-26T18:36:56.346+00:00Karl is buried in the less photogenic East cemeter...Karl is buried in the less photogenic East cemetery, which may explain Miss Angry's ignoranceTom Roperhttp://www.roper.org.uknoreply@blogger.com