tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post5845118219846392089..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: Blue Barnet: Mrs Angry sees the light - but the joke's on youMrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-86540450749921713692014-04-02T10:18:37.494+01:002014-04-02T10:18:37.494+01:00Perhaps we should add, of course, that the current...Perhaps we should add, of course, that the current company is very good, and staff exemplary - polite,friendly, and very good at returning all my lost umbrellas. Sadly, they show no interest in secretly filming me in meetings, or stomping about in jackboots looking hard. Boring, but professional.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-71914563806831672002014-04-02T09:27:48.122+01:002014-04-02T09:27:48.122+01:00Yes, tactless of me. And do you know, we never did...Yes, tactless of me. And do you know, we never did get to the bottom of that story: who really was responsible for taking them on, and keeping them there. Or the real safeguarding issues raised by the use of the company in social care cases.<br /><br />Equally no senior officer carried the can for the complete cockup over procurement and the non compliant 'contracts'. But then: this is Barnet, what do you expect?Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-60112297327268708722014-04-02T00:14:38.343+01:002014-04-02T00:14:38.343+01:00Who could forget the statesman-like and regal arri...Who could forget the statesman-like and regal arrival of His Worship The Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Finn, when he was driven into Friary Park to open Brian Coleman's Summer Show?<br /><br />What a wonderful sight it was, with the council's official limo closely escorted by a convoy of shiny MetPro Security vehicles!<br /><br />How small-minded it was of you, Mrs Angry, to mention the lack of any Metpro contracts to work for the council, the invoices paid by the council at perhaps a 50% markup over the going rate, and the effective way the 'non-contract' was moved to another non-contract with a replacement company, when the first one met with 'difficulties' in paying taxes and national insurance.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com