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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards
Posted by: Jeremy Parkinson
Date/Time: 29/05/26 10:43:00

It is noteworthy that when Simon talks of a potential political scandal to be uncovered he refers to the issue of Julian Bell's housing, something that happened a long time ago, in another borough and was pretty thoroughly covered by the press (I don't live in Ealing but remember reading about it).

There are genuine scandals about this council currently including the preposterous 'fly-tipping' fine policy and they also get reported.

Simon and Raymond may be right that there is another layer of even worse behaviour in local government which the press is failing to pick up on. However, they should perhaps direct their fire initially at the opposition whose main job it is to find things out and secondly on themselves. They are constantly telling us that bad things are happening in a non-specific way but always fail to come up with details. These days, five minutes drafting an FoI request should be enough to uncover dark dealings that they might suspect.

For now I choose to believe most of the council's dirty laundry has been exposed to public view.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards15/05/26 21:36:00 Jim Lawes
   Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards15/05/26 22:06:00 Simon Hayes
      Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards17/05/26 12:40:00 Raymond Havelock
         Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards21/05/26 17:49:00 Jeremy Parkinson
            Re:Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards21/05/26 18:32:00 Simon Hayes
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards22/05/26 11:43:00 Jim Lawes
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards22/05/26 15:23:00 Simon Hayes
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards26/05/26 14:51:00 Raymond Havelock
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards29/05/26 10:43:00 Jeremy Parkinson
   Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards26/05/26 20:43:00 Graham Cooper
      Re:Re:"Local Democracy Reporter of the Year" Awards27/05/26 09:26:00 Simon Hayes

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