28 August (Part 2) - A lucky escape
Bexley
council has had a lucky escape. I have long thought that sooner or later their
law-breaking tendencies and shunning of almost every
government guideline would get them into trouble, so when an email arrived
bearing the signature shown to the left I thought the day might have come, as sooner or later it will.
It would appear that the Radio 4 programme,
Beyond Westminster is planning a feature
on “armchair auditors” blogging in support of the government’s Big Society and presumably reporting on the
obstacles put in their way by councils hell-bent on
operating under the cloak of secrecy. Unfortunately as negotiations progressed
it became clear I was not able to participate in this particular programme (†) and
without a great deal of thought suggested they contacted Mrs. Angry of the
Broken Barnet blog
instead. Naturally I don't think that blog is anything like as incisive as
Bonkers but maybe the broken borough of Barnet doesn’t provide the blogger with the daily
stream of wrong-doing as kindly provided by Bexley council. So with some
reluctance I passed the baton to North London and I hope if the BBC made contact with
Mrs. A. she used it to good effect. I have lost contact with the BBC on this issue
now, but my recollection is that the programme was scheduled for next Saturday at 11:00.
Meanwhile we have the
TV to look forward to.
† For personal reasons I would prefer to keep from Bexley council; but next time,
they won’t be relevant.