10 March (Part 1) - War & Peace
I
jumped off the 229 bus outside the Civic Centre at 6:45 last night into the arms
of two policemen, well very nearly, and then spotted two more at the bus stop
opposite. After explaining to a couple pushing a buggie that there was no impending
royal visit, I arrived at the entrance to the cesspit of local government,
Bexley’s Civic Centre. The doors were closed and I counted 12 policemen at the
entrance. All this because one man had said he wanted to exercise his democratic
right and video the proceedings. The government says he should be welcomed
(read
their letter to the Council Leader) but in Bexley because deep corruption needs to
be covered up they think otherwise. The council had even gone to the trouble of having a
new leaflet printed at your
expense which says you can’t record the Mayor
and her Forty Thieves at a public meeting, contrary to guidance.
As
well as the police presence (I later counted 18 at the front, three inside
and six in the car park but not all at the same time so the total number may be
lower than 27) there were a dozen or more hired-in heavily tattooed skin-heads
and several female versions thereof (who had spent too much of their spare time in
McDonalds) with instructions to restrict movement. I was prevented
from addressing a councillor by one of them on my way out. It was the
most disgraceful sight I have ever seen, all because the top brass among our
councillors are scared witless that their long history of abuse of the local
population is, thanks to technology and a government with a more liberal approach
to democracy than the last one, being ruthlessly exposed. I am beginning to realise now why this
government called a conference of site owners
who had councils in their sights last September. Obviously they are aware that local
councils include far too many ne’er do wells, incompetents and half-wits who
don’t know when it is inappropriate for them to
keep their silly mouths shut.
This was the night that Bexley council declared war on its citizens.
So far today I have heard of two letters of complaint to Under Secretary of
State, Bob Neill and one move to pursue a libel case against Val Clark (Mayor).
I know no details of the latter but if there are developments you know where they will appear first.
The peaceful protests pictured were by parents concerned at the withdrawal
of various care facilities for their disabled children and by the Bexley Council
for Equality and Diversity which was awarded an honour at last week’s chaotic awards ceremony.