21 May (Part 2) - A tribute to Olly Cromwell
I suppose that headline should be explained to newer readers.
In 2011 a blogger going by the name of Olly Cromwell (a.k.a. John Kerlen) put a
picture of an anonymous house on Twitter with the comment “What sort of ****
lives in a house like this“. The owner of the house who was a Conservative
Councillor didn’t see it but was tipped off about it. He complained to the
police about the unseen Tweet and they charged the author with harassment who
ended up in Bexley Magistrates Court. The CPS produced no evidence and the
harassment charge was dropped.
Bexley Council and their police friends are nothing if not vindictive so
they embroidered the words in the Tweet and went back to court because of the
rude word and what they maliciously added to it.
I think there were seven court appearances for that second stage of the
proceedings where the Councillor and the police lied on oath. Fortunately the
final judge saw through it all and said the rude word was not “grossly offensive” anyway.
Given the
Twitter origins of those expensive court appearances I was both surprised and amused
to see this very similar Tweet (click image) from
North End Labour. Someone there has a
magnificent sense of humour and irony.
Their Tweet differs from Olly Cromwell’s in that it provides a house number, not that
that identifies the property; how many tens of thousands of number thirty sevens
are there in the country?
It doesn’t contain the rude four letter word either. On the other hand I know it
to be the house rented by Councillors Don and Sharon Massey. When I pictured
“their house” I chickened out and
showed only a similar house.
Do you think North End Labour will now get a visit from the cops? Olly Cromwell
did for his efforts and so have I.
When you are dealing with organisations as corrupt as Bexley Council and the
Metropolitan Police (I have seen their written admission that they are) it’s probably
best not to speculate about the reasons.
Click the image to see what North End Labour said.