8 August (Part 2) - The nasty party’s Mr. Nasty
Not long ago I suggested that Bexley Council is much improved, perhaps in fact
or maybe because it has simply become better at covering its tracks. Its biggest weak spot is Cabinet Member
Philip Read without whom BiB would have little to say apart from describing
The
Belvedere Beach as ‘magnificent’.
Philip Read is intent on heaping opprobrium on himself and by association the
whole of Bexley Council. Councillor Craske, both personally and under his @bexleyconservatives
non-de-plume appears have learnt the art of spinning half truths as wholly
positive and in a way that makes counter-measures
quite difficult. Well done Peter, a job well done.
On the other hand his colleague Read, either as @PhilipRead1 or @ET_Conservative
(and their Facebook equivalents), can only spew bile.
And not always at me.
My Inbox reveals how he abuses other residents too. This morning’s message
(referring to a Facebook exchange) said…
I just had a hurl of abuse from Philip Read regarding the new Belvedere Beach.
He claims it is more popular than the former Splash Park based on the views of
the selectively invited guests to the official opening.
First he replied as himself but quickly deleted his initial comment and then replied with the same
comment as Thamesmead Conservatives.
He was very aggressive and rude for an elected politician.
Funnily enough, he wouldn’t respond to stage 2 of a secret big plan. The closure of
Belvedere’s library and the Recreation Ground and private sale for housing.
When I mentioned how Belvedere Beach had given Cory
Bexley Air Polluter an opportunity to grease palms it came as no surprise that he deleted
our entire lengthy conversation and blocked me from the Thamesmead Conservative
Facebook page, without any reply.
I feel my comments were too close for comfort.
The writer should not feel personally aggrieved because he is in good company.
When Mabel Ogundayo was elected as the new Labour Councillor for Thamesmead
East, Philip Read went out of his way to humiliate her at every opportunity.
She
was accused of being young, poorly educated, inexperienced, Labour (and better looking than any
Councillor on the Conservative benches). So misogynist Read had taken an instant
and unjustified dislike to her.
He refused to answer a question the
answer to which may have embarrassed Bexley Council on the
grounds that the resident who asked it did not belong to the ‘right’ political party.
He is a nasty piece of work and I wish that his colleagues would take him aside
for a quiet word. By highlighting his own misguided obsessions he does Bexley
Council no good whatsoever.