With
nothing worthy of comment until - possibly - tomorrow’s Full Council meeting in
Bexley the Twitter barrel has to be scraped. Fortunately Conservative Councillor
Philip Read comes to the rescue as he so often does.
He makes capital out of the fact that all six of the MPs found guilty of expenses fiddles
more than ten years ago were Labour but a poor memory has left him open to more ridicule.
It is a matter of public record that Michael Barnbrook was a complainant and
sometimes the principal complainant in all those cases (and several more) which
may explain to some extent why Councillor Read refused to answer Michael’s public question at a
Council meeting when Read’s department was accused of covering up the neglect that preceded
the death of Rhys Lawrie
with a Serious Case Review that Michael thought was of dubious merit. It was conducted by a former Bexley
Director of Children’s Services.
Michael was subsequently banned from making Freedom of Information requests to Bexley Council.
The list of
MPs brought down by Michael Barnbrook may be seen here.