22 August (Part 2) - A lie too far
As I hope was made clear two days ago, I considered the complaint against the
Council Leader for holding a political meeting on Council premises to be verging
on the petty. I am sure they must hold strategy meetings in their Committee
Rooms occasionally and which of us really cares if one overflows into the Council Chamber itself?
The complaint first came to my attention on 21st July but not reported here
because I decided there was enough trivia on BiB without adding more.
But the issue is not trivial when the Monitoring Officer, that bastion of
impartiality and honesty for any Council, lies about the meeting.
Susan Hall the Conservatives' Mayoral candidate who absolutely must defeat Sadiq
Khan next May if London is to survive as a thriving metropolis, said it was
a Conservative political meeting. We know that no Labour Councillor was invited
which further indicates that it was a political meeting.
The Monitoring Officer, has stated that the meeting was a business
meeting at which “other Councillors” were present implying that any could attend. Not true.
Another deception is that Councillors met with Mayoral candidates when the truth is
that they only met the two Conservative candidates.
All the indicators were that the meeting was very much a Conservative Group
event as Susan Hall said it was. Everything since has indicated that the Monitoring
Officer is prepared to lie to cover for her bosses most minor of transgressions
against the Code of Conduct rules. viz. Section 7.2b: When using Council resources
ensure that such resources are not used for political purposes.
The Monitoring Officer denies it but the rules were broken and I could barely care less but having a M.O. who is a stranger to the truth is something different entirely.
There is now documentary proof from an impeccable source within Bexley Council
that the meeting was most definitely a political meeting and therefore the letter
sent to @tonyofsidcup was a total fabrication.
She says there is nothing that he can do about it…
… but there is.
Misconduct in a Public Office is a serious offence for which a sentence of
life imprisonment may be passed.
Will Bexley Council dismiss their Monitoring Officer with immediate effect or do nothing and
thereby prove beyond reasonable doubt that it condones dishonesty even where
honesty is the whole raison d’etre for her post?
If she remains as a symbol of Bexley Council’s ingrained dishonesty someone will
have to report her to the police. I thought my days of doing that were over but
what is the point of BiB if it is prepared to gloss over such blatant dishonesty?