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News and Comment May 2023

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24 May - No arguing, I’m in charge

Di NetimahIt’s a long line; Peter Catterall, Simon Windle, Rob Leitch, Louie French, arguably Alex Sawyer and most recently Felix Di Netimah. All are Bexley Conservatives who suddenly upped sticks and left Teresa O’Neill’s ruling cabal.

One of them told me face to face and in some detail why he had decided not to be a Councillor any more. Another emailed his desire that I should continue to scrutinise the Council and yet another had a similar conversation to the first but with a third party who passed it on to me.

None could get on with a domineering Leader. Through an intermediary once again but written by the man from Crayford only two days ago; “The Leader of the group and I clashed on a great many things. She won and I lost. That’s it.”

Teresa O’Neill does not like people who disagree with her and “criticism of Councillors” is a matter for the police as I Iearned the hard way. (See below.) But she makes the well paid appointments and money always talks.
Criticism

I was accused of threatening arson and violence because of the use of the metaphor “Pitchforks and Flaming Torches”. The truth was that I quoted the Erith based Maggot Sandwich blog which continues to host the same words. The police later apologised to me for heeding the Leader’s misinformation but she did not.

 

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