The unusual site banners are to bring attention to the fact that Labour activists in Bexley are manipulating Facebook Groups with fictional posters. They deny it, threaten police action for ‘harassing’ a fictitious character and then demonstrate their willingness to impersonate by creating a false Administrator account in my name. The banner on display is chosen randomly from a selection of three, with a fourth bearing the familiar Bexley Council is Bonkers logo.
A few years ago the Chartered Institute of Public Finance
and Accountancy didn’t much like the direction in which Bexley Council’s
reserves were heading. They were in a worse place than any other London borough
and if they didn’t do something about it all the money would be gone by 2022.
(Which looked to be over-dramatic to this
non-accountant.)
Things were
not good in 2023 either (reserves down from £74 million to £67 million in a year) but the brakes must have been applied even harder since because Bexley is not broke - yet - but the
direction of travel is unchanged. General Fund reserves are down by another £6 million
in twelve months.
Click this image to see the bigger picture.
Probably the next government will lift the Council Tax cap and residents will be fleeced even more than they are now.