20 June - Let down by Bexley Council - again!
There might have been a report on last nightְ’s Children’s Services Scrutiny Committee here today but Bexley
Council has failed us once again. Both when listening live and to the so called recording there is nothing but a succession of
still pictures and half a second of audio every ten seconds or so. We know Bexley Council is useless and once again they prove it.
What else can be reported?
Old Bexley and Sidcup
Louie
French was elected as Conservative MP for OB&S in December 2021 following the death of James
Brokenshire. I know next to nothing about Mr. French except that he had
the good sense to get away from Teresa O’Neill’s Cabinet as quickly as possible
and when we were both invited to
the 100th anniversary celebration
at the Old Bexley Ex-Servicemen’s club it was noteworthy that he didn’t buzz off as soon as
his speech was delivered but stuck
around chatting, shaking hands etc.
I’d guess he is an OK sort of bloke but I haven’t a clue whether he was
pro-Boris, anti-Rishi, for or against Net Zero, a wet, a secret
Lib-Dem or what.
It cannot be easy being a new MP in a collapsing government. There would have to
be a degree of loyalty to the leadership or one’s card would be forever marked
but a balance would have to be struck with an increasingly sceptical electorate.
Maybe the only answer is to keep one’s head down and avoid answering questions.
The real Louie French is a big unknown to me. On the other hand his rivals are perhaps
too well known and wouldn’t want their past looked into too closely. Encouraging
dishonesty and forging letters may be almost a pre-requisite for being an MP
these days but my inclination is to disagree.
As such if I was forced to vote in Old Bexley & Sidcup it would be for Louie.
Someone who does not share my sympathy for him is Dimitri Shvorob. He has had a number
of run-ins with Louie French, or at least he would have done if Louie ever
replied to his enquiries. He only seems to do so if Dimitri adopts a false name.
Dimitri feels so strongly about it that he has been distributing leaflets in Sidcup and I have
managed to get hold of one.
Mr. Shvorob is not a man to cross.
If Labour is elected in OB&S I am going to feel bad about giving Mr. S. the
publicity but I would do the same if I got hold of any official leaflets. They appear to be a thing of the past.
Not a single one through my letterbox yet.
In Chingford where I was on Tuesday two former Labour voters (and a former Tory)
said they had already postal voted for Iain Duncan-Smith
֧“because he is a damned good local [Conservative] MP”. When will Louie attract that sort of support?
Erith & Thamesmead
I
have been picking up vibes that the residents of Erith, Thamesmead, Belvedere
and Abbey Wood are largely unaware that their parliamentary constituency has
been moved to the left in both senses of the word.
The few posh bits of E&T have been chopped off by the electoral commission and the
constituency has I believe been extended a little towards the badlands of Woolwich.
As such we are likely to be stuck with a useless MP for ever more and maybe it
is time to have a bit of electoral fun by voting for
Nigel Farage’s man.
Kelly Wilkinson
What do you reckon?
Dear
Mr Knight,
I am sorry I blocked your road to through traffic on 29th May and made you late
for your appointment. There had been an urgent call to one of your neighbours
which turned out to be for longer than anticipated and there were few parking
spaces nearby. I did not realise that my client had their own private parking
space which was free and I will have this in mind should similar circumstances
occur again.
Or
Dear
Mr Knight,
I am a Bexley Council employee and as such I can do pretty much what I like.
If that means your house burns down because it cannot be reached by a fire
engine then that is not my concern. As I think you have heard from your own
correspondents I take pride in my arrogance which has served me well in Bexley
and allowed me to rise to a
position where I can lord it over lesser mortals.
It is three weeks since Bexley Council told me they would respond to my
complaint about Kelly Wilkinson within five working days. It can be no surprise
that @tonyofsidcup feels driven to go to the Information Commissioner when
Bexley Council ignores him. I will have to think about referring Bexley Council to the LGO.
How long would it take to dash off a response but no they would much
prefer to confirm our prejudices about their uselessness?
Secret message
For my police correspondent. Yes I had noticed that
Crimebodge was back on
YouTube their algorithm nust have noticed that I look at similar channels. We have come a long way since Bonkers first began to report on police
corruption and won few friends because of it but now even Home Office reports
agree with me. From murder to two-tier policing senior police officers are
beyond redemption.