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Yearly Archives: 2024

SBC: FOX – ‘Mayor Elect’ Vote Unconstitutional

SBC: FOX – ‘Mayor Elect’ Vote Unconstitutional an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the Scarborough Borough Council resolution to confirm incumbent Leader, Councillor Tom FOX, as Mayor Elect for the Council year 2015/16. ~~~~~ The Council’s decision [...]

January 17, 2015 Scarborough Borough Council

“On Her Majesty’s Service?” – CodHead 066

“On Her Majesty’s Service?” CodHead seems to have been been eaves-dropping in the “Corridors of Corruption Power” again. He must have overheard the one about the wrong long arm of the law grasping for the perceived protection (and reflected glory) [...]

January 15, 2015 Cartoons

“Whistle-blowers” – The Voices Are Gathering

“Whistle-blowers” – The Voices Are Gathering – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, presenting a further perspective on the prevailing public sector practice and policy of suppressing legitimate complainants and “whistle-blowers”. ~~~~~ On 10th January 2015, I took [...]

January 14, 2015 Misc

Gagged “Whistle-Blowers”

A Letter to the Editor from Marie STEPHENSON of Scarborough, who writes in support of recent articles on the subject of “whistle-blowers” whose complaints remain uninvestigated and who have received disgraceful intimidatory treatment from the very bodies whose statutory duty, [...]

January 13, 2015 Letters

Scarborough News Announces: Tom FOX For Mayor

Scarborough News Announces: Tom FOX For Mayor – an update to the “In My View” article of Sunday 11th January 2015 entitled “SBC: Standing At The Crossroads – TOM FOX”, in which NIGEL WARD mooted the hitherto unpublished suggestion that [...]

January 13, 2015 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: Revenue Raptors – Parking Predators

SBC: Revenue Raptors – Parking Predators  an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the contention that Scarborough Borough Council is a giant leech when it comes to revenue – and a miser when it comes to service provision and [...]

January 11, 2015 North Yorkshire County Council, Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: Standing At The Crossroads – Tom FOX

SBC: Standing At The Crossroads – Tom FOX an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, exercising his freedom of expression to report on the first Scarborough Borough Council Meeting since the official North Yorkshire Police public condemnation of former [...]

January 11, 2015 North Yorkshire Police, Scarborough Borough Council

A Culture Of Cowardice (YP)

A Culture Of Cowardice A Letter to the Yorkshire Post (9th January 2014) from  John BRADFIELD – former Medical, Psychiatric & Child Care Social Worker & Tutor, of Harrogate  – which is eminently worthy of reproduction here on the North [...]

January 10, 2015 Letters

Double Standards: An Open Letter to SBC Monitoring Officer Lisa Dixon

Double Standards:  An Open Letter to SBC Monitoring Officer Lisa Dixon Crime and Parliamentary Affairs correspondent Tim HICKS has now been forced to publish an Open Letter to Scarborough Borough Council Director of Legal & Democratic Services & Monitoring Officer [...]

January 8, 2015 Scarborough Borough Council

Jobs For The Boys (and Girls)?

A Letter to the Editor from David SIMISTER, of Harrogate, on the subject of Tory ‘golden girl’ Rebecca BURNETT’ s appointment to the Cabinet Portfolio for Sustainable Transport at Harrogate & Knaresborough Borough Council. David is a North Yorkshire County [...]

January 8, 2015 Letters