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Monthly Archives: February 2024

Open Brexit Letter to Robert Goodwill

Dear Mr Goodwill, I write after BBC Look North announced you support Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May’s draft Brexit deal, aka the European Union Withdrawal Agreement. Given you offered your support so quickly, I presume you’ve read the voluminous 585 [...]

November 19, 2018 Letters, Misc

EXCLUSIVE: The BULLYGAN Scandal: A Skillful Response?

EXCLUSIVE: The BULLYGAN Scandal: A Skillful Response? by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Background In October, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner Mrs Julia Mulligan was found guilty of bullying former employees of her Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for [...]

November 18, 2018 North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner, Uncategorized

‘NO CONFIDENCE’ Vote Called Against Mayor Joe PLANT

BREAKING NEWS! ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ Vote Called Against Mayor Joe PLANT – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD. ~~~~~ The North Yorks Enquirer has received a Press Release announcing that a Requisition calling for an Extraordinary Meeting of Scarborough [...]

November 16, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council

N & E Yorks Tory Melt-Down Begins

N & E Yorks Tory Melt-Down Begins an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a crisis of confidence ripping through our region’s Conservative Associations. ~~~~~ Many Enquirer readers who also follow the anti-corruption and public interest endeavours [...]

November 15, 2018 East Riding of Yorkshire Council, North Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner, Scarborough Borough Council

Misogyny: Police Chiefs Support NYE

Misogyny: Police Chiefs Support NYE by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ The Misogyny Controversy The NYE has been covering the current controversy over classifying offences that are perceived by the victim to be motivated by misogyny as a hate crime. Article here. [...]

November 14, 2018 Police

“All The King’s Horses”

In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the one-hundred-and-sixty-second in a continuing series of so-called “Photoons” – cartoons developed from digital photographs – highlighting the more amusing aspects of current affairs in North Yorkshire and far beyond. Readers [...]

November 13, 2018 Photoons

Time For A SHAKE-UP!

Time For A SHAKE-UP! Guest Author MIKE WARD spells out the methodology of the Scarborough Tories’ spin factory. ~~~~~ The Cash Cow that is Whitby: The Plug-hole that is SBC  Scarborough Borough Council continues to take the ‘proverbial’ out of [...]

November 12, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council

SBC Cllr Demands Abolition of ‘Black-Lists’

“Free Speech, Free Press, Free Country” A Letter to the Editor from recently re-instated Scarborough Borough Councillor Michelle Donohue-Moncrieff, who writes in defence of freedom of expression and a free press and calls upon all right-thinking Councillors to support the [...]

November 10, 2018 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

£10,000 REWARD re Stolen Lamborghini

£10,000 REWARD re Stolen Lamborghini The owners of a distinctive Lamborghini stolen from a village near Wetherby have offered a reward of up to £10,000 for its safe return or the arrest and conviction of the offenders. The Lamborghini Aventador [...]

November 9, 2018 Appeals

Scarborough Catch-22 Council

Scarborough Catch-22 Council an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD reporting on SBC’s latest foray into the realm of pure fantasy. ~~~~~ Further to the Mayor of Scarborough’s farcical response to a Point of Order called by Councillor Tony [...]

November 9, 2018 Scarborough Borough Council