Mayor May Not? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on a suggestion so bizarre as to surely be nothing more than an April Fool spoof gone wildly out of control. ~~~~~ Earlier in the week, implausible [...]
RANDO RESIGNS! by NIGEL WARD ~~~~~ Long-standing (Labour) Scarborough Borough Council and North Yorkshire (County) Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.] – the self-styled “Man in the White Hat” – has announced his resignation on social media: One can only wonder why [...]
WSP: Recent Revelations – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an opinion on the disturbing revelations (possibly/probably inadvertent) contained in an undated Freedom of Information Response provided by Mr Jamie HENSHAW, Executive Head Teacher of the Whitby [...]
Whitby Town Meeting & the WSP – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on those aspects of the Assembly of the Whitby Town Meeting held on Wednesday 22nd March 2023 that relate directly to the proposed ‘Amalgamation’ [...]
Potto Nepocracy [Pt.2] – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD investigating the apparently entrenched corruption and manipulation of the business at Potto Parish Council by its Chair, Councillor Andrew WILDE, and by the seemingly brow-beaten RFO/Clerk, his daughter, Mrs [...]
WSP: Caedmon ‘Incident’ – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an opinion on developments in the days following the public Consultation meeting held at Whitby Pavilion on Wednesday 8th March 2023. ~~~~~ Regular readers may recall my [...]
Potto: “Where’s the Money?” [Pt.4] – an ‘In My View’ article by NIGEL WARD, following on from my earlier article “Where’s the Money? Pt.3”, in which I investigated Potto Parish Council’s handling of its Bridleway project in 2021. Other articles [...]
WSP: “Transparency & Accountability” – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, speculating on information ‘doing the rounds’ amongst members of the public both before and after the evening session of the Public Consultation meeting held at Whitby Pavilion [...]
WSP Board: No Confidence – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a superheated “Consultation” meeting at the Whitby Pavilion, supposedly to determine the fate of secondary education in Whitby. ~~~~~ It has been a busy week. [...]
WSP: The Bottom Line – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the information vacuum surrounding the ‘out of the blue’ proposal, made public on 4th January 2023, to amalgamate the Whitby secondary schools, widely perceived as a [...]
