POTTO: Judgement Day Looms? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, describing a significant development in the ICAEW handling of a Formal Complaint against Mr Roger Alan BRISLEY, Potto Council’s Internal Auditor. This brief update follows on from my detailed examination [...]
RANDO Romps Home – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the North Yorkshire Council by-election for the Eastfield Division. ~~~~~ Despite one of the vilest election campaigns in living memory in North Yorkshire, recently-resigned former Labour [...]
WTC: Keeping Tabs on the Minutes – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, commenting on an exchange of correspondence on the time-honoured subject of “openness and transparency” within local authorites. ~~~~~ I was interested to see that Whitby [...]
WTC: Mayoral Mix-Up – an “In My View” article NIGEL WARD, offering an autodidact’s opinion on the confusion over the election of the new Mayor of Whitby. ~~~~~ As reported elsewhere on the Enquirer, I attended the Annual Meeting of [...]
Democracy? Parish the Thought! – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, assessing the prospects of democratic representation in the absence of the second tier of local government in North Yorkshire (i.e. the abolition of Scarborough and Harrogate Borough [...]
Potto Pandemonium – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the public record to establish how Potto Parish Council handles official censure, Police advice, Formal Compaints and, in particular, External Audit Reports from PKF LITTLEJOHN LLP (including the [...]
Humberside Police: Mysterious Encounter – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the curious case of an unspecified offence, at an unspecified location – and two mysteriously disappearing bobbies. ~~~~~ A retired Hull Daily Mail journalist, author [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Margaret Wilson, of Primrose Valley, comparing the latest offering from the world of Artifical Intelligence (AI) with the insightful work of real citizen journalists investigating the personalities and events of local politics, in the [...]
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 [...]
