WTC: Backstabbers V – Turkeys, Ostriches – and Lemmings an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the first challenge to the extraordinary and secretive conduct of the Human Resources Committee and the Finance, Policy & General Purposes [...]
WTC: Backstabbers IV – The Turkeys Who Voted For Christmas an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, taking you behind closed doors at probably the worst value-for-money Council in England & Wales. ~~~~~ Please do not imagine that this [...]
Halloween: The Redaction Game [02] – Riddles & Rhymes an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, following up on his recent “Fun With Words” article. ~~~~~ Without wishing to reiterate the explanation provided in my recent “Fun With Words” [...]
Botton ‘Boss’ Blusters Following the Private Eye coverage (two weeks ago) of the on-going Botton Village rumpus (reproduced here on the North Yorks Enquirer, for the particular benefit of local people who do not follow the Eye), the latest edition [...]
ELN: By All Accounts – LIARS! – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on some apparently false declarations in the Exelby, Leeming & Newton Parish Council audited accounts. Naughty, naughty, naughty! ~~~~~ Background Readers may already be [...]
HDC: That Magical 25% ‘Duty of Care’ an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining a nice little earner at Hambleton District Council. ~~~~~ Regular readers will know that I always take an interest in the way Councils seek [...]
Review of the North Yorkshire Police Protecting Vulnerable Persons Unit Completed – TIM HICKS updates: ~~~~~ Following the news that Police & Crime Commissioner Julia Mulligan had ordered a review of the North Yorkshire Police Protecting Vulnerable Persons Unit, the [...]
WTC: The Mayor’s Nest an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, catching up on the tsunami in a thimble at Whitby Town (Parish) Council. ~~~~~ There are two unrelated meanings of the term “mare’s nest” in circulation, and there [...]
Botton Village Rumpus Makes The ‘Eye’ This week’s edition of Private Eye (No.1367) features a very informative article about the rumpus brewing at Botton Village, 15 miles up the Esk Valley from Whitby. Readers may find it interesting to read a [...]
Fun With Words an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, presenting a new version of a very old trick. ~~~~~ “Sentences I’d Like To Hear The End Of” The July 1962 edition of society magazine Queen featured, in its [...]
