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SBC: Cabinet Attempts Secret FTC Meeting

SBC: Cabinet Attempts Secret FTC Meeting an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the efforts of SBC Portfolio Holder Councillor Mike COCKERILL [Ind.] to engineer an unlawful secret meeting of Filey Town Council with the SBC Cabinet [...]

July 17, 2017 Filey Town, Scarborough Borough Council

Tory MP Uses The “N-WORD”

Tory MP Uses The “N-WORD” Tory MP Anne Marie MORRIS (Newton Abbott) has been caught out on tape using the ‘N-WORD’. Ms MORRIS has since apologised for remarks made at a meeting of Eurosceptics held in London today. Speaking of [...]

July 10, 2017 Misc, Scarborough Borough Council

“Is It Safe?”

A Letter to the Editor from Allan ROBERTS, who has identified that which apparently passed unnoticed by Councillors present at the Meeting of Full Council on 3rd July 2017 – another deft evasion, by Councillor Mike COCKERILL [Ind.], of providing [...]

July 9, 2017 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

An Open Letter to the SBC Leader & Cabinet

An Open Letter to the SBC Leader & Cabinet by NIGEL WARD ~~~~~ Councillors of the Cabinet, Permit me to offer my personal opinion, under the protection of Article 10 of the ECHR. In the days following the Extraordinary Meeting [...]

July 1, 2017 Letters, Scarborough Borough Council

SBC: Tory Cllr Reported For ‘Inappropriate’ Re-Tweets

SBC: Tory Cllr Reported For ‘Inappropriate’ Re-Tweets Sources within Scarborough Borough Council have confirmed that Formal Complaints have been lodged against Councillor Phil TRUMPER [Con.] in respect of a series of ‘inappropriate’ Tweets and re-Tweets. The Enquirer has copies of [...]

June 30, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

Dear Mrs Dixon: The Invalid Vote.

Dear Mrs Dixon, I watched the extraordinary meeting of Scarborough Borough Council on Monday June 26th 2017 looking forward to the debate surrounding the motion submitted by Councillors Cross and Dodds: To register a recorded vote for or against a [...]

June 27, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

Mulgrave By-Election – Absentee Councillor Finally Ousted

Mulgrave By-Election – Absentee Councillor Finally Ousted an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the inevitable forthcoming by-election in the Mulgrave ward of Scarborough Borough. The process of jettisoning the dead wood continues. ~~~~~ On the day [...]

June 27, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

COCKERILL’s West Pier Davits: The Facts

COCKERILL’s West Pier Davits: The Facts by Guest Author ALLAN ROBERTS, presenting readers with chapter and verse on the monumental arrogance and incompetence behind decision-making processes at Scarborough Harbour. ~~~~~ In 2006 Scarborough Borough Council installed two fish-landing davits on [...]

June 25, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

Mallory: Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics

The Futurist Theatre Cost The Taxpayer NOTHING! Cllr Helen Mallory, the Deputy Leader of Scarborough Borough Council and Portfolio Holder for Finance, Procurement & Legal has finally admitted that figures she gave at the Jan 9th Full Council Meeting were [...]

June 24, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council

Scuppering the ‘No Confidence’ Vote – the Skulduggery Begins

Scuppering the ‘No Confidence’ Vote – the Skulduggery Begins an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on rumours of potential vote-rigging emanating from Scarborough Town Hall. ~~~~~ Finally, on Monday 26th June at 10:00am, after eleven weeks of [...]

June 23, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council