WTC: The OLD GUARD’s New Recruits [Pt.1] – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD presenting the first in a brief series on the nefarious tactics of Whitby Town Council’s ‘Old Guard’. ~~~~~ ‘The Old Guard’ I do recall [...]
The political organisation with a sideline in healthcare who danced through the fake pandemic, the NHS, has advertised a volunteer job at Scarborough Hospital for someone to serve food and hot drinks to ambulance crews. As you know, for over [...]
… TOWN MEETING/ASSEMBLY 6th JAN. 2025 – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, announcing a significant development in the mounting public pressure to hold Whitby Town Council to account in regard to its abysmal financial and governance performance [...]
WTC: Budget/Precept ‘Deferred’ – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, summarising the annual Budget meeting of the WTC Finance, Policy & General Purposes Committee (FP&GP) held on 10th December 2024 (having been postponed from 3rd December 2024. due [...]
WHITBY: The Silenced Majority – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, expanding upon an address given to the Finance, Policy & General Purposes Committee (FP&GP) of Whitby Town Council on Tuesday 10th December 2024 (full report on which [...]
NYC: Port Safety – Of Sorts North Yorks Enquirer Harbours correspondent ALLAN ROBERTS reports on yet another salutary example of North Yorkshire Council staff benefitting from the time-honoured Council mantra “Lessons have been learned”. ~~~~~ In April 2024, NYC Planning [...]
WTC Seeks 31.6% RISE in Local Council Tax – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, appealing for public support to resist a RISE of almost ONE THIRD in the Precept (Local Council Tax for Whitby Town Council). ~~~~~ [...]
Chief Officers’ Expenses: Recent Relevant Conviction by TIM HICKS ~~~~~ Introduction Following from my last article “NYP: The Missing $2.7 Million”, which summarised various financial scandals over the years concerning misuse of NYP funds by Senior Police Officers, I had [...]
WTC: More on Bob – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, presenting a lightly satirical spin on the unwholesome symbiotic relationship between the Chair/Mayor of Whitby Town Council, Councillor Bob ‘The Nob’ DALRYMPLE, and former Town Clerk/RFO, Mr [...]
WTC: NO CONFIDENCE Time Again? – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, offering an opinion on attempts to hold Whitby Town Mayor, Councillor Bob DALRYMPLE to account. This time around, we have every appearance of a full-on ‘Pants [...]
