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WTC: Return of the Backstabbers

WTC: Return of the Backstabbers – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, noting the persistence of personal rancour and the blatant disregard of primary Council duties by members of Whitby Town Council (WTC), none of whom, in the [...]

August 18, 2023 Whitby Town

WTC Records – Missing Links

WTC Records – Missing Links – an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the whereabouts of the formal Mayoral Regalia of Whitby Rural District Council (WRDC) – established 1st April 1930, abolished in 1st April 1974 when [...]

June 17, 2023 Whitby Town

WHEXIT! WTC Cllrs Condemn SBC Leadership

WHEXIT! WTC Cllrs Condemn SBC Leadership Three years to the day since the BBC ‘Inside Out’ Documentary vindicated the citizen-journalists of Real Whitby (now heading-up the North Yorks Enquirer), the Whitby Gazette has front-paged the Whitby Town Council move to [...]

February 10, 2017 Filey Town, Scarborough Borough Council, Whitby Town

Whitby ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ Vote – Details

Whitby ‘NO CONFIDENCE’ Vote – Details Readers have been requesting voting details on last night’s Resolution to the effect that Whitby Town Council has NO CONFIDENCE in Scarborough Borough Council Leader Councillor Derek BASTIMAN [Con.] and his seven colleagues who [...]

February 8, 2017 Scarborough Borough Council, Whitby Town

WTC: The Witches of Whitby

WTC: The Witches of Whitby an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, exposing the petty machinations of the selfish few – the Witches of Whitby Town (Parish) Council. ~~~~~ Readers may examine a host of well-documented reasons to conclude [...]

July 7, 2015 Whitby Town

WTC: A U-Turn Goes Around The U-Bend

WTC: A U-Turn Goes Around The U-Bend an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on electoral chaos and pandemonium at Whitby Town (Parish) Council. Business as usual. ~~~~~ The 2015 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Whitby Town (Parish) [...]

June 24, 2015 Whitby Town

Quiet, Please! Democracy Is Sleeping!

A Letter to the Editor from Amanda SMITH, writing as a member of the public in response, perhaps, to recent misinformation in the Whitby Liar. Amanda is one of only four members of Whitby Town (Parish) Council who possesses an [...]

March 7, 2015 Whitby Town

WTC: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to D-I-Y Hole-Digging

WTC: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to D-I-Y Hole-Digging an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on the latest trickery from Whitby Town (Parish) Council. Pantomime season starts here. ~~~~~ I recently published an article entitled “WTC: Yet Another [...]

December 26, 2014 Whitby Town

WTC: Backstabbers V – Turkeys, Ostriches – and Lemmings

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 [...]

November 5, 2014 Whitby Town

WTC: Backstabbers IV – The Turkeys Who Voted For Christmas

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 [...]

November 2, 2014 Whitby Town