Spotlight
Tory Councillor Chivvies KITSON via Twitter an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD reporting on a Tory Borough Councillor’s very public attempt to hold a maverick Council Officer to account. ~~~~~ Background Readers of the Enquirer who are also [...]
Ethical Journalism: NYE quoted in “The Journalist” NYE Comment on Ethics in Journalism Scarborough is lucky to have a free and diverse local media, that holds local public bodies, Councillors and council officers to account. This is part of the [...]
Peter Jaconelli and Jimmy Savile: Latest Developments Introduction The Peter Jaconelli and Jimmy Savile scandal continues to rumble on. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) Report into Surrey Police’s handling of an investigation in 2007 to 2009, into sexual offences [...]
SBC Portfolio Holder ‘Demoted’ to Ceremonial Rôle an “In My View” opinion-piece by NIGEL WARD, commenting on one aspect of the fall-out from the first Full Council meeting of 2018. ~~~~~ At the Full Council meeting of Scarborough Borough Council [...]
Catastrophic Council Standards Blunder an “In My View” opinion piece by NIGEL WARD, commenting on stunning incompetence in the Legal & Democratic Services departments of Councils in our area. ~~~~~ Historically, the process under which the ethical conduct of elected [...]
Cllr. PLANT Does a Swift U-Turn an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, updating readers on the “sexist bullying” scandal over the callous treatment of a temporarily suicidal Councillor. ~~~~~ Background Please refer to my article “SBC: ‘Sexist Bullying’ [...]
SBC: Big Brother’s Disappearing Emails an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, highlighting the moral bankruptcy of Scarborough Borough Council’s Legal & Democratic Services department. ~~~~~ Regular readers may recall the following video-clip extract from the Scarborough Borough Council [...]
Undercover & InfoWar Ops in Yorkshire (5) Special/Ports Branch by TIM HICKS. Background This is the fifth article on the subject of undercover and information warfare operations in Yorkshire. The first covered the influence of the military on armed and [...]
On the 6th November 2017 Scarborough Borough Council’s Deputy Monitoring Officer, David Kitson, admitted that the council had been intercepting email between constituents and their elected councillors. Kitson claims the actions of the council are legal under the Regulation Of [...]
Sexual Harassment Allegations an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, examining the circumstances surrounding the blatantly Machiavellian political back-stabbing emerging from County Hall, Beverley. The first transparency in years. ~~~~~ For more than twenty years now, Hollywood film producer [...]
