INDEPENDENT – At Last! – an exclusive announcement. ~~~~~ It has now been reported to me that, following the Vote of No Confidence at an Extraordinary Meeting of Scarborough Borough Council on Thursday 28th January 2021, the prospective NEW Leader [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Rob BARNETT, SBC Labour Councillor for Streonshalh ward, responding to recent Meetings of Full Council at at Scarborough Town Hall. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, In the interests of democracy, openness, and transparency in Government, I [...]
SBC: ‘Leaked’ Email Exposes Tory ‘No Confidence’ Angst an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, up-dating readers on the back-stage pseudo-progress of the No Confidence vote. ~~~~~ It becomes apparent that the Scarborough Borough Council Conservative Group are getting [...]
At Long Last! SBC NO CONFIDENCE Motion Tabled an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, announcing the long-awaited Motion of NO CONFIDENCE in SBC Leader Councillor Derek BASTIMAN [Con.] and his seven Cabinet Portfolio Holders. ~~~~~ This morning, Wednesday [...]
SBC: The Winter of Our Discontent an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, inspecting the growing grass-roots of the Scarborough Spring. ~~~~~ Readers may find of interest the following “back-of-a-fag-packet” speculative analysis of the mounting tide of discontent in [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Tony GREEN, former SBC Officer and long-time campaigner for the beautiful town of Filey, scene of Monday night’s historic 12:1 vote of NO CONFIDENCE in the CEO, Leader and Cabinet of Scarborough Borough Council, [...]
Cllr BACKHOUSE Resigns from the SBC Cabinet In the wake of last week’s “WHEXIT” – and last night’s “FLEXIT” – it was perhaps to be expected that Councillor Andy BACKHOUSE [Con.] would be the first to seek to distance himself [...]
After ‘WHEXIT’ – ‘FLEXIT’ – Filey Town Council Flexes Its Muscles! On Monday 13th February 2017, Filey Town Council flexed its muscles and resoundingly trumped the NO CONFIDENCE motion carried at Whitby Town Council last Tuesday 7th February 2017, both [...]
A Letter to the Editor from Bob ROBERTS, of Scarborough, giving voice to the concerns of many residents throughout the Borough of Scarborough. ~~~~~ Dear Editor, Politics globally, nationally and now, it would seem, even at a local level, are [...]
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 [...]
