Suppression of Information Act: SBC-style an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, highlighting a rudimentary failure on the part of SBC’s Legal department – and an erroneous statement by a SBC Portfolio Holder Councillor Tony RANDERSON [Lab.]. ~~~~~ Regular [...]
Dear Mr SIDDONS a brief Open Letter to the Leader (at the time of writing) of Scarborough Borough Council, by NIGEL WARD. Be it noted that URL-links in this letter are to sources external to the North Yorks Enquirer. ~~~~~ [...]
SBC: The Doldrums an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, setting out his opinion on the performance so far of the ailing and failing SIDDONS administration. ~~~~~ On 7th May 2019, following the local elections held on 2nd May, [...]
North Yorkshire’s Finest – (new series) TIM HICKS launches a new series of articles on prominent people in North Yorkshire, satirically entitled “North Yorkshire’s Finest”. Each article will be updated as and when other issues arise, so that the article [...]
Another Invisible Council Loan – £10M an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on a well-kept secret following on from TIM THORNE’s article “£3M Cornwall Gamble Mystery Solved” and Guest Author NORMAN MURPHY’s contributions “Randerson’s Folly” and “That [...]
Randerson’s Folly Guest Author (and former SBC Councillor) Stormin’ NORMAN MURPHY is less than impressed with Officer/Member communications at SBC – otherwise known as “the tail wagging the dog” (facilitated, always, by the gullibility/stupidity of the dog). Here is why [...]
Guest Author ANDY STRANGEWAY highlights the unlawful operation of Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV) by Market Weighton Town Council. These legislative failures are common to many local authorities – not necessarily all of those within the Borough of Scarborough, but [...]
SBC Cabinet Re-Shuffle? an “In My View” article by NIGEL WARD, reporting on big changes forthcoming at the Puzzle Palace. ~~~~~ The result of the 12th December 2019 General Election – an unprecedented rejection of Labour, even in stronghold constituencies [...]
Question Time for the Beeb A Letter to the Editor from the Independent SBC member for Hunmanby ward, Councillor Michelle DONOHUE-MONCRIEFF, who writes to shed light on the Randerson/BBC collusion allegations. ~~~~~ To the editor, I read with interest the [...]
What a difference a day makes – especially if it’s an election day! In a satirical spirit, the North Yorks Enquirer presents the one-hundred-and-eighty-sixth in a continuing series of so-called “Photoons” – cartoons developed from digital photographs – highlighting the [...]
