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Add to which, our weekly
Add to which, our weekly supermarket bill never used to top £99, now it’s regularly nudging £150 p.w. Wasnt food going to be cheaper?
Newts, toads, woodlands in the wrong place, conservation groups and their judicial reviews might all rank as annoyances to the “growth will fix it” agenda, but they aren’t the real reason growth ain’t happening.
What Yusuf said was Reform would send “teams” into councils, adding: “We’ll be opening up application shortly. We want the brightest and the best. “If you’ve got experience in audit, if you’ve got experience in fixing potholes, if you’re a software engineer.“We’re going to bring taskforces in. We’re now going to have access to the contract, access to the numbers, access to payroll, and we’re going to make these changes.”
All a bit nonsensical and a number of legal hurdles to clear to bring in unknowns and unqualifieds.
Ah, the talented disrupter who, for some mysterious reason, is in need of a job. But I’m forgetting that we don’t like experts, at least the experts that actually have experience of doing things like pot-holes. No doubt somewhere we’ll waste £1m on acquiring the Potholebegone or potholes2U system that everyone who knows anything knows is a con.
Hey look I get it, there are variations in attitudes to what constitutes busy and productive in individuals and in teams. The Communications Director who doesn’t want to manage the media, the doctor who doesn’t want see patients, the Secretary who is overwhelmed by having one letter to do and takes all afternoon about it, the coffee bar person who take the customer’s money, but stands looking blank while others run around getting the orders. I’ve seen all that in both public and private sector.
Linden Kemkaran voted in as
Linden Kemkaran voted in as Reform UK’s new leader of Kent County Council
She beat a field of six candidates at Maidstone’s County Hall
‘Straight-talking’ Mrs Kemkaran…”This is my first day in a brand new job and you wouldn’t expect me to have all the answers. We are going to get the auditors to come in and take a leaf out of Elon Musk’s book and appoint some sort of DOGE”
“we won a massive majority and we have absolute, ultimate control.” The new leader vowed to remove the Ukraine flag from the chamber, open the council’s books to auditors [newsflash – they already are and there’s usually a value for money audit] and review working practices across the authority.
Although members were forbidden from speaking to the Press, one councillor said: “She’s definitely the best person for the job and she was the best of a pretty strong field of candidates. She was the best choice.”
https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/linden-kemkaran-voted-reform-uks-10169346?int_source=nba
If you’re an equalities, Green/conservation person at KCC, it may be time to look for a new job, I’m afraid, communications would become pretty intolerable I’d have thought. Those are the roles the so-called Taxpayers Alliance have gone after for years.
Nice vote for freedom of speech casually tossed in there. Great reference to Nazi salute guy too.
Well, you’ve got the Captain’s armband now, no more easy pickings yah-booing from the sidelines.
Ah, flags. Reform policy
Ah, flags. Reform policy-making in microcosm for you here. Now imagine them handling an actual real issue. The kicker is in the last paragraph below – the supposedly local campaigns manager is still parroting the (revised) national line about the Cornwall flag, despite it being pretty clear that it’s not going to play in this locality.
So Cornwall County Council is now no overall control. Of 87 seats, Reform are the largest party (28), the Lib Dems (26), Conservatives (7) having lost 40 seats.
Reform have made a big play that in England only the Union Flag and the St George’s Cross will be flown at council buildings. People like to fly the Cornwall (St Piran’s) flag at County Hall, Truro – so the question arose, and here’s Reform’s initial answer (emphasis added):
“Reform UK councils will only fly the Union Jack, St George’s flag and county flags. We are proud of our country and history. Labour and the Tories want to stop this.”
‘No sale’ say the Cornwall Lib Dem’s, “They have now added that they would also allow county flags to fly. I’d best not mention that the St Piran’s flag is the Cornish national emblem and not a county flag.”
The article continues: We asked Reform’s campaign manager in Cornwall Andrea Lovett for a comment on the flags issue. (Get ready for the revised, revised position…) She said: “I can confirm the Lib Dems are whipping up total twaddle. We’ve been clear. We will allow the Union Flag, St George’s Cross and county flags to fly at County Hall, as well as common sense exceptions during occasions such as Armed Forces or royal visits.”
Reform doesn’t want ‘plethora of flags’ on council buildings
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/25142010.reform-doesnt-want-plethora-flags-council-buildings/
Edit/update
It sounds like it’s not yet settled as to who is going to form an administration at CCC. In addition to the Lib Dems and Reform, there are 16 Independents and a handful of Labour, Green and Mebyon Kernow. The Lib Dems would need all of them, plus at least half the Independents (we may be about to find out what that label really means) to form a majority administration. It’s unclear exactly which was the Cons are going to jump, but they’re saying they won’t form part of an administration.
Anyway, ha, ha, ha, ha – Reform – always the victim, eh? And welcome to the real world, where you actually have to get along with people* to get stuff done. An inauspicious start on the flags front.
* including yourselves – 28 Reform councillors will no doubt be fighting like rats in a sack before long, being a symptom of you not actually standing for any particular unifying principle.
Reform UK accuses rivals of coalition to block Cornwall Council control
The party has slammed moves by other political groups to stop it taking control of Cornwall Council
Finally for now, I wonder where we’d stand flags wise on the town twinning front – like when the folk from Brittany visit:
Truro re-signs twinning deal with French town
A twinning partnership between Truro and a French town has been re-signed to mark its 45th anniversary.Officials from Truro and Morlaix in Britanny met in the Cornish city for a special ceremony on the anniversary of the original partnership signed in 1979.
The road is for the grown-ups
The road is for the grown-ups to drive their cars on , little Jimmy. Now off you pop to your little patch of mud.
Plan to build cycle mud track in Crowle, near Worcester
https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/25143631.plan-build-cycle-mud-track-crowle-near-worcester/
You have to go to the
You have to go to the comments for that:
“Maybe consider your ignorant and stupid comments before making them. This was my wife, she was not speeding showing off or claiming the whole road. She was forced to swerve into a stationary car by the actions of a careless driver which resulted in her flipping our car. She has just come out of surgery for life changing injuries to a very serious hand injury. Maybe think before you type”
D. We’ve just elected a bunch of fruit( short)cakes to the council – why do they need more?1A You receive a question at
partycompany conference pointing out that 4,000 of the UK biscuit makers are in fact engaged in making Bourbons and Garabaldis and that all sounds a bit forrin, dunnit.In the free text box below, formulate your response (max 200 words) :
Hopefully, that’s the last of
Hopefully, that’s the last of the biscuit puns, I’ve had a think and concluded that there are Nairn left.
Hirsute wrote:
I think you’ll find it is spending on biscuits.welcome to the political bandwagon selection app. In a moment, we will present you with a choice of bandwagons to jump on – please note this is a timed test, you only have 10 seconds to choose A B or C. When you’re ready, click CONTINUE to proceed.
Q.1 Biscuits. The UK biscuit industry employs 5,000 people. It is estimated that government departments and local authorities spend £gazillion on buying biscuits.
A. Save the Great British Biscuit! https://blightys.com/collections/biscuits Oh, go on then!
B. No more biscuits for public sector workers ever
C. Unless they’re Duchy of Cornwall biscuits (especially when said Duke of Cornwall is in town)
https://www.fortnumandmason.com/county-biscuit-selection-tin-385g?gQT=1
First up for a new name, the
First up for a new name, the Irish Sea. The Celtic Sea will presumably become the Rangers Sea?
As I remarked elsewhere, I think we’re going to be hearing more about ‘common sense’ from Reform. It means whatever I want it to mean.
Flags, while they do have their complexities and peculiarities, are a comparatively simple thing to get right. However, if your approach is to make your uninformed off the cuff pronouncement first and then revise it as you go along as actual facts and local concerns present themselves, this will be how issues that might actually affect people’s lives will play out in say Lincolnshire and Staffordshire.
https://www.flaginstitute.org/pdfs/Phil%20Rendle.pdf (the sketchy ancient origins story of the Cornwall flag.)
PS I enjoyed this webpage – we’re in Two Ronnies “Manchester will be renamed Personchester” territory: https://ukma.org.uk/why-metric/myths/british-metrication/
1976 apparently – political correctness gorn mad, it is.
Let’s hope. It’s a good
Let’s hope. It’s a good reminder that behind all these news articles are ordinary lives affected by road violence.
Man, 94, flips car after rear
Man, 94, flips car after rear-ending vehicle slowing for 30mph zone
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/man-flips-car-slowing-30mph-zone/
Better coverage here. Mention
Better coverage here. Mention of a medical episode so that makes it perfectly fine then.
Air ambulance scrambled as car ploughs into Costa Coffee
https://www.wiltshire999s.co.uk/air-ambulance-car-ploughs-costa/
Our biggest MINI yet
Our biggest MINI yet
Locals shocked as car smashes
Locals shocked as car smashes into Oxfordshire Costa Coffee
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/25146195.locals-shocked-car-smashes-oxfordshire-costa-coffee/
