did Lovelock, who was sworn in as leader of the council on the last occasion for such a thing to happen, decide to relinquish that office and go into opposition? What minute of a council meeting records such a vote? There may well be such a meeting, next week I imagine, but there has not been one. This is abuse of office. A vote needs to be taken. A Cabinet needs to be appointed. The new Reading Cabinet should be interesting.
To be honest they are probably just glad to see the back of her.
ReplyDeleteDo you think "Tory" Tickner will follow her natural leaning and defect? And what about Page? Is he going to do a Mandelson and wait by the phone? uummm....interesting times ahead
ReplyDeleteCan someone remove the fuses from the shredding machines?
ReplyDeleteWas I thought you'd sneaked in the weekend and done it already. What???No?? You are letting yourself down now..thought would have been the highlight of your political career: pulling the plug on the rot..go for it man!
ReplyDeleteLabour gained many councils at the recent elections. Reading was an exception to this swing.
ReplyDeleteAll the candidates for the national leadership are talking about connecting with the voters. There needs to be some connecting with the people in Reading.
Well - whoever embarks upon that ambitious project, it won't be Labour.
ReplyDeleteThe Reading Labour Party conducted an exercise in 'connecting' with Reading people by de-selecting the popular Reading East Labour MP ( who had increased the majority of this non-key seat in 2001) and replacing her with a convicted sex offender.
Labour lost the seat.
In 2010, the Reading Labour Party 'connected' with the people of Reading by fielding, as Reading East candidate, a type of tame female house-pet - chained to the ankles of the Fraudster's Friend and infrequently let out ( when not at the vet's in Bristol) to lap at the ankles of Martin Salter.
Result:Labour third.
Something faulty in the connection circuitry, methinks?
And your next trick?
The only thing I would like to connect the Reading Labour Party to is the National Grid.
ReplyDeleteForget Lovelock - whoever or whatever that grain of dust is! The hot news from the People's Palace is that the fab Nigel Evans is to stand for the role of Deputy Speaker!
ReplyDeleteALso up for selection, is Labour veteran, Lindsay Hoyle, now seeking a new berth as buckets and spades at Morecombe have sprung a permanent leak.
Good luck to Lindsay - but lets wave the flags for Nigel!
A man before his time, Nigel was one of the founding memebers of the Richard Parker Club - forerunner of Coalition Days and daring to think the unthinkable - a Labour/Tory axis!!
Let's hear it for God, Harry, Nigel and St George!!
( or something. Ed).
Understand the portly Ian Dale has broken the good news.
ReplyDeleteIs it true that his nickname is 'Queen of Puddings'?
He has a well known penchant for chomping on a Huntley and Palmer shortbread finger.
ReplyDeleteThis business about 'convicted sex offenders':can u provide thise of uswho don't know the factswith,well,the facts.I have never met the man-I assume we are talking about Tony Page-and have never been to Reading.S o what did he do?The term 'sex-offender' covers a multitude of sins-anything from 'exposing yrself in a public place'thru to being a serial killer.So can u let us know what he was convicted of in the courts?
ReplyDeleteImportuning men in public toilet cubicles/sexaul acts therein.
ReplyDeleteAt a time whne this was illegal.
Gosh.Has Page himself ever provided an explanation/excuse of/for his behaviour?One,I mean that was acceptable to the Labour Parrty,particullarly as he was twicw convicted.
ReplyDelete'When it was still illegal'[?].Surely it still is?As for 'exposing oneself in a public place'that,too,covers a multitude of sins:ask Mr Powers.
ReplyDeleteSome Lib Dem somewhere blurred the legislative edges prior to the 2005 General Election with regard to sex in bogs.
ReplyDeleteBut as I gather, Page propositioned a cop with his 'assets'.
Correct me if I'm wrong - and somewhere Gerald Kaufmann's office overlooking a House of Commons car park came into it.
Mr Kaufmann was not present at the time - or, indeed, on premises.