Southend Borough Council’s latest budget is a “stinging rebuke” to Tory ministers and local MPs, according to Councillor Ian Gilbert, the leader of the Labour group on the LGC Council Of The Year 2012. Councillor Gilbert has spoken out after… Read More ›
After months of debate, Southend Borough Council WILL be broadcasting its Council meetings and Youth Council meetings on the Internet, after a decision taken at Full Council on Thursday the 13th of December. The proposal to upgrade the audio equipment… Read More ›
Tonight’s Economic and Environmental scrutiny committee meeting dealt a bitter blow to democratic engagement in Southend, as the decision to ‘webcast’ the Council meetings was referred back to another full council meeting for further debate. Southend Council has a legal… Read More ›
I was accused, this morning, by a reader of my blog, of being full of hate, bitter and twisted. I am apparently disrespectful, and abusive. I think that the commenter missed the satirical, comic twist that I write with, and… Read More ›
I’m reluctant to use the term ‘living in the public eye’ because I’m not about to seal any deals with Hello magazine just yet, but when your blog gets in excess of 16,000 hits and strangers come up to you… Read More ›
Here, have a spreadsheet of the Southend Borough Council election results. I’m that saddo that transposed them into Excel the morning after and will spend the day poring over the figures. I have a full life. I really do.
I took great delight in reading the Echo’s preliminary analysis of the election results this morning, whereby they described the long-awaited loss of the Tory hold on the Council as a direct result of an ‘ambush by a strong Labour… Read More ›
Last night was a good night for the Labour party in Southend, and especially Julian Ware-Lane, new Councillor for Milton Ward, Anne Jones for Kursaal and Ian Gilbert triumphantly holding onto his seat in Victoria by hundreds of votes, despite… Read More ›
I can’t help but wonder if Blaine Robin does it on purpose in light of the ‘no such thing as bad publicity’ gambit, because he really does leave himself wide open with his ridiculous soundbites. In his latest election address… Read More ›
So, I’ve been at the pub for a month now. In that month, I haven’t been able to provide the three months of payslips that the Council want in order to process my Housing Benefit claim. I’ve also worked erratic… Read More ›
