Monday 28 March 2011
THEY SEEM TO BE LISTENING TO US
We note with a great deal of interest that there are some financial cuts coming to members according to the report going to this months Assembly. Vice Chairs/Deputy lead Members will only get paid if they have to take the chair of a meeting. Ok its not a lot but its a start. Also we note that there will be no post of Deputy Mayor and therefore no payment. On the scale of things its peanuts but its a start.
WHAT AN AWFUL REPORT
Members of the Childrens Select Committee should seriously consider questioning why they even bother turning up for meetings????????? if we were in their position we would resign and just let the lead member get on with it. How on earth could they have agreed the wording of the report that is going to this months Assembly? Read it on the councils website, dont just take our word for it, it reads as though the Lead Member has done all of the work on her own...........the stupidity of officers allowing a report to go out worded like that really needs to be questioned. A committee is just that it is a group of interested people, not just a one woman band.
Friday 25 March 2011
WALTER/LIAR
Well it didn't take him long..........we have been informed that our Walter/Liar has recently resigned from all committees he was on.
He now is only obliged to attend the Assembly meetings.
Why? well if we believe what he has said ????? he has a medical condition which prevents him from leaving his home. This also means he is no longer able to make visits to his ward to look at any problems raised by his residents.
No, you couldn't make this up, not been in place for a year and already ducking out of the work.
Nice money if you can get it.
He now is only obliged to attend the Assembly meetings.
Why? well if we believe what he has said ????? he has a medical condition which prevents him from leaving his home. This also means he is no longer able to make visits to his ward to look at any problems raised by his residents.
No, you couldn't make this up, not been in place for a year and already ducking out of the work.
Nice money if you can get it.
CONDEMEND BY THEIR OWN SILENCE
Once again we have to read about the troubles at Queens maternity unity in the national newspapers.
Little or no news on the latest in the local press. Not a word from M Hodge MP no questions raised at the councils Health Select committee, we must ask Why?
We gather from the latest news that Queens have until next Wednesday to have made major improvements, if not, for the safety of Mums and babies the unity will close.
No words of reassurance coming through the local press either from the MP or the council that they are monitoring the situation, or even that they are asking questions.
How does that show that they care for Mums and babies in the borough. Queens is designated as a High Risk unity, that means that only Mums who have had problems in the past, or are likely to have problems this time round are admitted.
Do they not recognize the worry these Mums are facing now?
If Queens closes where do they go? don't even bother suggesting King Georges as we understand that the level of care there is none existent.
So come on Hodge and the council get your finger out and start representing all of your community.
Little or no news on the latest in the local press. Not a word from M Hodge MP no questions raised at the councils Health Select committee, we must ask Why?
We gather from the latest news that Queens have until next Wednesday to have made major improvements, if not, for the safety of Mums and babies the unity will close.
No words of reassurance coming through the local press either from the MP or the council that they are monitoring the situation, or even that they are asking questions.
How does that show that they care for Mums and babies in the borough. Queens is designated as a High Risk unity, that means that only Mums who have had problems in the past, or are likely to have problems this time round are admitted.
Do they not recognize the worry these Mums are facing now?
If Queens closes where do they go? don't even bother suggesting King Georges as we understand that the level of care there is none existent.
So come on Hodge and the council get your finger out and start representing all of your community.
Tuesday 22 March 2011
A QUESTION FOR YOU
Following on from our opening story on Walter Mitty, just put your thinking caps on and see if you can answer this:
As our Walter/Liar has stated frequently on the Internet that they were a member of the Armed Forces in 1960s.
How old would you expect our Walter to be now?
As our Walter/Liar has stated frequently on the Internet that they were a member of the Armed Forces in 1960s.
How old would you expect our Walter to be now?
Tuesday 15 March 2011
A WALTER MITTY OR JUST A LOUSY LIAR?
Over the years the Labour Group on the council has had its fair share of Walter Mitty characters.
A good few years ago there was 1 who liked to put initials after his name, no proven right to do so of course, but, it was thought of as harmless, that is until further matters caught up with him involving the police and a time in prison.
Strange world the next lot came in pairs, only 1 of which caused the group a major headache, problem with him was that to be a good liar you also have to have a good memory. To their credit the group dealt with this young man very quickly, although it did manage to cause a major split in the group, even Hodge poked her nose in (as always), at least one member of the existing group holds a grudge over it.
The other member who came on at the same time is to a certain extent quite harmless, quite laughable really we hear, if you were to say to them you have broken your arm they would say they have broken both of theirs and a leg as well.
Although we must say their neighbours don't find them harmless.
Now you are probably asking yourself what has this got to do with the here and now?
Well over the next week or two we will expose what is probably the biggest case of Mitty syndrome/or liar.
We will bring forward evidence that will prove that this member is not and can never be considered a truthful person.
Wait and see
A good few years ago there was 1 who liked to put initials after his name, no proven right to do so of course, but, it was thought of as harmless, that is until further matters caught up with him involving the police and a time in prison.
Strange world the next lot came in pairs, only 1 of which caused the group a major headache, problem with him was that to be a good liar you also have to have a good memory. To their credit the group dealt with this young man very quickly, although it did manage to cause a major split in the group, even Hodge poked her nose in (as always), at least one member of the existing group holds a grudge over it.
The other member who came on at the same time is to a certain extent quite harmless, quite laughable really we hear, if you were to say to them you have broken your arm they would say they have broken both of theirs and a leg as well.
Although we must say their neighbours don't find them harmless.
Now you are probably asking yourself what has this got to do with the here and now?
Well over the next week or two we will expose what is probably the biggest case of Mitty syndrome/or liar.
We will bring forward evidence that will prove that this member is not and can never be considered a truthful person.
Wait and see
Monday 14 March 2011
ARE WE ALL REALLY IN THIS TOGETHER?
We don't think so!!!!!
As residents in the borough start to watch their pennies. As the councils workforce gets smaller due to layoffs and redundancies, as the councils workforce are having to accept a pay freeze and in some areas even a pay cut...........where are the councillors feeling the pain?
We have now heard that from next month the councils workforce are having to face even more pain, those who in the past been in a position to claim their mileage for travel that is work related will not be able to make those claims anymore. The Essential car Allowance has gone, BUT only for the councils workforce, these cuts do not apply to Councillors they will still be allowed to claim their mileage. WHY?........what makes it so essential that councillors can claim their mileage?
Also coming in April is the fact that the councils workforce will have to pay to park their cars at work, either at the Civic or Town Hall and any other council sites. BUT, again this does not apply to Councillors, WHY?........ why do councillors not have to pay to park their cars?
It seems to us to be very much a case of "don't do as we do, do as we say".
When you consider that a fair number of the councillors have 2 or 3 incomes going into their household pots, they wont be feeling any of the pain that their residents and their workforce are feeling.
Shame on them.
As residents in the borough start to watch their pennies. As the councils workforce gets smaller due to layoffs and redundancies, as the councils workforce are having to accept a pay freeze and in some areas even a pay cut...........where are the councillors feeling the pain?
We have now heard that from next month the councils workforce are having to face even more pain, those who in the past been in a position to claim their mileage for travel that is work related will not be able to make those claims anymore. The Essential car Allowance has gone, BUT only for the councils workforce, these cuts do not apply to Councillors they will still be allowed to claim their mileage. WHY?........what makes it so essential that councillors can claim their mileage?
Also coming in April is the fact that the councils workforce will have to pay to park their cars at work, either at the Civic or Town Hall and any other council sites. BUT, again this does not apply to Councillors, WHY?........ why do councillors not have to pay to park their cars?
It seems to us to be very much a case of "don't do as we do, do as we say".
When you consider that a fair number of the councillors have 2 or 3 incomes going into their household pots, they wont be feeling any of the pain that their residents and their workforce are feeling.
Shame on them.
Tuesday 8 March 2011
THE BATTLE FOR MAYOR HAS BEGUN
We hear that the book has just be opened on who gets to be this years Mayor and already there are 5 names on the list.
Of course 3 are from Barking. 1 will be known to many he has been so desperate for the job. The major cause for concern with this one is his drinking habits, the fact that his partner is probably a member of the BNP and the fact that he cant string a sentence together. The only benefit for residents if he were to get the job is that it will be safer on the roads as he will not be driving himself anywhere.
No.2 and No3 are a little more worrying, No.2 is in major Debt, some would be concerned that the Mayors Charity money would go were it should.
No.3 would have to be sent for English Language lessons. There is also a money worry with this one, if you remember last year we reported that he only just got away with being arrested for attempting to commit fraud on a High Street Bank.
If Barking cant come up with safer hands than these we can see the votes will go to Dagenham. We hope.
Of course 3 are from Barking. 1 will be known to many he has been so desperate for the job. The major cause for concern with this one is his drinking habits, the fact that his partner is probably a member of the BNP and the fact that he cant string a sentence together. The only benefit for residents if he were to get the job is that it will be safer on the roads as he will not be driving himself anywhere.
No.2 and No3 are a little more worrying, No.2 is in major Debt, some would be concerned that the Mayors Charity money would go were it should.
No.3 would have to be sent for English Language lessons. There is also a money worry with this one, if you remember last year we reported that he only just got away with being arrested for attempting to commit fraud on a High Street Bank.
If Barking cant come up with safer hands than these we can see the votes will go to Dagenham. We hope.
EGG ON THE FACE FOR HODGE
Like us we are sure many would have read the praise Ms Hodge dolled out to Queens Hospital in the local press a couple of weeks ago. Full of herself of course that all of the problems she allegedly raised with them had been put right and at her latest visit she was very pleased with what she had seen!!!!!
She would have been better off reading the CQC report into the Maternity services at Queens, many would have read as we did in the national press that Queens is now in "Special Measures" they have we read less than a month to employ 50 more midwives and Consultants, and to replace all equipment necessary in a High Risk Unit.
Yes, a High Risk Unit that is what Queens Maternity is, no straightforward easy births, these are the ones that doctors and midwives know practically from the start may cause a problem and will need close monitoring.
Queens has the highest infant mortality rate in the country. Why hasn't Hodge looked at this? something that has been known in the area for quite some time.
And please don't think that the proposed Birthing Unit in Barking is going to solve the problem, this unit will only be for straightforward delivery.
Hodge must have known that the CQC report was coming, Queens are under a very real threat they will loose their licence and have to close their Maternity unless they fully comply with Special Measures.
This is why Hodge should hang her head in shame, she obviously didn't want to tackle a major issue, just the cosmetic look, and of course her picture in the paper.
She would have been better off reading the CQC report into the Maternity services at Queens, many would have read as we did in the national press that Queens is now in "Special Measures" they have we read less than a month to employ 50 more midwives and Consultants, and to replace all equipment necessary in a High Risk Unit.
Yes, a High Risk Unit that is what Queens Maternity is, no straightforward easy births, these are the ones that doctors and midwives know practically from the start may cause a problem and will need close monitoring.
Queens has the highest infant mortality rate in the country. Why hasn't Hodge looked at this? something that has been known in the area for quite some time.
And please don't think that the proposed Birthing Unit in Barking is going to solve the problem, this unit will only be for straightforward delivery.
Hodge must have known that the CQC report was coming, Queens are under a very real threat they will loose their licence and have to close their Maternity unless they fully comply with Special Measures.
This is why Hodge should hang her head in shame, she obviously didn't want to tackle a major issue, just the cosmetic look, and of course her picture in the paper.
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