Just a few questions to pose to the North Street mafia.
Can you tell us how you propose to fund the elections next May?
Many members of the Barking party have told us that they have not seen a written financial statement from the "treasurer" for the past 2 AGMs. So members have no idea at all what money "they" have in "their" account. Please note NS mafia it is not your money it is party members money.
Members have told us they have no idea what their money is being spent on other than the fact that Laila Butt requests petty cash money on a regular basis (only because she is too bloody idle to go out and hand deliver the letters herself, which was always done in the past).
Members are asking if they are paying the postage on all of the letters that M Hodge sends out on party letter heading about canvassing?
Members are asking if they are paying the postage on all of the letters that M Hodge sends out when she holds a street meeting or a coffee morning.
Members are asking that following the article in the Evening Standard where it was pointed out that it is a clear breach of Parliamentary rules that political meetings etc are held at North Street, Haywood is quoted as saying that Barking Party pays for the hire of North Street, members tell us that this was never put to the membership and certainly was not agreed, so just how much, if at all are the Barking members handing over?
Several members who do keep files have gone back on previous treasurers reports and can find no reference at all to charges for 102 North Street, so who agreed it, when was it agreed, and how much is it all costing?
So bearing all of these questions in mind just how are you proposing to fund the Local Elections, we can hazard a guess that what ever funds you may have left in there after squandering members money on trivial matters, may just about fund the MPs election bid.
But there will we bet be little to nothing left for the local elections, and take it from us, dont even bother going cap in hand to the local unions, because you have so p.......d them off it is highly unlikely you will get a penny.
Dagenham will sweep up as far as the unions go, and other like minded organizations, but you lot your cupboard will be bare.
Some very pertinent questions raised here. As a Barking party member I want the answers too. But I would also like the answers to some other questions.
ReplyDeleteWhy doesnt our Ward Secretary get any correspondence now from the CLP Secretary. When Jeanne was CLP Secretary she always made sure that correspondence was circulated to the wards, now we get nothing at all, why?
Is it that Laila Butt thinks that Barking begins an ends with the GC and EC? or is it that they dont want to share with the party members? or is it that she is just too stupid and lazy to do the job properly.
Some of our ward members are that concerned over the finances that we are now going to pull out of the share club. Whats happened to that anyway, you keep taking the money out of our accounts each month, when was the last time you held the draw. The agreement when we signed up for it was that it would be drawn each month at the GC meeting.
Just what are you doing with our money.
Good points raised in the posting, and even better in the comments.
ReplyDeleteWhat i would like to know is just who are our party officers? i keep getting letters from laila butt which says she is the secretary, and i supposed to contact darren rodwell the campaign co ordinator but just who are they?
we always used to get a list after the agm telling us who had been elected to which position, and who was on the gc and the ec, but now we are kept in the dark, why the secrets?
Jeanne had her faults and sometimes we would moan and that but she always kept party members informed and that way we felt involved.
now me and my friends just feel pushed out we get no information at all we dont know who the officers are in our own party, this is no way to be inclusive, but then again perhaps thats the way that north street wants it, an exclusive little club.
The postage is wasted on the coffee morning letters as they always arrive days and sometimes weeks after they have happened! By the way who funded the awful Margaret Hodge calenders, one of which i had the great joy of finding on my door mat? Why on earth would i want her self promoting picture on my wall with notes about how wonderful she is to accompany???????
ReplyDeleteIf this were a private company they would be crucified for accounting irregularities.
ReplyDeleteMust say we do agree with anons comparison to a private company and accounting irregularities.
ReplyDeleteWe would pose the question to any Barking party member, "do you know how much money is in your accounts?".
Looks like North street dont know the answer to the questions you have asked. Perhaps they are all busy buying lottery tickets, or putting through a claim for North Street as a second home.
ReplyDeleteBut you would think that they have broken some rule or other by not giving members the information on their finances?
Perhaps Barking CLP now has to be issued with a FORMAL REQUEST that they send out to all Barking party members a written statement of accounts, audited, and within the next 21 days.
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