Following on from my blog yesterday about words going in and out of fashion, I thought I'd publish a guide to the jargon and terms used by our beloved Barnet Council. I hope this helps - Please note that this is the first draft, please correct any incorrect terms as this is a work in progress for the poor Council Tax Payer of Barnet
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Regeneration - Concreting over large areas of green space and building rabbit hutch flats on them.
Future Shape - A scheme to get outsource (privatise) council services and remove them from democratic control of councillors.
Cabinet - A self appointed clique within the council ruling group who take all the important decisions and get paid lots more money
Leader Listen - A propaganda exercise to raise the profile of the leader and deputy leader who happen to be prospective parliamentary candidates in the borough, excluding political opponents
Responsibility allowance - A sum of cash given to selected councillors for something or other????
Public works board - A place to borrow money from to invest in failed Icelandic banks at rates higher than the current Bank of England Rate
"No one could foresee" - An excuse regularly employed by the Council leader when things don't quite work out as he hoped.
"Conference equipment" - Plasma screen telly for senior officers desks
Reasonable travel expense - Business class tickets to the USA
Officers training budget - Used to pay for Business class tickets for CEO to go to Seminar in USA
Ordinary Conservative Councillor - Someone not allowed to debate cabinet decisions
Vote of Confidence - Convenient method of deposing "off message" council leaders
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I hope this helps you pick your way through the minefield of jargon when dealing with the Council !!!!!
2 comments:
Bitter? Actually I prefer Guinness. As to being a fool, you're probably quite right. After all it takes one to know one.
How about: "Election. The process by which Barnet residents vote for their leader." Oh no sorry, that's not right.
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