A week after this blog started the war on Spongers and Parasites at Barnet Council who award themselves huge payrises whilst urging restraint on everyone else, we are pleased to welcome our local paper, the Barnet Times to the Crusade. They have started a petetion. I urge you to sign this (as well as the Residents Association petition).
I am glad that the Barnet Times has joined the Daily Express, The Telegraph, The Evening Standard, Private Eye, BBC News and ITV in highlighting the Greedy Tendency which has taken over Barnet.
Details of their petition is here :-
http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8285009.Show_your_support_for_our_Reject_The_Rise_campaign/?ref=mc
The residents petition is here :-
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/barnetcouncilpayrises/
I urge all Barnet Residents to sign both of these petitions. Whatever you think of the wording, the people who started them or the local paper, just sign. It is too important an issue to split hairs on. We will only win this war if we send a message so strong that no one can ignore it. Bang on your neighbours doors, get them to sign it as well.
I truly believe we are winning this war, the ever increasing number of hits on the blog tells me this. If we win, all that will happen to my blog is I'll go back to writing about three legged dogs playing football. The Councillors at the top of Barnet Council will however know that they can't take the piss any more. Email all your friends, stick the petitions on facebook. If only 25 people sign them and you ain't one, the you are a troughers accomplice and you wouldn't want to be one of them, would you?
No, I wouldn't like to be one of them, Roger.
ReplyDeleteRoger, your boys are hurting me. Tell them to stop it, Roger.
Roger, OK, I'll sign, Roger.
There's an interesting post about 'low-life' in the borough on 'Broken Barnet'. The only difference nowadays is that the low-life took over Barnet Conservative Party, got elected, and are now enjoying the high-life.
Signed both.
ReplyDeleteGood to see the press getting on board.
Just shows how serious this whole situation is.
If these councillors dont change their mind soon the next Council of Barnet will be lucky to have a single Tory on it.
Troughing is the most unpopular sport in the UK since MP's expenses and this is a monumental PR disaster.
I hope you are getting out on the Broadway for a nice meal this weekend Roger - you deserve it after all the work you have put into this. Thank you on behalf of the ordinary people of Mill Hill.
And the ordinary people of the rest of the borough, Roger.
ReplyDeleteMy research into the Barnet Ruling Party (nearly said "Class" there) is a new hobby for me, but the more I dig, the more I find.
Are all local authorities like this? (I presume not.) So why has this happened here?
When this is all over, we must put all the material into the Barnet Archive (when the leadership has changed, that is). Future local historians will be amused and appalled by how people, clearly only in it for the money, were able to reach the top.