Twatman strikes again ........ Robert Rams yet again sticks his foot in his mouth

Robert Rams (right) with two friends

Oh the joys of writing a blog in Barnet. What  a rich vein of material we have to mine on a daily basis. It must be awful writing a blog in a Borough run by vaguely competent councillors, who's priority is to do a good job for the people who pay Council Tax.

Today we have yet another pearl of widsom from Councillor Robert Rams, the man voted for in huge numbers by Barnet Eye readers to be a twat, following his statement that libraries could be replaced by people ordering books on line and collecting them from Tescos (from the Hendon Time)

Councillor Robert Rams, cabinet member for customer access and partnerships, said: “We have to bear in mind that Barnet remains part of one of the world’s great cultural capitals and we’re fortunate to have a rich variety of arts provision, much of it free, just half an hour or so away on the Tube. We will obviously continue talks about funding with the artsdepot and we will do all we can to assist them in reaching the levels of funding they need.”

Can mere words describe the stupidity of this pillock. Does it not occur to Twatman that the Arts Depot is supposed to be a Community Arts hub? This means the LOCAL COMMUNITY can use it - you know local groups, school children, disabled people.

Just a suggestion to Councillor Ramsbottom  if you really intend to do everything you can to assist them reach the levels of funding they require, dip into the budget and find it. This could easily be funded by scrapping the allowance rise for Tory party committee chairmen (not the allowance, just the 50% rise from May, a few weeks after you were re-elected) and by scrapping political assistants, who provide no benefit for council tax payers and are their solely to help lazy councillors.

You could also abolish Future Shape/Easycouncil/Onebarnet and free up £10 million reserved to pay consultants and lawyers.

I have one question for Leader of the Council, Lynne Hillan. How complete an idiot do you have to be, before you get the sack from her cabinet?

Here's the full story -
http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8770699.Stephen_Merchant_joins_fight_to_save_North_Finchley___s_artsdepot/

I put a comment on it, but Councillor Robert Rams complained and had it removed. The comment said :-

Twatman strikes again and contained the quote above. As Robert Rams asked all his friends to vote in the poll on this blog, where he was elected a Twat, it is a shame that he won't abide by the democratic will of the people and accept his title with grace. I suspect that Brian Coleman might get a close run for next years Waddock-Hunt award, assuming Councillor Mark Shooter doesn't take over the Tories in May and consign Rams to oblivion !!! (I hear the rest of the contenders quite like him)