tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post8509038182004519270..comments2024-03-18T09:19:15.881+00:00Comments on 99% is ....... The Barnet Eye: Richard, this morning you look very shabby indeedRog Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08139705078907584931noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-8792181143197694992013-05-01T18:40:37.144+01:002013-05-01T18:40:37.144+01:00Yes it does, paper tiger. In London boroughs it an...Yes it does, paper tiger. In London boroughs it answers to the electorate through the ballot box next year.Morris Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099635989949105753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-72418330920267454192013-05-01T18:26:09.459+01:002013-05-01T18:26:09.459+01:00So if a council does not "discharge its legal...So if a council does not "discharge its legal duty", and no-one brings a judicial review or they are too late, as in this case, the council just gets away with it? The council answers to no greater body?paper tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434230707281362763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9215006984353817373.post-60372661252662370372013-05-01T11:23:52.478+01:002013-05-01T11:23:52.478+01:00Even King Canute was not quite that oblivious to r...Even King Canute was not quite that oblivious to reality.<br /><br />I have asked myself what in such circumstances I might have done. My answer is clear.<br /><br />As the former Deputy Leader of a London authority (and, for two short periods Acting Leader) I would have gone back quietly to my Town Hall, without public comment, and discussed with my Chief Executive and Legal Advisers the adjustments that ought to be made. I would have considered carefully any advice given to me and then set about making any changes required.<br /><br />For the most part the public respects organisations that can own up to their errors. That same public despises those portraying a somewhat unseasonal pantomime buffoon.Morris Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099635989949105753noreply@blogger.com