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Barnet Council Budget meeting : Bunfight at the KO Coral

Where to start. Three years ago when I first attended a meeting of the Barnet Council Cabinet, there was a semblence of decorum and normality. Tonight we had the budget meeting. It was, to be quite frank, the most bizarre spectacle I've ever seen in my life. It had moments of unintentional humour, such as when Councillor Andrew Harper announced "I will be going with model X". At the time I had Vicki M and Mrs Angry sitting behind me and for two naughty schoolgirls, the schoolboy humour was top notch.

We had the usual Lynn Hillan own goal when she announced to a hostile crowd "There are places for discussion and the cabinet is not one of them". I wish I'd been videoing it. I could have sworn Brian Coleman looked at me, smiled and winked as she said it. He knew that the bloggers had their quote.

We had the usual greasy toady Tories in the audience. Perhaps the strangest encounter was that with Councillor Mark Shooter, AKA the young pretender. Now I've never actually talked to him before, but when I went out to have a chat with Jack Cohen, Councillor Shooter was standing next to him. "Oh how nice to meet you at last!" he flounced. Now as it's Valentines night and I'm the handsomest geezer in Barnet, I thought for a second he was going to offer to take me down to The Claddagh Ring for a sly drink. Sadly though, he just wanted to find out the source of a certain leak, which I printed recently. "I did not have a secret meeting with John Marshall" he whispered in my ear. Oh yeah and the cheque is in the post as well. I think Marshall and Shooter are rather like the Delboy and Rodney of Barnet Politics. Both are completely useless nomarks, but poor Rodney (Shooter) is too dim to realise Delboy (Marshall) is a washed up chancer. I saw Delboy looking over in a concerned fashion as I spoke to Shooter. Yes John, if you are reading this, I've turned the young Prince, he's now a paid up Trotskyite. Ha Ha Ha. It's quite funny really, they don't trust each other at all. None of them.

Then there was the Cabinet Question time. That's what it's called, what purpose it serves, I know not. It was heartening to see that many of the questioners had printed off leaks published on my Future Shape Leaks website. They ambushed Brian Coleman and he was caught telling bare faced porkies. It was pretty clear that the way to deal with a porkmeister such as Coleman is to have several people ask similar questions and then work him over with the supplimentaries. A whole bunch of residents left the meeting in no doubt about what sort of a man Coleman is.

I asked a question. When it came time to ask the supplimentary, I seized my chance. "So in your answer you stated that the fact that you lost £55 million though mismanagement in no way affected the fact that you need to find £54 million in savings. My question is who do you think is stupid, the Cabinet or the people of Barnet". In a classic "Hillan" moment she shot back "Well the people around this table are not stupid"  - which I guess answers the question. Yes my friend, it is us who she thinks are stupid. Just to make matters worse for her, Councillor Daniel Thomas piped in "Well I can tell the difference between capital and revenue". Sure you can Danny boy, Capital is what you squander and Revenue is what you waste.

However the Coup d' Grace as ever came from my old friend, Councillor Brian Coleman. He announced as he got heckled for the n'th time "The people of Barnet are the rudest people it's ever been my misfortune to come across" or words to that effect. Yep, thats right. Us lot who elect him and pay his wages.

There were also some other moments of unintentional comedy. Nick Walkley refused to let myself and Yvonne Hossacks, the lawyer representing the people in Sheltered Acoomodation see a copy of the Barnet Council constitution. Why? Because they were the "officers copies". Only in Barnet could a public official refuse to let a lawyer see a copy of a public domain document.

As I left the meeting to cook my loved one a rather late Valentine meal, the on duty Copper said "Good night sir, enjoy the rest of the evening" with a big smile. I responded "I hope they behave themselves". He grinned and shot back "Yes Sir, so do I".

And as to the detail.

They voted to ignore the consulatation and shaft Sheltered Housing Wardens.
They chose to ignore the public and hike parking fees.
They chose to shaft allotment holders, possibly in contravention of the law.
They refused to let two residents ask questions, despite hold ups due to equipment problems.
They refused to say why residents permit holders should pick up all the bill for carriageway repairs in Barnet.
They refused to explain to a lady from Save Barnet Museum why she was wrong.

And perhaps the oddest moment of the lot. The Cabinet of Barnet Council went on strike for 20 minutes. Yes the loony right showed just how bonkers they were by staging a walk out and a work to rule. You see it didn't occur to this bunch of dullards that if you have a bunch residents in the meeting and you are shafting them, they will not sit there in silence. So they threw their toys out of the pram when heckled and left the room. I asked Jack Cohen (Lib Dem leader) if this sort of behaviour was unusual (from residents) "Oh no, it happens all the time on planning committees. People get quite emotional. You just have to get on with it and learn to deal with it". But you see, Barnet Council Tories don't like backchat. They can't deal with it. Later in the meeting Brian Coleman acknowledged the audience in a very Brian Coleman sort of way. He announced "Tonight is a fine example of big society". I took my chance and yelled "Yes you talk nonsense and ignore the general public". He smiled and nodded in agreement.

When I got in, my beloved asked if it was a good meeting. Depends on how you look at it. If I was Lynne Hillan I'd think it was a great meeting as she passed her budget. If I was any other Barnet Tory I'd think it was a train wreck. As a punter in the audience, it was great theatre, but the sad truth is, we've all been shafted for no reason other than Hillan and her cronies are too useless to actually put a budget together which addresses the budget crisis in Barnet and shafts the poorest people in the Borough.

Barnet is revolting - part 2

"Where has all the wonga gone?" - This is the question which has troubled me, ever since I started this blog, in the forlorn hope that I could persuade the numpties in the Conservative Leadership of Barnet Council to do there job properly and hold the officials of Barnet Council accountable for their actions.

At long last, it seems that maybe, just maybe, the right questions are starting to get asked. Sadly, none of this is coming from the people paid to do the job (ie the Conservative Councillors). It falls to bloggers, residents and the local Unions. I am asking a question at the Budget Committee meeting. It seems that local residents have swamped the council with questions - http://barnetfutureshape.blogspot.com/2011/02/barnet-council-deluged-with-questions.html - as an unprecidented number of more than 20 have been asked.

As to us bloggers, when it comes to getting to the bottom of things, Barnet has its very own Sherlock Holmes. Mr Reasonable has been trawling through the Council spending unearthing all manner of errors and inconsistencies. Now Mr Reasonable and myself belong to an organisation dedicated to making Barnet a better place. There are lots of other members, you yourself may be a member (without even realising).  Lets call the organisation "people who care about Barnet". There is no constitution, membership rules or fees. Because we all care, we all talk to each other (often via emails).

Barnet is exploding with unrest (in a nice, polite, Barnetish sort of way). The number of petitions is a testament to this. When this blog started, no one really paid much attention to what was going on in Barnet politics. Now Barnet is a hot story  - The loony Right Council according to the house magazine of the radical right - The Spectator. Staff wishing to leave Barnet and move to other authorities are finding it is a black mark on their CV (rather unfairly). The sad thing is that ruling clique couldn't give a damn. They have their allowances and they are doing just fine on the back of our taxes. See you later at the Town Hall for the fun

The next big scandal to hit Barnet Council?

The story starts here - http://www.silicon.com/legacy/research/specialreports/enterprise/0,3800003425,39128143,00.htm - with the award of an £8 million pound contract to LogicaCMG to update the Councils computer system in 2005.  Alarm bells should have rung when the then Council Leader, Mike Freer announced 

The deal is one of the biggest projects the council has ever undertaken. It is a further step towards modernising Barnet council and making it a business-like borough that manages its resources efficiently and effectively, enabling it to provide excellent services to local people

Basically the deal was to replace a number of the council's ageing legacy systems with a SAP-based platform. So did Mike Freer do his homework about what happens if SAP based computer systems don't work properly? If he had, maybe he'd have read this article - http://m.silicon.com/technology/software/2004/12/03/it-glitches-cost-mfi-46m-39126320/ - This tells the story of how a SAP based system cost MFI £46 million in losses. The story  broke in 2004, the year before Freer signed the deal for Barnet to use SAP. In  the article there is a rather interesting quote from the suppliers of SAP (for avid followers of Mike Freer does this have a familiar ring?).

SAP has not commented on the exact cause of the problems except to say that it is not the actual SAP software that is at fault.

So the Barnet system which was introduced in 2005 at a cost of £8 million, and has been knocking around for 6 years. How much are Barnet Council still paying? Well Mr Reasonable has added up the latest set of invoices and for the first nine months of the year, it's approx £2 million. By my estimate, assuming that this ongoing maintenenace has remained the same since the system was introduced (it is more likely that it would diminsh, but who knows), that is £16 million extra.  Given that the original project was only meant to be for £8 million, in effect the system has cost three times what Freer announced in 2005 (again no surprise).

But that is only the half of it. As the MFI report makes clear, the real costs weren't in the software and support, but in the fact it didn't work. Expensive manual workarounds would have to be put into place to ensure that the problems caused by system glitches do not impact the running of the council. How much will this have cost the taxpayer of Barnet? How has this been dealt with in the accounts?

My assumption is that Barnet Council are paying LogicalCMG for expert IT consultants to maintain the system. If the figure is £2.5 Million - what do you get for that. Former Councillor Richard Weider suggested to me that a figure of £1,500 a day was low for such consultants. Assuming we use this, Logica is getting paid £2.5 million a year for six and a half people (each one cost £375,000 per annum). Now given that they've been hanging around for six years, how ow much would Barnet have to have paid, if they'd employed the staff directly. I went to Jopserve and did a quick search on jobs for SAP specialists - http://www.jobserve.com/JobListing.aspx?shid=3432542009D832568C&tv=0 - The salary range was £40-80 K per annum, depending on grade & level. Lets assume we go for the very best on £85 K per annum. You'd get six and a half people for under £600,000 (say £750K with benefits). Look at it another way, for the £2.5 million they are spending on LogicaCMG they could get 29 members of staff on top dollar. Now of course, I'm guessing as to how much Barnet are paying these consultants. For all I know, the work is outsourced to a Bangalore IT centre and they've got hundreds of people on £10 a day. The bottom line is that it isn't working properly and it from the scant information in the public domain, it has cost us, the taxpayer a fortune. Given that it is a good example of what Council Leader Lynne Hillan hopes to bring to Barnet with the Future Shape program, I call on her to publish the original business case, the original projected savings and the real costs. If I'm completely wrong and Mike Freer's brainchild has saved the people of Barnet a fortune, then they can demonstrate it easily (it would be odd though that they need such an expensive team to maintain it, if it does work). If it has been a financial disaster, then they should admit that they lack the project management skills to properly implement such large scale outsourcing projects and concentrate on delivering real savings within the existing setup.

One interesting item from the article about MFI - it said that COO Gordon MacDonald and finance director Martin Clifford-King were sacked as a result. Apparently the man who lead the Barnet SAP project was Nick Walkley, he too has a different job now. He's CEO of the whole Council and the man driving Future Shape.

The Spectator Labels Barnet the Loony right !!!!!

Boris Johnson used to be the editor of The Spectator - house magazine of the radical right in Great Britain.

Guess what? In this article written today, The Spectator has labelled Barnet Council "The Looney Right".

http://www.spectator.co.uk/essays/all/6685298/part_4/councils-of-despair.thtml

In a private exchange of emails with the Deputy Leader of Barnet Council, Andrew Harper yesterday, he accused The Barnet Eye of publishing nonsense. Well Andrew, go and tell your beloved Leader Lynne Hillan and your bezzie mate Brian Coleman that The Spectator thinks you are a bunch of Loony right wing nutters. The article is titled "Councils of Despair". At exactly what point will the Conservative Councillors in Barnet realise that their Leadership has made them a laughing stock? At what point will they realise that Barnet is becoming a by-word for Bonkers? Surely the time must be coming when this bunch of dullards are kicked into touch.

Athiesm - The worlds dullest religion

"The world is full of crashing bores" - So wrote Morrissey. Cards on table, I'm a rather bad Roman Catholic, so yup, I'm probably biased. Am I full of doubts? Yep, riddled with them. Why did I decide that this was the religion for me? Three  reasons - firstly because it is the tradition I was brought up in, secondly because after years of soul searching, it seems to be the one which suits me best and thirdly, because it is full of cynics and other like minded people who don't perpetually seek you validition in their own beliefs.

Now there was a time in my mid twenties, when I'd probably have described myself as an athiest or an agnostic. Why? Because at the time, I guess it seemed as if common sense dictated that Athiesm was probably a rather sensible approach to faith. God is unprovable, so he can't possibly exist can he? So what made me change my mind? I woke up one day, thought about it and realised that of all the possible religious beliefs (which  Athiesm surely is, as it cannot be proven) Athiesm is the least logical and dullest. Wheras aa group of Roman Catholics on a night out will hit the bar and have a fantastic time (not mentioning religion at all), an Atheist shindig will always end in hours of ernest discussion as to "why we are so right".

I've searched the planet looking at the way people venerate what Athiests call "The big imaginary friend in the sky". I've marvelled at the sun setting behind the Blue Mosque in Istambul. I've gloried at the art in the Sistine Chapel. I've soaked up the beauty of Buddist Palaces in China and Shambala. I've been overawed at the beauty of the churches of the Kremlin, so beautiful that the Architects eyes were pulled out so he couldn't design a more lovely church for anyone else. I've enjoyed the stark serenity of Glastonbury Tor. I've marvelled at the sheer immensity of Stonehenge.

Take away our belief in God and none of these would exist. The divine inspires us. Where are the great buildings inspired by Athiesm? If God inspires us to build beautiful structures, what does Athiesm inspire? Of course there is the old chestnut about religious wars, but to my mind this is human nature. If we don't have a reason to have a fight, we'll invent one. I can remember a couple of mates in 1977 having a punch up over who was the first one to wear bondage trousers in Mill Hill.  If we look at the most murderous regimes in history, did they need religion? Pol Pot did fairly well on a communist/athiest ethos as did Mao and Stalin. Now of course I don't think the vast majority of middle class Hampstead trendies who are Athiests intend mass murder and genocide. In fact I suspect that most Athiests are, well rather like the rest of us. I just think that subscribing to a religion with no stories, no miracles, no wonder and no hope is rather dull. Every now and then at this time of year, I make my way to the Mill Field in Mill Hill at sunset. As the sun sets over St Josephs college, you get treated to one of the seven wonders of the world. I love to sit there on my own and soak up the moment. One time I was spotted by a mate, who happens to be an athiest who saw me sitting on my own watching the beauty of a brilliant sunset. I said "Have you ever seen a more beautiful sight in the world?". His response was "It's just the defraction of light over a few geological features".

Each to his or her own, I just wish we could all accept each others viewpoint and not feel threatened by it. We've all got the right to our own views, however odd they may seem. For me, I happen to think that it is no accident that if you take a piece of wood, put a couple of coils with magnets in the middle, stretch six thin pieces of wire over it and give it to Jimi Hendrix, you get the most beautiful sound in the world. I can accept some things are cosmic accidents, but whoever wrote the laws of physics to include that as part of the rules must be pretty divine. I guess that I personally can't live in a world with no place for beauty, wonder and mystery, but if we were all the same what a dull place it would be. I'm sure my beliefs seem completely bonkers to many people reading this. I'm sure a few people will tell me why. That's the great thing about a free society and freedom of speech.

If you've read all the way down to here, you'll probably be rather surprised at the point I'm trying to make, which is actually not about religion at all (the preamble was just to get you thinking). In Egypt today, a despot and dictator has gone. A new dawn emerges. I sincerely hope that whoever or whatever replaces Mubarak, a blog such as this is tolerated. One of the key moments of the revolution was the moment when a blogger was murdered by the police. I've written all manner of things about religion, politics and life. I've never once worried about the police killing me for what I wrote. In many countries, I'd have been toast long ago. I specifically wrote about something fairly random and off the wall, to illustrate the point that in some places even this would be a criminal activity. Whatever you think of me, my views and my blog, please join me in expressing your solidarity with the people of Egypt today and lets hope (and pray if that's your thing) that whoever replaces Mubarak allows a Society to flourish where writing a blog is not a dangerous activity.

Whatever your religion (or lack of it) have a great Saturday night.

The New Jewish School for Mill Hill ***** Updated 15/2/2011

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I've just been informed that the school will not be in the Garden Centre Site, it will be in the HMS Barrosa Sea Cadet building on the other side of the Car Park.
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I've been bombarded with calls & texts regarding the news that the new Jewish school in Mill Hill is going to be located in the site currently housing Wyevale Garden Centre in Daws Lane (formerly Mill Hill Swimming Pool).
There are many aspects of this which I believe are positive. Firstly Barnet has a shortage of school places, which the school will help relieve. I've no doubt that it will be heavily oversubscribed and this will take the pressure off other local schools. I've no doubt that it will offer a great quality of education. As all my children have attended faith schools, I believe that parental choice in such matters is a right. It is fair to say that faith schools generally provide a higher standard of education (as born out by results) and the requirement for parents to contribute a minimum of 10% to capital costs mean that it is a cheap option for Councils needing to increase provision.

I don't subscribe to the arguements of their opponents. I think we should try and average up, not dumb down. I attended RC schools from age 4-15. Interestingly enough, I was talking to Romal, owner of the Day of The Raj, who is a Muslim and also attended Finchley Catholic High School. He said that he got a first class education there and would send his children there if possible. Like all parents, he wants a decent education and recognises the value of a traditional framework. FCHS is committed to the comprehensive system delivering a great education to pupils of all levels. I am pleased that they are not considering the "academy" route.

Having said all of that I have two major reservations about the new Jewish School, neither of which have anything to do with the "jewish" element of the establishment. Firstly the location. The site of the former swimming pool was donated to the London Borough of Barnet, to be used as a swimming pool for the community. There is a chronic lack of recreational facilities for young people and the school will ensure that the site will never be returned to community usage. There are plenty of empty sites which were formerly educational establishments in Mill Hill. St Josephs College on Lawrence St, St Marys Abbey (Holcombe House) and the former St Vincents School buildings. All of these have owners wanting to convert them into flats/houses. I'd rather see existing sites reused.

Secondly there is the traffic implications. I suspect that the school will result in even more traffic jams in the Borough. This may have implications for the A41/A1 as traffic starts to tail back, buses get delayed and Mill Hill grinds to a halt. 150 cars all wanting to stop in the same place at the same time, will have a huge impact on traffic. When St Vincents School was redeveloped, a suggestion was made to have a dedicated drop off point, off the road. This was rejected on the grounds that the Local Authority wanted to encourage public transport usage. Chaos has ensued on the Ridgeway. I'm all for improved school provision, but serious thought should be given to minimising the disruption they cause everyone else.

I have been told that the school will open in September. I recall the debates regarding JCoSS and the development issues. I supported the development, but I like many people was not happy with the Environmental impact. Sadly Barnet Council seems to give no thought at all to such matters. The sad truth is that, as  a society, we are addicted to our cars. Any school (or any other development) should be designed with this in mind. Burying heads in sand has just resulted in gridlock at School time. Radical solutions are needed, but will not be found with a knob person like Brian Coleman in charge of roads.

Time to rebrand Barnet ? Barnet Council vs Chez Gerard

I have been contemplating the differences between a rather good restaurant and a rather badly run Council. Here's why and a few random thoughts on the differences between the organisations.

Most of the week, I've been feeling rather rough. Fortunately whatever lurgy was afflicting me seemed to lift yesterday. I was treated to a rather fine lunch at Chez Gerard, just off Fleet Street by my good mate Brian (no not Councillor Coleman). Nothing like a decent steak to lift the spirits. As I play five a side football on a Thursday night, nothing stronger than a mineral water to accompany it. Rather interestingly, the restaurant asked if we'd help them with some market research and we ended up spending ten minutes answering questions about our dining experience. The nice lady asking the questions was rather perplexed by Brians answer as to why he selected the venue "Because I could pay for the meal with spare Tescos clubcard vouchers". Chez Gerard were trying to work out how to rebrand their restaurants. Brian told them "I rather like it how it is, I'd change nothing apart from the chairs which are rather uncomfortable". She asked if the menu should change "No, the restaurant is full of people and that is because they like what's on it now".

Which brings us neatly to Barnet Council. For the past three years we've had the mantra of "doing things the same is not an option". Former leader Mike Freer launched the Future Shape project. Teams of consultants were hired (according to Mr Reasonable's blog  to a tune of £300,000 per month - which makes £3.6 million a year just on one of the consultancies involved). How much has been saved in three years? erm, nothing.

Of course there is always jam tomorrow in Barnetlands mad world of consultancy, just commission another report and we'll tell you how. Since the project was launched a whole swathe of new deputy directors have been hired on salaries over £100,000 per year. Now these new directorships are clearly vital. Why? erm, dunno, but they must be. How are they funded? By sacking lollipop ladies, who ensure that Children can cross the road in safety. Now my sons school, St Vincents got a lollipop lady after a speeding car ran over a three year old on the Ridgeway in Mill Hill. A Tory councillor described lollipop ladies as "a nice to have" this week. I rather think my kids are a "nice to have" as well. In fact, I think that their safety and wellbeing is a lot more nice to have than anything else in my life.

So let's just consider the difference between a commercial concern like Chez Gerard, who make profits by keeping customers happy (no customers, no CEO) and Barnet Council.

1) Chez Gerard decide that their business might need a few changes so they ask their customers. Barnet Council decide that they might need to change the way they do things, so they bus in loads of highly paid consultants and exclude the customers (us, the taxpayer) from the process.

2) If Chez Gerard cock up and the finances go down the pan, the top bloke gets kicked out. Barnet have seen unprecedented financial mismanagement over 8 years, but the salary for the CEO has risen from £114,000 per annum to £200,000 per annum.

3) Chez Gerard want to know what items on the menu are popular and customers like and ensure these are retained. Barnet Council do consultations for services such as sheltered housing and then when 85% of the customers say they like it, they abolish it.

4) At the end of the meal, our waiter said "I really hope you enjoyed the meal, was everything OK?". When it was suggested to Councillor Richard Cornelius at the Council meeting this week that the public should have more say, he replied "That would devalue the role of a councillor" (Definition of a Councillor - Person elected to SERVE THE PUBLIC).

5) At the end of the meal, us, the customers left a big tip. Why? because the people who served us had done a great job. Our expectations had been exceeded and so we felt we should contribute more. The corporate ethos of Chez Gerard is to deliver an experience where the customer feels happy and welcome and wants to return. The people running Barnet Council have created an ethos where no one trusts a word they say. It is accepted that the council will deliver far less than the public want. Not a single Tory Councillor has ever said "We want to exceed your expectations, deliver a far better service than you expect and we hope you'll be happy to pay a bit more (a Tip!) to fund it".


So what has this penny pinching ethos delivered & how does it affect you personally?

Damage to cars caused by unrepaired pot holes (costs you far more than a few extra pennies in tax).
Damage to pedestrians caused by falls on broken pavements
Streets covered in litter and mess
School age children exposed to significant danger crossing the road in Barnet
The elderly cut adrift by council cuts
People suffering brain injuries having support services withdrawn
Services for young people withdrawn, leaving them with nothing productive to do
Libraries closing
Children being taught in run down schools, overcrowded classrooms and portacabins

I hear the mantra that no one wants to pay more tax. Of course people don't, they are not stupid. The reason for this is because they see the waste in the council. What people want is to pay the right amount of tax to deliver good public services. Cut the waste at the top, not front line services. Find out what people want and make the case to fund them properly. If a consultation says 85% of sheltered housing tenants want to retain the service, retain it and explain to the voters whey they have to pay the 2p a week more council tax that it will cost. If they can chop a few "deputy director" jobs which deliver nothing to cover the £400,000 they want to save, and not charge a penny more even better.

I'll leave you with this thought . In 2002 when the Conservatives took over, Band D council Tax in Barnet was £741.50 . It is now £1423 - In that time the Councils debt has risen from £38 million to just under £250 million. For all of that extra money, they council is broke. They had to write a begging letter to the secretary of state, Eric Pickles. I'm not an accountant, but how on earth can this be anything other than gross incompetence? If Chez Gerard was run by the Barnet Tories, you'd be lucky to get a plate of out of date whelks for dinner (if they hadn't been shut down). Enjoy your weekend

Apologies to Councillor Harper, who I mistakenly misquoted as Richard Cornelius above (now corrected)

Brian Coleman is weally weally cwoss

News weaches the Bawnet Eye that Councillow Bwian Coleman is weally weally cwoss. He is so cwoss that he had to go to his glowious leadews office and let the steam come out of his eaws.

The Bawnet Eye has some advice fow Councillow Coleman. My deaw old Dad used to tell me a little whyme when I was but a nippew. The ending line was "You can tell the man who boozes, by the company he chooses, and the pig got up and slowly walked away". If you get my dwift