tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post6301111568320109463..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Brent Council finds request for information on the Stonebridge Playground betrayal 'extremely burdensome'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-30970052117000876012015-07-25T19:51:16.420+01:002015-07-25T19:51:16.420+01:00Is the rumour true that Gilbert and Cllr Butt have...Is the rumour true that Gilbert and Cllr Butt have been in talks to twin Brent with Zurich........??<br />That would certainly solve the "burdensome residents" issue!!Nan.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-60060076570899358982015-07-24T22:22:16.714+01:002015-07-24T22:22:16.714+01:00Brent Council and Brent Labour find Brent resident...Brent Council and Brent Labour find Brent residents extremely burdensome. Their arrogance is breathtaking, but not surprising. <br /><br />Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-83525327298576476922015-07-24T21:50:23.771+01:002015-07-24T21:50:23.771+01:00Perhaps after all, Cllr B may have meant - more o...Perhaps after all, Cllr B may have meant - more open and transparent than a nailed-down coffin buried under 6 foot of clay soil........... <br /><br />Maybe Anthony Jay and Jonathan Lynn could be persuaded to do a "Yes Councillor" series using Brent as their inspiration!Nan.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-22172670282197320522015-07-24T20:03:47.555+01:002015-07-24T20:03:47.555+01:00But Philip and Jaine, surely you understand that w...But Philip and Jaine, surely you understand that withholding information from the public keeps them in ignorance and is clearly in the public interest because Ignorance is Strength. Butt and Alderman are therefore empowering the public by not letting them know things. They've clearly read their Orwell. <br />Unfortunately they don't seem to have understood it. But then, the bureaucratic mind is never usually really at home with irony. They'd probably read this comment as praise.<br /><br />Mike Hine Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-51123546719234737892015-07-24T16:23:24.267+01:002015-07-24T16:23:24.267+01:00When Muhammed Butt became Leader of Brent Council ...When Muhammed Butt became Leader of Brent Council in May 2012, he told the "Brent & Kilburn Times" that under him the Council would be ‘more open and transparent’.<br /><br />After just over three years of his Leadership, and numerous examples of failed FoI requests and Deputations not heard by the Council and committees because of misleading legal advice, we now have the remarkable excuse of:<br />'the public interest in disclosing the information you have requested is outweighed by the public interest in withholding the information.'<br /><br />Far from being open and transparent, we have a Council which hides its "dirty laundry", and uses every trick in the book to try to keep it concealed from local residents who wish to expose what is going on 'in the public interest'. <br /><br />Philip Grant.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-72214843767211923512015-07-24T14:56:22.316+01:002015-07-24T14:56:22.316+01:00Translation required urgently!, What nonesensical...Translation required urgently!, What nonesensical BS, What does it mean?<br /> They don't believe in FOI. They have forgotten they were elected to do our bidding.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-68164826142499402712015-07-24T14:47:35.976+01:002015-07-24T14:47:35.976+01:00I had a similiar reply when with the help of other...I had a similiar reply when with the help of other parties put in a FOI regarding the change of Coplands Fields from Public Land to the then Coplands School now Ark Elvin. There was no public consultation, we have no idea how much the developer paid the council for the land, no details of when, how it happened, It has all conveniently disappeared from public records or scrutiny. They did however inform me that if I had £428+ they could somehow unearth these documents. So much for Freedom of Information - what a joke.Jaine Lunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07815584566299095436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-78008673020160677102015-07-24T10:38:50.174+01:002015-07-24T10:38:50.174+01:00Don't get me started on 'prudence', Na...Don't get me started on 'prudence', Nan. People accuse Gordon Brown of flogging the word to death but I can remember the slimeball Norman Lamont wrapping his rubbery lips and his peculiar accent around it long before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-20160245217771594102015-07-24T09:11:06.843+01:002015-07-24T09:11:06.843+01:00Perhaps Brent should be asked for a comprehensive ...Perhaps Brent should be asked for a comprehensive list of their Freedom of Information Requests since the Cronies took over the leadership, including how many information requests were withheld and/or misleading information given by return. I feel sure if complaints were made to the Information Commissioner that there may be interesting findings with costs to Brent for non-compliance. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-56654089215062778952015-07-24T00:15:05.462+01:002015-07-24T00:15:05.462+01:00Hardly shoddy BS, Mike: I am sure we all agree wit...Hardly shoddy BS, Mike: I am sure we all agree with Alderman's burning desire to "protect the resources of the council from being squandered" as she so properly puts it.<br /><br />I expect we may be forgiven for being a bit perplexed at this evidence of thrift being notable by its absence during Cronygate........... <br /><br />Now we wait for one of Cllr Filson's FOIs to be refused on the good, old-fashioned grounds of financial prudence!! Nan.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-6568406823598743332015-07-23T20:10:13.672+01:002015-07-23T20:10:13.672+01:00Sheer gobbledegook. The Preston Library campaigner...Sheer gobbledegook. The Preston Library campaigners are fairly hacked off. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-16067826308027103352015-07-23T19:40:48.883+01:002015-07-23T19:40:48.883+01:00No wonder the Labour leadership are crapping thems...No wonder the Labour leadership are crapping themselves over the leadership election. Putting 'electability' to one side for a moment, which of the 4 candidates do people think would be the LEAST likely to produce the kind of shoddy bullshit exhibited here by Ms Alderman?<br /><br />Mike HineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com