tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post1844735636924875285..comments2024-03-28T09:45:17.708+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: EVEN MORE BRENT SCANDAL! - 'Worse than Kafka' claim by councillorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-55454123934921991652015-09-06T11:04:56.433+01:002015-09-06T11:04:56.433+01:00My Brent magazine has gone in the bin for years no...My Brent magazine has gone in the bin for years now - its content is shallow self serving twaddle. It used to be of some interest when they advertised local jobs that were of some interest to unemployed / local people who were seeking employment - including residents who may not have, or cannot access, a computer - but they stopped all that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-79528354722503434452015-09-06T10:50:56.058+01:002015-09-06T10:50:56.058+01:00Perhaps residents should be writing to their MPs e...Perhaps residents should be writing to their MPs expressing concerns as it is clear that our Councillors are letting the borough down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-17409362568678769542015-09-06T00:26:56.328+01:002015-09-06T00:26:56.328+01:00This is a micro-cosm of The Labour Party through a...This is a micro-cosm of The Labour Party through and through. To try and force out two democratically elected Councillors costing the public money via a byelection is outrageous. Although, we've seen this behaviour occuring recently with the so called 'LabourPurge' where Labour members for decades have been barred from voting because they may vote for the wrong person. <br /><br />Can nothing can save such a squalid, undemocratic organisation full of careerist yes-men from itself? <br /><br />I sincerely hope Cllr Duffy finds justice. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213382729970778097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-62484180479238123132015-09-05T11:49:35.817+01:002015-09-05T11:49:35.817+01:00The problem is that Butt - regardless of who is CE...The problem is that Butt - regardless of who is CE - will still run Brent as his personal fiefdom. Anyone who dares t challenge him, whether member or officer, will be out. :( Butler is no better. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-64193687783468289022015-09-05T11:25:59.562+01:002015-09-05T11:25:59.562+01:00You are exactly right, Anonymous at 10:36, and the...You are exactly right, Anonymous at 10:36, and the results of that are convincingly set out, from personal experience, by Anonymous, 4 Sept. at 20:45 in the comment above yours.<br /><br />Things DO need to change, and the arrival of a new Chief Executive, Carolyn Downs, on Monday is the ideal opportunity for that change for the better to begin. We can play our part in encouraging that change to happen, and I am repeating now part of a comment I put on another "Brent Council" related blog this morning:-<br /><br />I had hoped that I could also help to return Brent Council to the right road, after several years where these standards have been allowed to slip, with a Deputation to the Full Council meeting entitled:<br />"The importance of high standards of conduct in carrying out the functions of Brent Council."<br /><br />There is still an outside chance that I will be allowed to present my Deputation, which would include a reminder to Council Officers and councillors of those seven principles - integrity, selflessness, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership - and encourage them to support the new Chief Executive, Carolyn Downs, in putting those at the heart of the way that they run the borough on our behalf.<br /><br />If readers support these aims, they can still email their local Ward councillors, with copies to: carolyn.downs@brent.gov.uk and fiona.alderman@brent.gov.uk , to say so. Thank you.<br /><br />Philip Grant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-80714166185873939002015-09-05T11:22:07.809+01:002015-09-05T11:22:07.809+01:00You are right about the insidious culture - lets ...You are right about the insidious culture - lets hope there is a thorough inquiry into the wrong doings of the clique.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-9787013777981224012015-09-05T10:36:11.232+01:002015-09-05T10:36:11.232+01:00When elected members behave like this, is it any w...When elected members behave like this, is it any wonder that there is the kind of insidious culture throughout the organisation that dismisses people on trumped up charges with a preconceived hearing outcome? An organisation's leadership sets the tone for the whole organisational culture and if they flagrantly disregard due procedure and basic fairness, what chance does the organisation stand? Unbelievable!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-79815336010310834062015-09-04T20:45:32.006+01:002015-09-04T20:45:32.006+01:00I was a Brent Council staff who took VR and left i...I was a Brent Council staff who took VR and left in August so I can speak for myself and lots of other ex-staff and current staff , we are filled with disgust at the actions of Mohamed Butt and his faithful little followers. Whereas there was a clear line between the workings of the council and the politics, now that line is more than blurred. There are so many little yes people with no backbone just willingly cowing down to Mohamed Butt. If a private company was run the way that Brent Council is it would have gone bankrupt in no time. There are too many people there riding the gravy train who could not care less about the staff or anything to do with Brent. Take the The Brent Magazine for instance it has become Butt personal little propaganda machine, whereas there was a limit on the number of times the politicians were in it now it seems he's on almost every other page.<br /><br />Whenever I walked past Butt in the Civic my blood would boil and I would think what a prat. Staff do not respect him. Not surprised by the treatment of Cllr Duffy so similar to what is happening to too many staff. Too many staff are happily leaving and there are many more who would love to be able to leave, no wonder Gareth Daniel had to be pushed out, he had some integrity. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-66212286830989408862015-09-04T17:00:41.916+01:002015-09-04T17:00:41.916+01:00You are not alone Cllr Duffy - there is an unhealt...You are not alone Cllr Duffy - there is an unhealthy culture in Brent of fabricating allegations against innocent people who question things or raise matters of concern. This unhealthy culture will continue until individuals like yourself as well as the the present (pathetically weak) trade unions within Brent call for an independent inquiry into unjust matters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-5509730201395952662015-09-04T16:43:50.364+01:002015-09-04T16:43:50.364+01:00Greg Clark, communities and local government secre...Greg Clark, communities and local government secretary, needs to order thorough investigation into the the shenannegans of Brent as they clearly don't care how they treat people and waste ratepayers money. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com