tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post8205852830105703467..comments2024-03-28T08:33:35.029+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Two important questions for Cllr. Butt to answerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-45885111703286817352015-02-07T12:08:43.239+00:002015-02-07T12:08:43.239+00:00Although I have not yet heard back from Cllr. Butt...Although I have not yet heard back from Cllr. Butt, or any of his Cabinet colleagues, I have already received replies (none of them hostile) from six backbench Labour councillors. Several have expressed their own concerns about this case, others have simply thanked me for forwarding my email to their Leader and text of the "guest blog", or simply 'noted' what I have sent them.<br /><br />One Labour councillor (I won't reveal his name) clearly has a sense of humour, as he wrote:<br />'Firstly before responding I am now bound by the council code of conduct to ask whether you are a Council employee?'<br />I suspect he is a Wembley Matters reader, and is aware of fellow readers concerns that the latest changes to the Code of Conduct, pushed through at a recent Full Council meeting, mean that if Brent councillors are approached on any employment matter by a Council employee, they must report it to the Director of HR.<br /><br />Philip Grant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-40877802748306707962015-02-06T04:07:28.878+00:002015-02-06T04:07:28.878+00:00Falling between the cracks in this debacle is the ...Falling between the cracks in this debacle is the basic and simple proposal to STOP CLEANING THE STREETS in residential roads. What on earth is this, other than a deliberate and blatant 'two finger solute' to the residents?<br /><br />And............would this have happened in the heady days of Ann John and Gareth Daniel? NO!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-26326206388290478542015-02-05T22:05:47.899+00:002015-02-05T22:05:47.899+00:00I'm glad s/he mentioned 'decency' too,...I'm glad s/he mentioned 'decency' too, Philip. What a forgotten concept with this lot.<br />Good questions to the councillors but I'm not confident that their expectations of The Leader's decency will allow them the confidence to do anything other than conform to 'party discipline'. <br />Mike Hine<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-73885141478201298652015-02-05T21:01:00.131+00:002015-02-05T21:01:00.131+00:00I'm glad that you've mentioned ward counci...I'm glad that you've mentioned ward councillors being more accountable, as I agree with you entirely on that. I hope that they see your comment, and take your views to heart, but in case they are afraid to upset their Leader by reading "Wembley Matters", I have taken steps to make them aware of the position.<br /><br />After this guest blog was posted, I emailed the text of it to Cllr. Butt, with copies to his Cabinet colleagues. I have then forwarded copies of that email to all of the other Brent Labour councillors, with the message:<br /><br />'When Muhammed Butt was elected Leader in May 2012 he told the Brent & Kilburn Times: 'I want better relationships between front and backbenchers so everyone has an input in decisions.' Will you let him know what you think about the situation over the actions of Cara Davani and Christine Gilbert, and how you believe he should decide to deal with it, or will you say nothing and remain part of Cllr. Butt's "silent majority"? '<br /><br />I don't think I could have put it to them any straighter than that. Let's see what response, if any, comes of it.<br /><br />Philip Grant.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-42870590183638228932015-02-05T19:06:54.395+00:002015-02-05T19:06:54.395+00:00You know what, residents really need to start maki...You know what, residents really need to start making their ward councillors more accountable. For them to just sit back and accept Butt's blatant disregard for decency is very much unacceptable. They should all be ashamed for accepting public funds whilst turning a blind eye to what is going in Brent Council. Blood disgrace the lot of themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-38307143799339699332015-02-05T18:29:08.162+00:002015-02-05T18:29:08.162+00:00Well done, Philip. And well done B&KT.Well done, Philip. And well done B&KT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-61582901842661669872015-02-05T17:41:56.790+00:002015-02-05T17:41:56.790+00:00Sadly getting rid of Gilbert and Davani is likely ...Sadly getting rid of Gilbert and Davani is likely to result in a Brent Labour leadership Challenge.<br /><br />This is something Councillor Burt Will avoid happening.<br /><br />Perhaps if Labour nationally suffer a collapse in their vote, questions Will be asked from a Local perspective why is this so if London May 2014 Local Elections were so favourable to Labour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com