Mail editorial

[Inspector Knacker]

Reading it, it refers to the changeover of systems in the council and some of the wonderful sentences therein. One that caught my eye was ........'Councillor Christopher Akers Belcher has kindly found time to speak to the Mail at length about his vision for the town' .....'kindly?'
Another was ....'Unlike Mayor Drummond when he took over, Councillor Akers Belcher has more than 20 years experience in local government as either an employee or councillor' ........ exactly how long as a councillor? ...... and surely there's council employees with a lot more than 20 years service, are they more qualified then ...?

[steveL]

Such a fawning attitude does not bode well for the future . . . nor for the Hartlepool Mail.

[marky]

Was it not suggested by someone else on here recently that they could see no real need for both The Mail and the Hartbeat magazine? True enough, in my opinion.

[testing times]

Tonight's Mail has all the appearance of being an Akers-Belcher special with CAB's 'we are all in this together' vision for the future and Ray Wells proclaiming both A/Bs to be 'a credit to the town.'
What a twisted council we now seem to have.

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/record-breaking-effort-for-hartlepool-charities-1-5645666

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/we-are-all-in-it-together-new-hartlepool-leader-akers-belcher-1-5649508

[norfolkngoode]

How much does the mail cost now ten bob? Dont buy it and save yourself 3 quid a week, or 150 odd quid a year. It should be totally impartial. If they are going to use it as a Labour party propaganda rag people shouldnt buy it. I havent bought it since they sacked Harry Blackwood and its made no difference to my life.

[Inspector Knacker]

The way it's going, give it a few years and we'll be getting reports like this .....'and the supreme sun god of the eternal flame of purity (formerly known as the chairman) of the staples and tipex committee arrved for the meeting by descending celestially from parting clouds bathed in a golden shaft of sunlight as he landed graciously on a bed of red rose petals placed there by an adoring public as children cried with joy at merely being in the presence of the beloved all knowing one, all happy to surrender their votes for the wise ones to decide how they should be used ...etc, etc, etc ......... Vote Labour!

[Inspector Knacker]

Just a thought, but is it true the AB's have now passed thr record for Mail appearances set by Chipper ....?

[Lucy Lass-Tick]

The way it's going, give it a few years and we'll be getting reports like this .....'and the supreme sun god of the eternal flame of purity (formerly known as the chairman) of the staples and tipex committee arrved for the meeting by descending celestially from parting clouds bathed in a golden shaft of sunlight as he landed graciously on a bed of red rose petals placed there by an adoring public as children cried with joy at merely being in the presence of the beloved all knowing one, all happy to surrender their votes for the wise ones to decide how they should be used ...etc, etc, etc ......... Vote Labour!

Do you think that Leni Riefenstahl may be brought back from the dead to capture such glories for the wider world? 

[mk1]

We might all be 'in it together' but Hinge and Bracket are lucky enough to have  583 quid a week to add to the  2 full time wages they also collect. Clearly they are well insulated from the lot of the common man.
With a bit of luck the really f*at  scruffy one will burst before his term is over!

[Inspector Knacker]

If there's a rash of planning applicatons for 30ft high statues, huge posters with beaming smiling faces and a plan to rename streets by popular demand ......... I may become concerned.

[craig finton]

I wonder what it is that has made the Mail so cringeworthy towards the ABs. They've gone way over the top in the last few days and for what? Does anyone remember when the peer group report first came out how the Mail fell for the council PR trap and printed a story headlined 'Report Praises Civic Strengths'

They had to change their mind after this site covered the real story and in a few days the Mail was re-running the story as 'Damning Detail of Council Review Revealed'. Would you not think that after being duped by the council's PR machine like that, the paper would be just a little more wary of what comes out of the Civic Centre.