Local Election Nominations - May 2019

[mk1]

Talking of Katie (as I was) this is how seriously (or not)  she takes  her Council duties

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/town-hit-police-cutbacks-goes-16121435?fbclid=IwAR3pbs-rFAvGdgXiKxaOLn8VEaCi4UkgyqImKMZK-ULGF78aTIel54eM7Yw

A town hit hard by police cutbacks has seen none of its councillors attend a crime panel since February last year.

Hartlepool saw the closure of its custody suite on January 1 - with those arrested now taken to Middlesbrougfh.  And a  BBC investigation last year revealed there were no police officers in Hartlepool to respond to emergencies at one point on a Saturday night.

Yet the minutes of Cleveland Police and Crime Panel - the body which scrutinises the actions of the force and Police and Crime Commissioner Barry Coppinger - show no Hartlepool councillors have attended since Cllrs Dave Hunter and Jim Lindridge turned up in February 2018.
The panel has met five times since a Hartlepool member last appeared - in which time, former Chief Constable Mike Veale has departed and has been replaced by new chief Richard Lewis .

There were no Hartlepool councillors at Stockton Town Hall on Tuesday night to question Mr Lewis - nor were there any in attendance to offer their input for the call to give the Welshman the job.
Cleveland Police has seen its budget cut by almost £40m since 2010 with the loss of more than 500 police officers and PCSOs in the past nine years.
Hartlepool's custody suite was mothballed at the start of this year with those arrested brought to Middlesbrough to cut down on costs.
Labour councillors Katie Trueman and Lesley Hamilton are listed at the borough's representatives on the panel to keep tabs on the force.
Cllr Hamilton, member for the Victoria ward, has submitted apologies for meetings since July 2018.
Cllr Trueman last attended in January 2018.
But she told the Local Democracy Reporting Service she'd not been in good health in recent months.
And she added a clash of meetings on Tuesday evenings had also hampered how many councillors were able to attend.
Cllr Trueman said: "I've tried to get councillors to substitute before but some have busy schedules.
"We usually have a children's services meeting at 4pm on Tuesdays - to get to that to another meeting in another town is very difficult."
Cllr Trueman added she was not seeking a seat in local elections on May 2.


Crime panel meetings are held at 5pm.

Cllr Hamilton said the crime panel meeting clashed with her job in Durham meaning she was unable to get there in time.
She added: "In addition to this, I regularly attend a number of resident groups and meetings which I'm required to attend as a councillor for my ward which also clash with these meetings.
"I do receive the minutes from this meeting and see Barry quite regularly in Hartlepool.
"He is also an attendee of the various resident groups of which I am currently involved - I will generally contact Mr Coppinger with issues and concerns which are raised in the minutes or by constituents in the ward.
"We also have regular contact with our local PCSOs and other police colleagues who keep us up to date on the PCC."
Cllr Norma Stephenson, chairwoman of the crime panel, did not wish to comment on the attendance record.
Hartlepool Council leader Christopher Akers-Belcher has been contacted for comment.

[fred c]

Hartlepool Labour in action.......Why not resign from the committee if you have commitments that clash with the police authority meetings ?

[Inspector Knacker]

Do they receive an allowance, and if so is it paid regardless of attendance. Are such meetings over the comprehension of these people?
We seem to be part of all manner of interconnected panels but are silent acquiescent doormats when we should be in their getting our voice heard. You never get your share of the cake if you sit there silent

[Hartlepudlion]

Hit it in one IK.
The Police stopped paying allowances a year or so back. The Fire Brigade still do. MD made a fuss when Fire tried to reduce the number of Hartlepool Cllrs to two. Needless to say she was on the committee at the time. I think she still is.

There used to be competition for senior Labour bods  to attend until the Police stopped paying. Now it's left to the also rans.

[mr ben]

local elections are not going to be hard  !! labour / conservative are both parasitic bottom feeders . bring back a new monkey  it will clean up the votes ...

[DRiddle]

The pantomime continues. I'm told many of the Labour candidates who are trying to get elected to help bring down the SCABAL are putting out leaflets with literally zero labour branding on them. They actually slag off the current local Labour Party and at least one is carrying a picture of CAB with the word 'resign' on it. That's how far Akers-Belcher, Cranney and their ilk have dragged down the name of the Labour Party. Even Labours own candidates don't want Labour branding on their leaflets. 

[Inspector Knacker]

They can brand as much as they like, but the public will do some branding of their own and appear to have decided the 'Incapables' are the face of Labour.
It's a dysfunctional local Party where the clique jokingly in charge are more concerned with their own status than their Party. It's seemingly more and more that to them Labour is a flag of convenience. I suspect they could move lock stock and barrel to 'Smug on the Wold' in deepest Cotswold territory and happily be Councillors, but not necessarily in the Party you'd expect. Failing that there may be a vacancy for a new Vicar of Bray
(The Vicar of Bray was famous for his contortions of principle every time those on power changed to hold on to his position)

[DRiddle]

These Labour leaflets are the gift that keeps on giving. Ian Cawley (labours anti scab candidate for the headland) has apparently had his leaflet reported to the monitoring officer, borough solicitor and the police.

It has a picture of CAB in the bottom corner and then above it to the right is a picture of Ian, who is ex-army, in full camouflage gear holding a rifle.

Amongst the text are the words "I will do whatever needs to be done to see this through".

Seemingly, some snowflake in HBC is perceiving those words and the image of the gun as potential incitement. The word leaking out of committee room B is the police (presumably one of the ten still left patroling the streets) have paid Atkinson Print a visit.

Honest to God, you couldn't make this stuff up.

Oh and this leaflet was hitting the doormats of the headland on the same day those paratroopers made the national news for using pictures of Jeremy Corbyn as target practice.

[Heknocks68]

Surley this is a matter for our armed forces champion to launch a defensive stratergy on! or maybe not.

[fred c]

These Labour leaflets are the gift that keeps on giving. Ian Cawley (labours anti scab candidate for the headland) has apparently had his leaflet reported to the monitoring officer, borough solicitor and the police.

It has a picture of CAB in the bottom corner and then above it to the right is a picture of Ian, who is ex-army, in full camouflage gear holding a rifle.

Amongst the text are the words "I will do whatever needs to be done to see this through".

Seemingly, some snowflake in HBC is perceiving those words and the image of the gun as potential incitement. The word leaking out of committee room B is the police (presumably one of the ten still left patroling the streets) have paid Atkinson Print a visit.

Honest to God, you couldn't make this stuff up.

Oh and this leaflet was hitting the doormats of the headland on the same day those paratroopers made the national news for using pictures of Jeremy Corbyn as target practice.

Strange election leaflet, imagine the outcry if an Independent had produced a similar leaflet......

It has a picture of CAB in the bottom corner and then above it to the right is a picture of Ian, who is ex-army, in full camouflage gear holding a rifle.
Amongst the text are the words "I will do whatever needs to be done to see this through".

Is this the same Ian Cawley that runs / manages the Burbank Community Centre ?......I have long wondered why councillors are so keen on involvement with publicly funded community organisations.

[mk1]

Is this the same Ian Cawley that runs / manages the Burbank Community Centre ?......I have long wondered why councillors are so keen on involvement with publicly funded community organisations.

Cawley was one of a small select group (only 4 in total)  who were members of the Corbyn Faction Troll Factory where they all took turns posting under the shared ID of 'Andy Simms'. This disgusting group posted  vile  obscene filth aimed at  anyone who dared criticise  Saintly Jeremy Corbyn (Blessed Be his Name).  3 of the 4 members  of this group are all  now core members of the 'new' Labour Faction trying to remove CAB.
Paddy Brown, Ian Cawley and Danny McGovern can be seen here in a screen grab made just  before they all panicked and deleted their membership.  They smile and act reasonable to your face  but its a mask, Cross them and their politics and they will soon show their darker side.




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[admin]

The screenshots are stored on cloud.

[fred c]

The screenshots are stored on cloud.

History has a habit of coming back and biting you in the ass.......There are those amongst the new labour supporters who would have us believe they were totally unaware of the behaviour of the Corbyn Pixies who are in truth no different to the SCABAL.

What does it say about the HCLP when those responsible for the lies and abuse are now elected officers of the party, Hartlepool labour are reaping what they have sown the reluctance to have the Labour Banner all over the election leaflets is testament to that.

[Hartlepudlion]

Is the Socialist Labour Party a recognised and legit party?

[Inspector Knacker]

Is the Socialist Labour Party a recognised and legit party?

Yes, lead I understand by a certain Arthur Scargill. Did Barclay always have an interest in this Party or did he pick it out as a substitute political teet after being deselected? It does have for him the benefit the word 'Labour' in it for him.
Just a thought, but if some more Labour Party members were deselected or voted out, would they climb aboard the Socialist Labour ship as well. Some of these people are so addicted to being in charge and all the trappings that goes with it, that without out it they'd be unemployable nobody's. 'A drowning man will grasp at anything and anyone to survive'.