The Most Surreal Day at Cornwall Council
I have to say, the 16th October 2012; will be one of those days you long remember. A no-confidence vote to remove the Cabinet Leader was debated. It had all the hallmarks of being explosive, full of...
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Cornwall Council has (not) got Talent – Children in Need 2012
The annual lets look even more silly than normal took place on Tuesday in guise of Cornwall Council has (NOT) Talent competition that helps raise a little money for the worth cause of Children in...
View ArticleAnother Tory Goes at Cornwall Council
It has been a tough-time being a Tory at Cornwall Council. They lost a Council Leader (14 of them in voted in favour to remove), and a couple of Cabinet Members quit after that decision. Replacements...
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The Tory 0% Budget Amendment that does not add up
I blogged about the battle of the 0% budgets and how the two largest political parties at Cornwall Council are trying to out do each other on producing the best headline grabbing Budget. Now the...
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Cuts to council services over the price of a chocolate bar
Tuesday’s Budget meeting was always going to be long and heated. As I have said previously, it was the battle of the 0% budgets and the Cabinet preferred option of the 1.97% increase, or to put it into...
View ArticleOne Conservative Fired and Two Quit
The fallout from Tuesday’s Budget meeting continues at Cornwall Council, and if I was a betting man I would bet more is to come. Today, Carolyn Rule, one of the Conservative Members on the Cabinet quit...
View ArticleCouncil Budget: who voted which way
Things at Cornwall Council have not quietened down post the Budget decision last week. The Members room is an awkward place to be depending on which side of the fence you voted. Morale for the staff is...
View ArticleMike jumps from the Cons
The second week of Cornwall Council has started with a surprise. As a arch-conservative has left the party they stood under at the election and has become an independent Councillor. The person in...
View ArticleCornwall Council issues a statement on the comments made by Councillor Brewer
The party group leaders at Cornwall Council have released a joint statement in response to the recent comments (click here for them) made by Councillor Collin Brewer, as follows: “The recently...
View ArticleCornwall Council issues a further statement on Councillor Brewer
This afternoon, Cornwall Council has issued a further statement in reference to the recent comments made by Cllr Brewer. It is as follows: The Council has received numerous complaints from members of...
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The Chairman of Cornwall Council Charity Cricket Match
Last Friday saw the reinstatement – after a hiatus of five years – of the Chairman of Cornwall Council Members versus officers cricket match. The Councillors team were ‘pressed’ from the various...
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Tory Group Leader, Councillor Ferguson Gets It Wrong
Earlier in the week, the Tory Group Leader at Cornwall Council Councillor Ferguson publicly via twitter made certain remarks, one of which is totally unacceptable and unwarranted. The original Tweet...
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