The Hypocrisy & Stupidity of our Elected Councillors
They talk the talk but don’t walk the walk our Cllrs. In the May elections all of the opposition parties Green, Lib Dem and Labour campaigned on a platform of [...]
Openness
Breaking News: Council Spends £1 Million on Gagging Orders
Following a Freedom of Information request, Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) has informed our public face that since the financial year 2014/15 to [...]
The Long Read: Criminal Bloggers
Equiniti has a small office on a run down industrial estate in Lancing, West Sussex (pictured). Equiniti is where the shareholders register for some two thirds of the FTSE [...]
Pipe down and don’t mention the overcharging and the Billion pound KCC accounts not signed off
A senior member of Shepway Green Party Cllr Martin Whybrow (pictured), a KCC and Hythe Town Councillor has suggested that our public face and the Shepwayvox Team “pipe [...]
Official Diaries Part 2: East Kent Hospital Trust says yes. Folkestone & Hythe DC says no.
East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust (EKHUFT) have released Susan Acott’s , the Chief Executive’s diary. It is not as open as Cllr Paul [...]
Secrets breed mistrust Sir Roger.
Secrecy can be a nasty practice with people often keeping secrets for all the wrong reasons. Secrets breed mistrust. Today we understand a representative or representatives [...]
Sir Roger’s £5 Million & A Lack of Transparency.
What comes first, the chicken or the egg? But seriously, what does come first when you are applying for money from a government quango? Your business case for the money, or [...]