“Working in the dark” she calls it. Absolutely spot on.
https://susiebond.wordpress.com/2015/02/14/working-in-the-dark-the-shma-report-is-out/
Two possible reasons for the secrecy:
1. The number suggested is low and would put a complete stop to current inappropriate development.
2. The number suggested is high and would lose the Tories thousands of votes at the forthcoming district council elections in May 2015.
Take your choice.
“Great Britain is shirking its historic duty to speak up for the freedom of Hong Kong. Foreign Office chief Hugo Swire claimed last week that the former colony is “on a journey to greater democracy and accountability.” It would be interesting to know exactly how Mr. Swire defines his terms.
In testimony to Parliament, Mr. Swire explained that while the rigged electoral system imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong “may not be perfect,” it nonetheless is “better than nothing.” His Foreign Office colleague Stephen Lillie said Beijing’s system could offer “genuine choice.” More honest diplomats would call the system, which allows Hong Kongers to vote only for candidates nominated by a committee stacked with Beijing loyalists, an Iran-style sham.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/london-kowtow-on-hong-kong-1421706765
Sounds rather like having an Executive Board appointed by the Leader at EDDC!
January 2014:
https://sidmouthindependentnews.wordpress.com/2013/12/11/change-of-tack-at-eddc/
And here we are – 13 months later – reinventing the same wheel. Nothing has moved on except a bit of shingle has been shifted around at a cost of £100,000.
Why bring it up again when in January 2014 there was a similar call for similar photographs after an exhibition about the beach management issue?
Well, it’s getting close to district elections and Sidmouth’s majority party (Tory) council is hoping people don’t have memories as sharp as this owl and think they are being taken care of.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RGfIxW_vT4I
Seems he can be more polite to the Vietnamese than the Greeks. But then he did have a script for this one.
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