Thursday, August 22, 2013

Brandon Lewis MP, A Tory using wise words when speaking about Rutland County Council

Brandon Lewis MP, A Tory using wise words when speaking about Rutland County Council

It is not surprising this Tory holds a different view from the Rutland Mob.

I have in the past told Mr Duncan a Rutland Tory is not a true Tory, they are a different
breed set apart from the national party. Not that I approve of that party either.
Similar comments can often be found on-line suggesting Rutland Tories are not true Tories.

The mob led by quite thick thuggish leadership followed by a mindless flock, who vote
as instructed or rather cowardly stay away from meetings if they disapprove.

(I can use the description thick, because the Tory Standards Committee once ruled it  was just
fine for the Tory leadership to refer to me as a idiot in public and via emails they share using public systems, describing it purely as "political tit for tat"

I was rather pleased to hear the Yarmouth Tory quoted on  BBC East Midland Today, last
night. 

His comment is clearly a strong disapproval of the Tory approved expenditure of public money
for private civil action.

Maybe the Home  secretary will speak out about the disgusting waste of tax payers money
used by Rutland Tories Private Police Force, Leicestershire Police this year and last year to
bully and intimidate me into shutting up.

They tried the same tactics on UKIP Cllr Richard Gale, none of the UKIP Cllrs have yet been
prosecuted by the CPS, but I am sure DS McDonald is digging his hole deeper as I type fixing 
up a case against them, as the council back down from using local public funds for legal action.

I wonder when it became the police's job to dish out political advice to Councillor and critics 
of the council?

Probably when Leicestershire Police gained itself a Tory Police Crime Commissioner.


I did not want to misquote MP Lewis so I wrote to his team and the response is below.




Dear Mr Brookes,

I have spoken to Mr Lewis's ministerial team and they have provided me with the following response. 
I hope this helps.

Yours

Paul Wells 

Yes, we gave out this quote - “The Derbyshire principle is clear that local authorities cannot bring libel or defamation actions.  

Democratic bodies should be open to public criticism, within the law. 

Whilst I make no comment on the nature of allegations, I believe it is totally inappropriate for private defamation actions to be funded by council taxpayers’ money, given the clear Derbyshire principle"

*******************Brandon Lewis MPMember of Parliament for Great Yarmouth

* House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA( 0207 219 7231 8 www.brandonlewis.orgFax: 0207 219 6558
Serving the people of Great Yarmouth



Brandon Lewis MP was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government in September 2012. 

He was elected as the Conservative MP for Great Yarmouth in May 2010.

Mr Lewis has a BSc Economics and LLB Hons (Law) from the University of Buckingham.
He also holds an LLM in commercial law from King’s College London.

In his current position he has responsibility for local councils up and down the country, as well as public houses and fire services.

Brandon is a qualified barrister and a company director. Before joining the government, Brandon was an active member of a number of All Party Parliamentary Groups, including those for enterprise zones and local growth as well as local government. He was co-chair of a group on coastal erosion and continues to work with colleagues who represent other coastal towns to highlight common issues in their constituencies.

Brandon served on Brentwood Borough Council for more than 10 years, with 5 as Leader.