Private Eye, Award, Rutland County Council, Watch Out UKIP Wainwright and
Chums there's a Panther behind you.
The Rotten Borough of Rutland has received an award from Private Eye.
Legal Bully of The Year.
sitting left UKIP Cllr Wainwright and Right UKIP Cllr Gale
UKIP Cllr Wainwright ex Tory and those others Rutland Council continually
bully need to watch their back, the rotten council wont be pleased with this award
and I am sure they are lurking behind them waiting to pounce at first opportunity.
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| Municipal mischief, Issue 1357 |
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LEGAL BULLIES OF THE YEAR
Runners-up Scarborough borough council threatened to close down a website, Real Whitby, which had carried embarrassing stories about councillors. Chief legal officer Lisa Dixon demanded that “defamatory and untrue” material be removed. Real Whitby asked for examples, but Dixon could not provide any. WinnersRutland county council, which set aside £90,000 of taxpayers’ money to seek an injunction against three of its own councillors (the “Rutland Anti-Corruption Party”) who had been asking awkward questions. The council tested the water by prosecuting another critic, blogger Martin Brookes, for “harassing and stalking” chief exec Helen Briggs. District judge John Temperley found Brookes not guilty, declaring: “Freedom of expression is an essential function of a democratic society. It is applicable also to those who offend and shock.” A hero on the bench!
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