Thursday, 5th February, 2015
PCC in Private Eye, again
Pembrokeshire County Council has featured in Private Eye magazine’s Rotten Boroughs column again. Within the current edition’s piece about the infamous Porsche, Rotten Boroughs dishes out high acclaim to Mike Stoddart – the author of that oth... Read more →
Wednesday, 4th February, 2015
Bryn’s ‘mid-life crisis’
Pickles: Bryn’s Porsche money would have been better spent on ‘getting him professional help’ The following tip comes from a reader. During a council tax question and answer session in Westminster on Monday, parliamentarians got the chance ... Read more →
Wednesday, 28th January, 2015
Over £150k fees for Bryn’s pension fiasco
My previous post revealed how former chief executive of Pembrokeshire County Council, Bryn Parry-Jones, utilised previously unspent sums from his monthly car al...
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Monday, 26th January, 2015
£9k fee to return Bryn’s Porsche plus an interesting funding arrangement
Last week the Information Commissioner’s Office made an important appeal decision concerning transparency and accountability around local authorities̵...
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Monday, 12th January, 2015
What’s afoot at the Kremlin?
I was at County Hall on Friday afternoon and as twilight approached I noticed the council chamber lights were aglow. I stuck my nose in thinking I might catch IPPG members partaking in one of their non-secret secret meetings. The public gallery gave a good va... Read more →
Wednesday, 7th January, 2015
Rewarding municipal mischief in the wild west
And so the festivities are just a distant memory. Although the baubles have been neatly stowed in attics up and down the land and won’t be thought about...
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Wednesday, 24th December, 2014
The Golden DonQui Award 2014 nominees
As 2014 nears its end, let’s take a few minutes to look back on an eventful year at the Kremlin on Cleddau. The unlawful tax-dodge pension scheme was scra...
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Wednesday, 17th December, 2014
The Christmas council meeting
Last Thursday’s meeting of full council had a few festive treats for council-watchers, and in this bumper blogpost (it has been a while since I last posted, after all) I run through some of the highlights. If you want to see the webcast for the meeting ... Read more →
Wednesday, 3rd December, 2014
When Porsche comes to shove
A topic that’s been on Pembrokeshire people’s lips for nine months has been given the national mainstream media treatment this week: Bryn Parry-Jone...
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Friday, 28th November, 2014
The power of incumbency
One of the strong elements of local government – at least in Pembrokeshire – is the influence unelected officers have over proposals submitted by councillors. They don’t have a vote, the ability to debate or the technical ability to veto, but... Read more →
