‘Independent’ council candidates, take note!
As an independent member of Pembrokeshire County Council since 2012, my forthright record of scrutiny at County Hall – and spilling the beans on its shady shenanigans – today receives a plaudit in the Western Mail. The unexpected nod is part of an ... Read more →
Amateur dramatics
The most entertaining awards ceremony moment, bar none, unfolded last month with the climax of the 89th Academy Awards ceremony. This saw the gong for best pict...
The Ken is mightier than the lord
On arrival at County Hall for Thursday’s penultimate county council meeting of the 2012-2017 term, councillors found envelopes waiting in their pigeon hol...
In part one I explained how Pembrokeshire County Council’s European manager, Gwyn Evans, lodged a baseless complaint against me. In part two, how PCC’s erstwhile monitoring officer Laurence Harding relentlessly pursued this trumped-up charge in-hou... Read more →
Trumped-up charges – Part 3
In part two I went through the ‘grievance report’ into the trumped-up charges which PCC’s ex-monitoring officer, Laurence Harding, told me would be heading to a standards committee ‘panel’ if I didn’t accept his conclusions ... Read more →
Trumped-up charges – Part 2
In part one I explained how Pembrokeshire County Council’s ex-monitoring officer, Laurence Harding, was hell-bent on pursuing a baseless complaint against me. Gwyn Evans, the council’s European manager, alleged in December 2013 I had brought the of... Read more →
With the sort of devious antics I expose in this new series, there’s no wonder the county is awash with cynics without a good word to say about Pembrokeshire County Council and some of its associates. Full of twists and turns, I fear the account that fol... Read more →
The axeman cometh
A regular reader has got in touch to say Pembrokeshire County Council’s advert for its new ‘head of transformation’ has gone live, which he sp...
Bundled up!
The most controversial item on the agenda going into last week’s full council meeting was the creation of a new head of transformation. I told the meeting...
Disregarding Harding
At around this time of year I imagine most bloggers, like me, look back on their draft posts which, for whatever reason, were never published during the previous twelve months. 2016 is about to go down as the first complete calendar year in Pembrokeshire Count... Read more →