TRIB EXCLUSIVE: CRIMINALLY CONVICTED COUNCILLOR PETER HILLER DROPPED BY PETERBOROUGH CONSERVATIVES

GUILTY        

Usually reliable sources within the Conservative Party are suggesting tonight Tuesday 21st May that recently criminally convicted PCC Councillor and Cabinet member Peter Hiller has been SUSPENDED from membership of the Conservative party

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WILL MARCO CERESTE FOLD & KEEP THE CRIMINALLY CONVICTED 'KEY MAN' CLLR PETER HILLER IN HIS NEW CABINET?

GUILTY:  Convicted PCC Councillor & Cabinet Member Peter Hiller

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By Julian Bray

Following the Trial and criminal conviction of Cllr Peter Hiller, we and a few TRIB blog followers were alarmed to read that convicted Cllr Hiller considered that his criminal conviction would make no difference to his public life ie he would carry on regardless as a trusted conservative cabinet member. 

The new Cabinet, is the 'gift' of Conservative Council leader Marco Cereste, will be rolled out this Wednesday. Will Marco Cereste be strong enough to exclude the criminally convicted councillor from his new Cabinet?  Or just roll over?

We put a series of carefully crafted serious points to the Chief Executive, and copied the e-mail to Cllr Cereste (and a Labour councillor = for balance ) just in case the whole case had passed him by.

We would have expected a reply from said CEO Gillian Beasley (Salary circa £124,000:00)  answering all the points, not the solicitor (brilliant as she is, and probably underpaid)  but sadly trotting out an anodyne primer in basic law, littered in our view with 'weasel words,' and in our view in shielding Beasley deliberately skirting AND  ignoring many of the prime issues we have clearly pointed up.

WHAT IS THE £124K CHIEF EXECUTIVE FOR  if she ducks the issues and hides behind her legal department? Hopefully councillors will raise our points in council? As a discreet protest of a convicted criminal (showing no remorse), sitting in Cabinet and also their midst, will simply place their own bunches of keys on the desk in front of them, as a silent but telling protest everytime the convicted criminal  Councillor Peter Hiller rises to speak.

Simply the criminally convicted conservative councillor following an expensive public trial by Peterborough Magistrates; namely Councillor and Cabinet Member Peter Hiller is seemingly prone to fits of 'red mist' when in the vicinity of his foreign motorcar ( a Citroen for heaven sakes!) and looking at the many  sanctimonious press quotes, the now criminally convicted Councillor Peter Hiller attaches to each PCC press release, Peterborough residents should be entitled to proper respect, and not be in fear that Councillor Hiller has a bunch of keys in his pocket....

Deliberately 'keying' a car is serious, as it not only scores through the layers of paintwork but also dents and scores the metal panels underneath, worryingly Cllr Hiller moved to Peterborough from West London, at one time, I lived in West London  (Kensington W8). My then new Volvo Estate car was keyed, it was only three weeks old. Could it have been Peter Hiller? Sounds far fetched, but we will never know....

I have also experienced at first hand the explosive anger of Councillor Hiller, and indeed sent in a lengthy  detailed report of the incident (which happened inside the Town Hall) and was invited to put in a formal complaint. I had hoped that by simply fully reporting the incident,  Councillor Peter Hiller would see the light and the 'red mists' would clear. Sadly not so and he has ended up in the dock convicted, no longer able to travel to the USA on the visa waiver programme.  He'll need to apply for a full Visa  ... his DNA taken and fingerprints already on the central police computer along with his mugshot...
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But Peter Hiller ended up in the Magistrates Court, pleaded not guilty but within a day, convicted, fined and has to pay costs and a victim surcharge. Then publicly quoted in a newspaper saying it was of no matter or words to that effect.

The best we can now hope for is that Council Leader Marco Cereste will not roll over, and give full consideration to the gravity of his cabinet member being criminally convicted, having pleaded Not Guilty and then putting the public and the victim through the trauma of a full trial. The magistrate saying Cllr Hillers evidence was "not credible" and made reference to his public life.

So you can make your own mind up here is the full exchange, we may not have 'swivel-eyed loonies' on our patch but we can put up a newly minted convicted criminal Cllr Peter Hiller. A 'key man' in more ways than one.
  

THE E-MAILS:

From PCC Solicitor

Dear Mr Bray,

Your e mail below has been referred to me by the Chief Executive, who has asked me to reply on her behalf as the Council’s Monitoring Officer. Should Cllr Cereste or Cllr Thulbourn wish to comment they will no doubt reply to you separately.

 I can confirm that there is no provision for the Council to make any of the payments imposed by the court on Cllr Hiller, and it will not do so.

 There is no provision under which Cllr Hiller can be “formally suspended” as a councillor, as a result of this. He would only be disqualified from being a councillor if the court had passed a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine (s80 (1)(d) Local Government Act 1972 refers).

The Code of Conduct to which you refer applies only when a member acts, claims to act, or gives the impression of acting as a Member of Peterborough City Council, and I have no reason to believe that this was the case at the time of the incident leading to the prosecution. It would therefore be inappropriate for the Council to impose any sanction of the kind to which you refer, or otherwise, on Cllr Hiller.

 As to Cllr Hiller’s position as a Cabinet member, that is entirely a matter for the Leader of the Council, who is responsible for appointing members of his Cabinet. Membership of the Cabinet for the municipal year 2013/14 will be noted by Annual Council on Wednesday of this week.

 Regards,

 Helen Edwards
Solicitor to the Council

Chief Executive's Department
Peterborough City Council, Town Hall, Bridge Street, Peterborough PE1 1HG
Email: helen.edwards@peterborough.gov.uk
Tel: 01733 452539


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From: JULIANBRAY@aol.com
Sent: 17 May 2013 16:49
To: Beasley Gillian; Cllr Thulbourn Nick; Cllr Cereste Marco
Subject: Councillor Peter Hiller, his criminal conviction, fine for criminal damage

 Dear Gillian Beasley

 I highlight below a quote issued in a recent press release by recently criminally convicted Cllr and Conservative Cabinet member Peter Hiller, and would also draw your attention to my previous e-mails concerning alleged abusive behaviour by Cllr Hiller .

 Cllr Hiller has stated in the media, his criminal conviction means nothing and that he is to carry on as a Peterborough City Council Conservative Cabinet Member as usual.

Would you also kindly confirm that the PCC will not be contributing in any way, directly or indirectly  to facilitating the financial payment of the criminally convicted Cllr Peter Hillers costs, fines and victim surcharge?

As by his criminal conviction for criminal damage and allegedly swearing at the Polish driver, the victim and owner of the criminally damaged vehicle Cllr Peter Hiller has clearly broken the seven principles of public life and the code of conduct  for councillors.  This would seem to be very wrong and an affront to our legal system.

Can you confirm that Cllr Hillier will now be formally suspended, and his cabinet place will be transferred by the leader of the council to a councillor, without recent criminal conviction(s) and not prone to bouts of temper ( as highlighted by the chair magistrate?)  

 Will you confirm that Cllr Peter Hillers criminal conviction, fine and victim surcharge will be added to to all  public notices, publicity handouts, "Your Peterborough" Cllr Hillers council funded website profile,  and his personal  HR files.  If not why not, as the taxi firm mentioned below would seemed to have been fined on a like tariff  and a as a result will physically suffer severe loss.

Will the PCC also issue a press release deploring the actions of Cllr Hiller, and publicly support the actions of both police and crown prosecution service in this matter, and if not why not?

I think I am right in assuming the responsibility for planning and neighbourhoods are part of the criminally convicted Cllr Peter Hillers remit as such this includes responsibility for car parks?  Clearly any future incidents of criminal damage in car parks by 'keying'  may  find their way to Cllr Hillers door.

Would you also confirm that Cllr Hiller will in any case be required to complete anger management classes ( at his own cost ) as clearly he is not suitable or fit to meet the public, if he is prone to bouts of anger.

FROM A PCC PRESS RELEASE

Councillor Peter Hiller, Cabinet Member for Housing, Neighbourhoods and Planning, said: "These joint operations with the Police are successful in preventing to prevent those involved in the taxi trade from acting unlawfully and assist in educating the trade and public. If a private hire driver does not hold the appropriate licence then he has not been subjected to criminal record, DVLA or medical checks. In essence, we wouldn’t be assured that the driver is suitable or fit to carry the public. The driver could have previous convictions, placing members of the public in danger. In addition, as the driver did not hold the appropriate licence, the insurance for that journey was invalid.

"Many private hire companies and their drivers carry out their trade lawfully and condemn the few that bring the trade into disrepute. All legitimately licensed drivers are required by law to wear their private hire or Hackney driver's badge and the vehicles display a council plate on the rear."

Police Sergeant Nikki Hall said: “We carry out these operations to address concerns about illegal practices and to ensure that the public are safe when travelling in our private hire and hackney vehicles.

“In this case, the driver has been successfully convicted for working without a private hire licence and insurance.

“It sends a clear message that this behaviour is not acceptable and those caught flouting the law will be punished.”

A decision will now be made concerning Asghar's licence to operate the business.



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MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL EXPLANATORY NOTES (LINK)

This is the link for the notes to the Bill being debated in Parliament ...
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2013-2014/0003/en/2014003en.pdf

These notes refer to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill 

as introduced in the House of Commons on 9 May 2013 [Bill 3] 

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2013-2014/0003/en/2014003en.pdf

MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) BILL 

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EXPLANATORY NOTES 

INTRODUCTION

1. These explanatory notes relate to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill as introduced 

in the House of Commons on 9 May 2013. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill 

was initially introduced in the House of Commons on 24 January 2013 and has been 

carried over from the previous Parliamentary Session under Standing Order No 80A. 

In the previous Session proceedings in Public Bill Committee in the Commons were 

concluded, but proceedings on Report in the Commons had not begun. 

The Bill was not amended in Committee. 

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Be upstanding and sustain....

Good to hear from local community activist, Local Police Panel Chair and [Fenland ?] Cllr Chris York. This hot off the Yorkie ZX65 Amstrad, is the text of his latest campaign letter, and by all accounts its worth PCC Councillors taking up the idea, if we give them a few prods in the right direction. ... 

For more information e-mail him on info@chrisyork.co.uk and tell him the TRIB sent you!

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LIVE UPDATE #LOONGATE , Stewart Jackson MP and the UKIP massive

PBROtrib DIARY 
Picture: Courtesy BBC

SWIVEL EYE REACTION CAM.....

 TRIB: "Stewart Jackson MP should have gone to UKIP!" 
Farage: "I've had enough of this interview" Voice: "Doctor, will see you both now.."
Jackson: "What Doctor?
Voice: "Not What, Who! We're casting for Dr Who, Newsnight is down the corridor.." 

Poor old Stewart Jackson MP, his office manager, she has only run  off and got married, (well done!) leaving him to lick the stamps, look for legal papers, over Mps expenses debts perhaps, fill in UKIP applications, fend off #loongate activists and keep his third [swivel ye not] beady eye on the bloggerati.

The fearsome Dame who does for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea what we do for Sopranoville /  Peterborough - click this link - has confirmed what we suspected, and we half joked about all along namely:

"Stewart Jackson MP should have gone to UKIP!" 

We ran the gag for months, ( PBROtrib EXCLUSIVE WT!) so subliminal hands have clearly been at work, or it finally sunk in and is now Wacco polwicy. I wonder what the local Conservative Association (who have foolishly already adopted Wacco for the next General Election) think of this? They'll have to share the Conservative Association bar and billiards with an assorted bunch of  'loonies and fruitcakes', to coin a populist Tory phrase.

Still they can sharpen up their KEY skills with the recently convicted 'key' man Cllr Peter Hiller. We can also revert to the Peterborough Coat of Arms with its Crossed Keys, Key man Cllr Hiller scores big time!  ["Geddit !"] Wiil the council now need to have 'Key Man Insurance'. It cannot be too long before the weakly Telegraph offers Cllr Killer a key kolumn (Key and Hiller equals Killer - OK make up your own jokes...)

TO SCORE, TO SERVE, WITH CONVICTION

Scroll down for the latest offering from the Dame; as usual read and weep. Happily Wacco is only MP for part of Peterborough, not the whole City. Waccos wife Sarah O Gravy who lives in the Peterborough state maintained MP second home (eh Bedroom Tax? Noooooo) scribes for a newspaper owned by a pornographer ( Contd Page 94)..

UPDATE: Should perhaps clearly explain what we mean by 'state maintained'  Wacco paid out for, takes on full legal liability for the stonking great mortgage, and therefore de facto 'owns' the mortgaged Peterborough MP constituency house, and essentially takes the risk on it being a goldmine or albatross, (we know where that is going!!!) then the payment system permits him as an MP, to put mountains of bills, mortgage interest etc into Parliament, and most of the chits get paid, approved and paid back out, hence 'state maintained'. The odd one or two gets rejected.

I just say this as I had a really good spoof phone call from someone putting on a Wacco style voice, it was very good, but it was up half an octive and slightly breathy, delivered at twice the normal Wacco pace of delivewy. 

We were having a nice chat when the line went suddenly dead.  These pay as you go mobiles are wubbish. Anyway whoever called at 7:51pm on the 19th May (07841181848)  you interrupted the splendid Antiques Road show, and I never found out how much the antique silver baby rattle went for...     

Now back to The Dame: 
HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A PISSED OFF PALMER 

The Dame receives some extraordinary 'scoops'....

Before Pooter was eased out 'to spend more time with his family' he attempted to organise an initiative to dump the poor of our parish in Peterboro'....a city labouring under mass unemployment.

Local MP Stuart Jackson was very angry with Pooter and his migratory plans.

TWITTER: Peterborough MP @SJacksonMP tells me joint Tory/UKIP candidates in 2015 are likely & wld seek UKIP support in [PETERBOROUGH] constituency to do so himself



 INCOGNITO Ukip VISITOR

 So far, so harmless, but did the tweet resonate with local 'loud mouth' Cllr 'The Inspector' Palmer.
 And who was the furtive looking fellow, with shades and dirty mac leaving Ukip's Bond Street HQ?

Could Cllr Palmer too, be pondering the idea of linking with Ukip to give himself the 'edge' in May 2013?

The truth please,Cllr!

After all, this leading backbencher was fuming at being omitted from the Cabinet.
 Even half asleep nonagenarian 'Dotty' Doreen Wetherhead got 'looked after'.

Lucky old Dotty..this Moylan loyalist can now add £35k a year to her pension....a fine reward for failure!

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Hi-de-Hi! actor Paul Shane,72, has died following a short illness.

The Hi-de-Hi! actor Paul Shane has died at the age of 72, following a short illness. The star of the 80s BBC sitcom was surrounded by friends and family in a hospice in his home town of Rotherham, South Yorkshire.

Paul Shane as Ted Bovis the Maplins Holiday Camp Comic

Linda Kremer, the actor's agent for 15 years, said: "Paul Shane was a consummate professional, a true gentleman, a good friend, and a joy to work with.

"He didn't suffer fools, always maintained his sense of humour, never stinted on the time he gave to his fans.

"He lightened my life and I'll miss him enormously."

Shane was a coal miner before starting out as a cabaret act touring working men's clubs on the infamous Bailey Circuit in the 1960s.

As well as Hi-di-Hi!, in which he played holiday camp host Ted Bovis, he starred in the TV series You Rang M'Lord and Oh, Dr Beeching!

His other TV acting credits included Holby City, Doctors, Coronation Street and A Touch of Frost. He also toured in several stage productions,   He is survived by three daughters and six grandchildren. His wife Dory died in 2001.


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ADULT SOCIAL CARE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COSTS FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI-13-0317

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST –  FOI-13-0317

Dear Sir / Madam,
Your request for information has now been considered and the information
 requested is given below.

 1.      Who provides your IT social services solution for your Adult
 Social Care  Department?

Our adult social care record system is Frameworki provided by Core Logic.

2.      What is the cost of the associated contract?

The total cost of the contract is £158,333 and includes licenses and services.

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Conservative Cllr & Cabinet Member Peter Hiller found GUILTY : Fined £700, ordered to pay costs of £750, compensation of £885 and a victim surcharge of £70, given seven days to make the payment.

Commentators are asking if Conservative Leader Marco Cereste, following the alleged
'stalking horse' leadership challenge now''politically too weak' to sack criminally convicted
cabinet member Cllr Peter Hiller ?

A publicly convicted common criminal that is  Conservative Peterborough councillor Peter Hiller, 58, of West End Rd. Maxley, (who pleaded not guilty at trial). 

Hiller following conviction asserts in the media, that despite appearing in the dock, before Peterborough magistrates, protesting his innocence and the Magistrates stating his evidence was "not credible" Hiller says he will in any case continue sitting as a Peterborough City Council Conservative cabinet member, as if nothing at all has happened.  Despite being found guilty by magistrates of causing criminal damage by ‘keying’ a car belonging to a Polish driver in a car park. 

'Key Man staying put!'
CRIMINALLY CONVICTED
CLLR. PETER HILLER 

Hiller is in effect saying Conservative Council Leader Marco Cereste has no alternative, too weak to sack him, and allegedly the price for voting Marco back in. 

The latter seeming more likely as sources now say Cllr. Lee remains in post as Deputy Leader despite the leadership challenge.

Was it all a put up job, with Cllr Lee, little more than a 'stalking horse'  to confirm Marco Cereste firmly back in power, and to stifle any independent thought or action in cabinet? You decide.  

In the Courts:

Peter Hiller was convicted (following a one day Trial at Peterborough Magistrates Court) of causing criminal damage to a Vauxhall Astra in a B&Q car park at Maskew Avenue. 

Hiller was fined £700, and ordered to pay costs of £750, compensation of £885 and a surcharge of £70, and was given seven days to make the payment.

Councillor Peter Hiller, is a PCC conservative cabinet member, his portfolio covers sensitive issues such as  housing, neighbourhoods and planning,

The packed magistrates court heard how Conservative councillor Hiller,  (Northborough Ward), had visited  the DIY Superstore on February 28th,  when lorry driver Krzyztof Falkowski from Poland parked 'in a narrow space' next to the defendants car.

As Mr Falkowski got out of his Astra, the door the court heard, hit Hiller’s vehicle a Citroen. The two men then had a heated exchange, until Krzyztof  Falkowski walked off into the store.

CCTV images show that Cllr. Hiller drove away from what was to become a crime scene, but later CCTV showed Peter Hillier walking back to where his car had been parked, and in between the Vauxhall Astra and another car. Mr Falkowski, who was watching this all unfold  from inside the shop, told the magistrates it looked as though Hiller was scratching the car with a key,  [ commonly known as 'keying' ] and when he, Krzyztof  Falkowski examined his vehicle, there was a lengthy scratch along the side. As Hiller drove away from the car park, he also swore at the Polish driver.

Hiller in his defence told magistrates, he had lost his phone, and had returned to look for it - but chair magistrate Michael Eady said his evidence ‘was not credible.’

Mr Eady underlined the point saying:” We are disappointed a person in your position failed to control your temper.”

Hiller was fined £700, and ordered to pay costs of £750, compensation of £885 and a surcharge of £70, and was given seven days to make the payment.



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Conservative Councillor Peter Hiller GUILTY of causing criminal damage to a car in a car park

+++ BREAKING NEWS +++

CONSERVATIVE Cllr. Peter Hiller, Peterborough City Council Cabinet Member, has been found GUILTY of CRIMINAL DAMAGE by 'keying' a car in a PETERBOROUGH car park. 

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CURSE OF BRIDGE STREET strikes again.. Margarets Tea Room turns the kettles off...

Sorry to record another Peterborough tea room bites the dust as Margarets Tea Room calls it a day. 

Located in Wentworth Street, off Bridge Street, it never really had a chance with the extended  Bridge Street  Public Realm reconstruction going on and on and on. 

Hopefully Michael West and his partner will re-open elsewhere...   The Clock Restaurant on Bridge Street also closed after a short period of trading. Perhaps the DLR [Ed: no thats Docklands Light Railway try DRL]  (Dear Re-invented Leader)   will finally take note and close down needless council sponsored retail  competition.... 

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Urgent 'Eviction Notice' Message from Peterborough Against Poverty for Cross Keys Homes Tenants..

Urgent Message from Peterborough Against Poverty for Cross Keys Homes Tenants....


If you receive an arrears of rent  letter and your case is being passed onto the Central Recoveries Team, please let Peterborough Aganist Poverty know if you have a paragraph containing the following false claim :

"As you have now been identified at risk of being made homeless we have sent your details to Peterborough City Council who may be able to help you."

Peterborough Against Poverty are writing to Cross Keys Homes to get this removed from letters as they were told by the lady in the 'Central Recoveries Team' that they do not actually do that and she wasn't sure why it's even in the letter.

Also if you are in the process of claiming (or do claim in the future (before Universal Credit kicks in next year) please make sure you request the housing benefit payment  goes directly  to your Landlord as they have no computer system in place, to recognise you as a hb claimant that gets hb every 4wks in arrears. They will automatically send you a Notice of intent to seek eviction after 2 weeks worth of debt. 

If housing benefit goes direct to them they then allow your account  to go four weeks into debt. PAP is  trying to get a timescale of Cross Keys Homes getting a working system, hopefully  well in place before Universal Credit comes into force in our area.


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COST TO PETERBOROUGH OLYMPIC TORCH FoI REQUEST

>> AS FEATURED ON BBC CAMBS Paul Stainton Bigger Breakfast Show 20 May 2013 <<

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST –  FOI-13-0351

Dear Sir / Madam,

Your request for information has now been considered and the information
 requested is given below.

1. Please can you tell me the cost to the council for allowing the
 Olympic Torch to pass through the area covered by the council?

 Please refer to Attachment 1   (See Below)

 2. Please could you provide a breakdown of the costs such as:

 a. extra pay for staff
  b. extra cost of policing
  c. road closures
  d. branded bunting
  e. other associated costs

Please refer to Attachment 1.  There was no extra pay for staff.

 3. In addition, could you tell me what income, if any, was earned from:

 a. the procession from parking

 Please refer to Attachment 1

 b. selling advertising space, etc

 The Council was unable to charge for advertising as the event was sponsor
 protected by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic
 Games (LOCOG).

  4. And finally, if you did have any grant funding or sponsorship, can you
 tell me how much was provided by LOCOG?

 LOCOG did not provide any funding.

Expenditure            Expenditure                Details             Actual

Security To provide security for the Torch route, evening celebration site and Medical Staff & Vehicles £2,391

Fencing/Barriers This includes placing barriers for the torch route and other site

Equipment Generators and LED Screens £5,480

Traffic Management Traffic regulation Orders (TRO). Signage, staff and vehicles £10,270

Waste Management Street care resource including the recovery vehicle and the cleaning of
Toilets and Portacabin Provision of toilets, office and changing rooms £9,159

Catering For stage crew and other workers on the site £500

Platforms are required on the Embankment for the media and  Coach travel for bands around the route and use of Train

Event organisation & Publicity Fireworks display, publicty, event compere and expertise in event

Technical services Supply of technical services for Olympic torch relay £6,095

Licence Licence for performing rights £924

Marquees Supply and removal of marquees for the evening event £1,917

Accommodation Hotel accommodation £282

Payment to Vivacity To cover performance by Close-act, workshops and sculpture

£26,959

Dress Rehearsal   £10,430

Fencing  £4,210

Clear up of the Embankment after the event, people with disabilities, torch and passengers
organisation for people with disabilties

Total Operational costs £86,034

production £48,000

Total performance costs £48,000

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Miss Nightingale turns into Miss Nightmare as Key Theatre, Peterborough 'Bag of Spanners' Air Conditioner and 'a bar with no beer' awaits patrons

 Amber Topaz as  Miss Nightingale

PBROtrib EXCLUSIVE: The stylish Miss Nightingale The Burlesque Musical  currently being performed at the Key Theatre, Peterborough was totally ruined during the matinee yesterday as the theatre air conditioning plant turned into a 'bag of spanners' during the performance, leading the audience to believe that the noise was coming from mobile generators from the circus next door. 



Several members of the matinee audience complained to the theatre ushers, only to be told the problem was known, and that it was the theatre air conditioning plant making a nonsense of the delicate musical performance and nothing to do with the circus next door.  The problem had been repeatedly reported by staff to Vivacity Trust bosses 'several days ago' but nothing so far had been done.

During the interval, a loud bang*** was also heard from an area behind the Mens claokroom.


If that was not enough the Key Theatre bar has gone teeetotal with all alcoholic drinks removed from display. Bar staff claimed 'they had a supplier problem' but could it be someone has forgotten to renew the 'on sales' bar licence? Either way patrons will be condemned to 'Noises Off' from  the theatre air con system and a totally alcohol free experience at the Peterborough Key Theatre bar.

** This production is currently touring and will be at The Theatre Royal, Nottingham 23rd - 25th May, for a 'bag of spanners' free performance...

*** A copy of this blog has been sent to the PCC Solicitor for information, as there are possible H&S concerns..

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Monitoring animal abusers could prevent them harming people in the future

Monitoring animal abusers could prevent them harming people in the future, writes N. C. Sweeney

Criminals generally grow out of offending with the onset of a delayed maturity or when they become too old to accept the prospect of another spell in prison.

However, one group of criminals are constant in their failure to change whatever their age: sex offenders. Although it is a cliché relied upon by defence counsel on behalf of every priest who molests a choirboy or teacher who robs a schoolgirl of her innocence that he acted “out of character”, each advocate is wrong. The reason is for pederasts and rapists and their ilk, their offences are not out of character, but part of their character.

Their proclivity is recognized by the Sexual Offences Prevention Order, which provides a means of monitoring the movements of offenders during their sentence and afterwards. The Order covers all aspects of any sentence from a caution to life imprisonment. The notification requirement for the “relevant offender” means the police can protect the public by gaining knowledge of any subsequent breach by him. Then his behaviour can be curbed by a further sentence.

Precisely the same principle applies to the need for a Registry of Animal Abusers for precisely the same reason. Many criminals who are animal abusers go on to commit serious offences of violence towards vulnerable human victims. There is a defined connection between cruelty to animals and violence towards children and women. It is well documented that mass murderers like Jeffrey Dahmer and Theodore Bundy tend to share a long history of animal cruelty.

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Noel Sweeney of Veritas Chambers is a practising barrister who specializes in criminal law and human rights and animal law. He has lectured widely on all those subjects. He has also written on all aspects of the legal status of animals. He has written a seminal work on animals and criminal law which is to be published in July 2013: Animals-in-Law.

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Chatteris residents can help target speeding drivers

Residents in Chatteris and Manea are being invited to help police crackdown on speeding drivers.
Cambridgeshire Police Officers are encouraging people to join the Community Speedwatch initiative being held in their area. ( TRIBnote: Not just Chatteris, but many other areas are now fully equipped to roll out a Community Speedwatch scheme)

Police provide all the equipment including high-visibility tabards and a speed monitoring device. Any motorist found to be exceeding the speed limit will receive a letter advising them they were speeding and giving relevant guidance and advice.

PCSO Martin Bogunovic said: "Community Speedwatch puts the public at the centre of enforcement.
"It allows residents to see the problems as they exist and the methods police can use to combat them."

Anyone interested in joining should get in touch with the Chatteris and Manea neighbourhood team by emailing chatterismanea.npt@cambs.pnn.police.uk or dial local Police teams on 101

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UEFA Champions League Final 25th May 2013: Peterborough Hotels missing out as LONDON hotels hike prices by 63% for one night

Hotel prices in London have increased by 63 per cent for  May 25th – the date of the UEFA Champions League Final - according to the trivago Hotel Price Index (tHPI). 

On the same day Wembley Stadium will welcome 90,000 visitors, one night in London will cost an average of £281. This is a £108 increase from the monthly average of £173 per night.

Peterborough with its fast (43 minute) one stop main line rail link to London is clearly missing out.

Hotel prices have also increased the day preceding the final between German teams Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. One night on 24 May will cost an average of £224, which is a 30 per cent increase from the monthly average.

The tHPI has also found that hotel prices across Europe have increased by an average of 11 per cent in comparison to last month, based on the 50 most popular European cities on trivago. One night in May will cost an average of  £108, compared to £97 in April.

Venice is rated as the most expensive destination this month, where hotel prices have increased by 38 per cent  to an average of £238 per night. Other significant increases can be found in Riga (up 44 per cent to an average of £85 per night), Prague (up 34 per cent to £125), Istanbul (up 29 per cent to £159) and  Budapest (also up 27

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Labour attitudes to welfare hardening says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation ( http://www.jrf.org.uk/media-centre/tough-attitudes-poverty )  has actually put out something interesting for a change chimes political blogger Guido Fawkes  ( www.order-order.com )

Over the last thirty years, Labour supporter's attitudes to welfare have hardened considerably. In the late eighties 41% believed social injustice was the main cause of poverty, now that figure is just 27%.

This can be explained in part by the number that blame laziness amongst those on benefits, up from 13% to 22%.

31% of Labour backers see welfare recipients as undeserving, compared to just 21% thirty years ago. The biggest jump: 46% now believe the welfare state encourages dependency, up from just 16% in 1987.

 Guido says: "Ed may want to lead the party of welfare, but his voters are clearly not with him."

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MAY 23rd HOME SECURITY EXHIBITION AND EVENT : FREE ADMISSION

Cambridgeshire Police together with the Safer Peterborough Partnership are to hold a Home Security event on 23rd May at the Beehive Centre, St Martin's Street, Millfield  between 1.30PM -.6.00PM. 

Local suppliers and product experts will be on hand to show and demonstrate  various security products for the  home, including alarms, CCTV and forensic DNA property marking and safes. Experts will give security hints and tips.  Discounts will also be offered on recommended products. Leaflets and general information on looking after a home will also be available.



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Survey: Checking Email at Night, on Weekends and Holidays Is the New Norm for the UK’s Workforce

A survey released today claims that Email has transformed the way we do business globally, but has also had a fundamental impact on work/life balance for many employees.

Sponsored by GFI Software , the report shows that employees also regularly read work email during weddings, children's school events and other family occasions

The conventional 9am–5pm working day and five-day working week is a thing of the past for the overwhelming majority of workers at small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), according to a new survey on work-related email habits.

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Sunday Morning Assault on a 19-year-old female, in Newark Avenue, Peterborough. Police appeal

A young lady, just 19 years old suffered a black eye, after being attacked and assaulted as she walked towards her home in Peterborough on Sunday morning.   She walked along Newark Avenue at about 11.30am on Sunday May 12th.

PC Les Ellmer said: . "I would like to speak to anyone who saw what happened or who has any information, however slight this will assits my investigation and I would appeal for them to come forward."

Anyone with information should call PC Ellmer on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.


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PETERBOROUGH ELECTION VOTING FRAUD TO BE INVESTIGATED AS TRUST SYSTEM TOTTERS...

Spoof posters not so far off the mark...

The normally docile Electoral Commission, who will routinely refer any complaints about vote rigging to police, maintain electoral fraud in the UK is not widespread, but the current voting system may be vulnerable to abuse 'even when everything possible' is done to prevent and detect it, an Electoral Commission consultation claims.

The Commission is now finally asking for views on a number of possible changes to voting by post, proxy and in polling stations. >>>>

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81-year-old pensioner dies after being pushed by 79-year old at Social Club

A PENSIONER died after being pushed over by a fellow drinker following an argument at a Peterborough social club.

John Booth, 81, was taken to hospital after hitting his head on a table, following a fall at Parkway Social Club, Maskew Avenue, on Saturday, January 28th, 2012.  He died a few days later from his injuries. A post mortem confirmed he had died as a result of a head injury.

But the coroner referred the case to police after a witness told the inquest he believed Mr Booth had been pushed.

Terence Fisher, 79, of Middle Street, Farcet, near Peterborough, was interviewed by Cambridgeshire Police and admitted pushing Mr Booth, after he had allegedly made an unwanted comment about him.

Mr Booth had fallen, hitting his head on a table which causing  a brain haemorrhage, from which he never recovered.

Fisher was said to have shown remorse, and claimed he had not meant to cause him harm.

He admitted involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, suspended for two years, at Cambridge Crown Court on Friday May 10th 2013.

Detective Inspector Andy Tolley said: "This was an unusual case as it was not referred to police until fresh evidence emerged at the inquest.

"I have no doubt that Terence Fisher did not intend to kill Mr Booth when he pushed him away. However, this case shows how any form violence, no matter how minor it may seem, can have devastating consequences for all involved.

"I hope the fact he has now been brought to justice for his actions has given Mr Booth's family some closure."


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HMRC turns up the heat on tax dodging traders: Six additional taskforces announced Peterborough property rental targeted

As part of its efforts to tackle tax evasion, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced a series of targeted taskforces targeting tax evasion 'in specific trading and geographical areas' to recover around £25 million of unpaid tax according to Grant Thornton.


HMRC specialist teams will target specific trading sectors identified as being of high risk of tax evasion in specific parts of the country.

These include:

· Indoor and outdoor markets in London

· Taxi Firms in Yorkshire and Nottingham

· Property rentals in Peterborough, East Anglia, London, Yorkshire and the North East

· Restaurants in the Midlands.

Paul Roberts, Grant Thornton said: “HMRC has been gathering intelligence on tax evasion for the last year or so using ‘web crawler’ technology and is likely to have already identified several traders they plan to investigate.

“These trading sectors will cover a lot of businesses and the locations announced will take in the well-known property rental centres of London, Cambridge, Leeds and Newcastle, the renowned Birmingham Balti Belt restaurant trade, and the world famous London street markets of Camden Market, Portobello Road and Brick Lane.

“Traders who have not registered with HMRC, or who have concerns that they may have understated the profits they have declared, should seek professional advice and consider making a disclosure to HMRC as soon as possible to reduce the chance of a potential prosecution and to mitigate the penalty which may be due.”




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Good news for Stewart Jackson MP. House prices to rise £10,000: Biggest increase for 3 years

Sarah O'Grady  Property Writer: Daily Express

A Property Expert writes:

CONFIDENCE in the housing market has soared to its highest level in three years with prices forecast to rise by £10,000 this summer (writes Sara O'Grady)

"Confidence is higher than average in the South-west, the South-east and the East of England. (!!)

However, it is still below average in the Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, the North-west, North-east, Wales and Scotland. Not one person surveyed in Northern Ireland thought prices will increase by September.

Richard Sexton, director of e.surv chartered surveyors, said: “The housing market is fizzing with positivity at the moment. Values are on the up, mortgage rates are at record lows.

Sarah O'Grady Property Expert and Writer aka Mrs Stewart Jackson (seen here on the left) lives with her MP husband (seen on the right) in Peterborough. They rent out their property in London. Cushty!

From Guido Fawkes  www.order-order.com The fact that Tory MP Stewart Jackson hasn’t even sold his house will make his battle with IPSA’s expensive legal team, Cherie Blair’s Matrix Chambers, all the more interesting.  

Especially since he isn’t even considering selling up. Guido is however more amused by Jackson’s claim that house prices were falling in his area, so the value of his property couldn’t possibly have increased by 20% as IPSA claim.  

Which is somewhat ironic given that Jackson’s wife is none other than Daily Express property hack Sarah O’Grady, known for headlines such as “House prices rocket to a three-year high”, “Biggest house price rises in a year”, “House prices surge for second month in a row” and “House prices on rise again”. And many, many more. Stewart obviously isn’t a reader…

The Story so far:

Once upon a time there were duck houses and moats.... The MP For Peterborough Stewart Jackson had his  Parliamentary expenses scrutinised during the celebrated  MP's expenses scandal.   Articles in the Daily Telegraph reported that Jackson had claimed more than £66,000 in three financial years for housing costs in his constituency:

On 11 May 2009 the newspaper reported that he had claimed £11,000 in professional, legal and mortgage fees on buying a new constituency home. However, Jackson explained that there were legitimate 'one-off costs' relating to the purchasing of a home base in the constituency after his election as an MP, and until the house was purchased, he, his wife and infant daughter were renting one bedroomed accommodation in the constituency.

On 12 May 2009, both BBC Newsnight, and a second article published by The Daily Telegraph reported that Jackson had claimed £55,000 on housing costs for the constituency house, bringing the total sum to over £66,000.

When asked about how MPs should be housed in their constituencies, Jackson was quoted in the Daily Telegraph as saying that any ban on the second home allowance would be "draconian and unfair".

David Cameron, leader of Jackson’s Conservative Party, declared himself appalled at the raft of revelations made by the Telegraph relating to claims submitted by his parliamentary party colleagues, and stated that disciplinary action could be taken against those who had acted illegally or outside of the rules

However, no action was taken against Jackson by either his party or Parliamentary authorities, who deemed his expense claims at the time to be legal and within the rules. So that's all right then....

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British fugitive Andrew Moran arrested in Spain

One of Britain's most wanted fugitives, who fled the country in 2009 during his trial for a £25,000 armed robbery in Lancashire, is captured in a dramatic operation by police in Spain.

Andrew Moran, 31, from near the BBC's new home at Salford, Greater Manchester, was arrested in the resort of Calpe in Alicante on Friday, the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) reported.

Moran, who has been on the run for over four years, fled the country in 2009 after he vaulted the dock in a Burnley courtroom as he went on trial over a £25,000 armed robbery of Royal Mail guards.

He was convicted in his absence for the cash in transit theft in 2005 in Colne, Lancashire. Soca said Moran was captured in a dramatic raid at a luxury villa in the Costa Blanca resort of Calpe.

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April "Think!" campaign bags 300 motorcyclists and pulls 180 motorists ... more to come

Throughout April, Cambridgeshire Police officers took part in the 'Think' motorcyclist campaign, targeting motorcyclist and vehicle driver offences. 

Not only were 302 motorcyclists targeted, but 180 motorists were also caught using a mobile while driving or not wearing a seatbelt.

172 motorcyclists were stopped:

37 fixed penalty notices were issued for a range of offences such as defective tyres and incorrect number plates, 

34 were given warnings for excess speed, one bike was seized for no insurance, 

14 were issued with a vehicle defect rectification scheme, 

4 were registered as part of the ride scheme,

2 arrested, had been involved in a serious injury collision.

Inspector Bob Turner commented: "Road safety is vital for motorcyclists and it's disappointing that so many are still riding too fast or being fined.

"While traffic officers were out on the county's roads there were still motorists flouting the law.

"Roads can be a dangerous place when the law is not respected and adhered to. If we are to reduce the number of fatalities and casualties on the county's roads it is vital people comply with the law.

"During May officers will again be out on the roads enforcing the speed limit."


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Peach against Poverty! Bread for one new pence Cllr Peach tells protesters, as Conservative Stewart Jackson MP slips way...

Cllr Peach: Hey you chaps make more of your dough! Bread for a penny..

On the day, tragic Mum, Stephanie Bottrill,53, took her life as she claimed in a suicide note she was unable to cover a 25% drop in her meagre income, due to the imposition of the bedroom tax on two 'spare' bedrooms in her high rise social housing apartment. The action group Peterborough Against Poverty staged a protest outside the constituency home of Peterboroughs Conservative MP  Stewart Jackson.

'Wacco' having been tipped off about the protest, true to form, declined to meet the protest and slid out of the IPSA state funded mansion, a few moments before the demo started...

In a brief exchange outside the palatial multi bedroom constituency home (with swimming pool) of bad boy back bench MP Stewart Jackson, ('Wacco' is being sued by the parliamentary guardian of the public purse IPSA over disputed Capital Gains profits, on the state maintained mansion the public provide for MP Jackson.

In bed together, representations of IDS and Wacco Jacco settle down for a protest outside
Stewart Jacksons State funded Peterborough mansion
  

Cllr John Peach  ( doing his bit to banish poverty ) volunteered some valuable information that he made an evening visit to a supermarket around 8-8:30 pm and purchased a loaf of bread for a penny.

Not too certain where the doughty councillor was going with this one, but the action group Peterborough against Poverty (PAP) were however pleased that Wacco had unblocked them on twitter and tweeted them, stating that they should contact his office to arrange a meeting.

Want to get involved?   You can find Peterborough Against Poverty here….

http://www.discovervolunteering.org/organisations/peterborough-against-poverty/

and also on twitter…     https://twitter.com/pboroagainstpov

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Former School Cook from Wisbech, Pervert Sam Dunn, 24, gets 12 months jail, given Sexual Offences Prevention Order for 5 years and added to Sex Offender Register for 7 years

Former school cook Sam Dunn, 24, of Gote Lane, 

Gorefield, Wisbech  jailed for indecent images

A man who had nearly 22,000 indecent images of children on his computer has been jailed for 12 months....

Sam Dunn, 24, of Gote Lane, Gorefield, Wisbech, admitted three counts of distributing indecent images, four counts of making indecent images, and eight counts of possessing indecent images of children at Norfolk Magistrates' Court last month.

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TOWN HALL RICH LIST PUBLISHED - You won't find this in the Town Hall Pravda!

The annual Taxpayers' Alliance  http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/home/2013/05/revealed-2525-council-staff-earning-100000.html  Town Hall Rich List has just been published .....

An 11% fall in council staff earning over £100,000:00 but thousands still on the gravy train in our rotten boroughs... 


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SERIOUS ASSAULT AT WITCHAM TOLL: APPEAL FOR INFORMATION

A Man suffered a serious head injury after being assaulted on a filling station forecourt near Ely.
The 46 year old, from Ely, was attacked at the Jet Petrol station, Witcham Toll, around 9am on Monday May 6th.   He was treated in hospital and has since been released.

Detective Sergeant John Yore, Cambridgeshire Police said: "This was a serious assault but we are treating it as an isolated incident.

"I would like to speak to anyone who saw what happened. There were a number of witnesses in the area who could help my investigation and I would appeal for them to come forward."

Anyone with information should call DS Yore at Ely on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.


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IPSA COURT WRIT for £54,000:00 ON WAY TO MP'S EXPENSES STEWART JACKSON MP - UPDATE

Courtesy www.order-order.com

Yes my fwend, the shirt off your bwack will do nicely!

IPSA (Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority) has  released details of MPs who made profits on their second home capital gains. 

(UPDATE: Don't be taken in by the former bankster now MP. This debt relates to the consituency home in Peterborough not the MP's family home, as 'Wacco' is now trying to suggest on his [blocked] Twitter feed, so BBC Cambs got it spot on. IPSA is also paying out for all the bile, 'Wacco' tweets) 

Tory Stewart Jackson the MP for PETERBOROUGH is being sued for £54,000 after failing to agree a repayment plan with IPSA. For the sake of (bank) balance, click this link for a BBC CAMBS Chris Mann Show script, of an explanation of the IPSA situation, and why Wacco, former Lloyds High Street bank manager aka #bankster)  is now the only one jumping up and down, and asking for corrections when clearly none should be given.

Jacco (who blocks on Twitter anyone who dares challenge him), recently castigated "the social misfit bottom feeding dregs" might like to consider getting his own MP's expenses funded second house in order!  And tell us all when he has fully repaid IPSA, the public funding to support his Toff lifestyle....

Andy Burnham still owes £2,850.24 after creaming off a £4,456.08 capital gains profit, to be repaid by November this year.

John Denham is due to pay back £5,394.80,

David Willetts owes £7,230.74,

James Paice £9,177.12,

Andrew George is paying back ten grand and Brian Donohoe still owes £7,369.36.

Philip Hammond is on his last repayment of £34,883.54 capital gains.

Most MPs have already paid back the cash they made, David Gauke forked out £26,762.76,

John Whittingdale £12,441.00,

Tim Yeo £3,215.74,

David Jones £81,446.00,

Greg Campbell £61,403.18,

and Hazel Blears £7,644.00.

You can see the details in full here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvhnkxM7PaSYdEJhT3doYTFZWGhIYVF2NjdXNnpGN3c&usp=sharing .


STEWART JACKSON MP who eats in all the best restaurants, seemingly claims for literally everything including the kitchen sink, and is now being taken to Court by IPSA for not agreeing a  programme of repayments. Click on Read more to see the  payements spreadsheet.   This is just part of the published expenses paid out to Conservative, Stewart JACKSON MP.

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Blue Sky Thinking ?

Tanked...

Lido
A lido, in the United Kingdom and some other countries, 
refers to a public outdoor swimming pool and surrounding facilities, or part of a beach where people can swim, lie in the sun or participate in water sports. Wikipedia

But not in the City of Peterborough, where the silly season has started early, it has now been seriously suggested by Marco Cereste Council Leader ( wait for it....) they should be putting a £20 million roof over the existing classic English Lido.

The revamped structure of course would no longer be defined as a Lido, so a £5 million consultation/communications programme might have to be undertaken to coin a new name... fee earning consultants at £1,000 day hired to roll out the new amenity.... £10 charged for public admission - free to councillors...

A wag suggests an alternative might be to build a six foot perimeter wall, and tank Cathedral Square, turn the dancing fountains back on to fill it. The burger van could be a feature, set on a raised island in the middle ...what do you think?

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TRIB TOWERS DIARY: MEEJA NIGHTMARE ON BRIDGE STREET

PBROtrib TRIB TOWERS DIARY

Woodman, Spare that Bridge Street Tree!

EXCLUSIVE  My, my, the night of the long knives in Peterborough Tory circles work fast!

We hear that the Marco Cereste camp are allegedly in the process of ritually hanging Cllr Matthew Lee out to dry, as a stack of calls to Trib Towers strongly suggesting the Dear Reconfirmed Leader has already had a discreet meeting with Cllr Diane Lamb, and has made her the dubious offer to replace Cllr Matthew Lee as the Deputy Leader of the Peterborough City Council, following Cllr Lee's so called 'failed leadership challenge.'

Does Cllr Diane Lamb know that the mass burn incinerator will also fall into her delicate lap, at a time when the Kings Lynn Norfolk incinerator deal is in the process of being dumped, with a possible penalty payment of £20 million, to get out of the contract?  Could that possibly happen here? Should also add the Mole Valley Tories in Surrey a couple of weeks back, finally axed their Mass burn Incinerator plan after a 13 year campaign to rid themselves of the peril.

But back to Cllr Diane Lamb, she has until early next week to make her decision. An uncomfortable weekend to sleep on it as it were  It will need to happen in any case before May 16th, the day core Cereste supporter Cllr Hiller has to return his bail, for the start of his Trial at Peterborough Courts.

We've also had a couple of unkind calls suggesting that Matthews challenge was in reality a put up job - a stalking horse - the story goes Matthew only ever had 8 Tory councillor votes, the usual suspects, but just enough not to do too much damage, but to convince the Tory postal voting faithful, that despite UKIP putting the political knife in last week - a terrible event attended by no less than Cllr Walsh (Con)   -  Peterborough now has a reconfirmed strong leader at the helm, well so the story would be spun.

Meanwhile the new time intensive media offensive with Marco in vision isn't going too well either, the Dear Reconfirmed Leader  has taken to the small screen to air the vexed immigration question. BBC TV's Nick Robinson last week and Sky this week, only the Cereste clip (sitting by the celebrated  kibbled onion Burger van) was faded out on the Jeff Randall programme just as the Dear Reconfirmed Leader loomed into view, but not before the fountain less Cathedral Square money pit was featured, and the extended street voxpop in Lincoln Road featured some of its more international residents with languages to suit...  Marco needs to master the art of the well rounded 20 second memorable sound bite, if he is to further his meeja career.


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