The wake of the Ezekiel trial certainly seems to have left the local blogs in a strange state, the lead article in the last week’s Gazette, see http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/net-widens-Thanet-wake-Ezekiel-trial/story-18287724-detail/story.html#axzz2MllW1ffo has left a bit of who’s next atmosphere. Eastcliff Richard seems to have returned, although I am not sure if this is a temporary measure due to the trial or some longer term return. He did do who’s next post the other day with comments disallowed and then took it down fairly promptly, but who can say what ECR’s motives may be. He has certainly put up one of his very funny videos and is evidently not using youtube to host it, so it may appear here, if my itc is up to it.
I asked one of our local (Labour) councillors
what he thought about the ongoing investigation at the council. Did he think
any Labour councillors would go down? Not really sure, but he hoped he wouldn’t
get his own collar felt. Who would be Next? Off the record and unprintable
answer.
When I had lunch my with Sandy Ezekiel and GOD the other day, although we mostly talked motorbikes he did say that he though the council was a deeply unhappy place, I would say that he has at least made it exciting.
When I had lunch my with Sandy Ezekiel and GOD the other day, although we mostly talked motorbikes he did say that he though the council was a deeply unhappy place, I would say that he has at least made it exciting.
My own dear family were not so long ago, if anything more
Tory than the Tories grandmamma apparently said she knew someone who had met
a socialist, apparently she had just lunched with the Conservative prime
minister who had discussed pmqs with her over lunch and this was an aside to
her saying something like “the wretched man must have been involved in trade or
something and hadn’t the manners to avoid politics while I was eating” a
formidable lady.
Well it’s a view I suppose and some may
aspire to it, but truth is you are either a crook or you aren’t and regardless
of whether more councillors get court, were guilty, get off etc the fact remains
that there is this seven years.
Sandy dreamed that he stood by the river, and out came seven fat cattle,
who fed in the reed-grass. And then seven lean cattle came up out of the river
and ate the seven fat cattle, and Sandy
awoke. He went back to sleep and dreamed that seven good ears of corn came up
on one stalk, and then seven thin ears sprung up after them and swallowed the
good ears, and Sandy again awoke. In the morning, Sandy was troubled and sent for all the councillors
and officers of TDC and told them his dream, but none could interpret it. Then
the chief blagger spoke up, confessing his faults and relating how Sandy had been put in
prison with the blagger, and a blagger there had interpreted his dreams,
correctly predicting the future.
Sorry I digress, but the fact remains that we
now have problems relating to seven years leadership by a crook.
Back to the subject of blog spam comments
and some thoughts here, this is mainly because I have had to switch the Thanet
Press Release blog to signed on commenter’s only today, after about 100 spam
comments today.
Recently spam is becoming much more site specific
and more of it is generated by copying existing comments and modifying them,
inserting nasties and posting them again.
My recommendation is that if you don’t have
a blogger account then get one as anything posted anonymously that looks in any
way dubious is likely to get deleted immediately.
On the blog administration page where I manage
comment the ones left by people who are signed on, stand out a mile, however
deleting 100 spam comments from your mobile phone is likely to lead to errors,
and once comments have been deleted you can’t get them back.
Vintage Thanet Council News from Thanet News on Vimeo.
Vintage Thanet Council News 2 from Thanet News on Vimeo.
I hope they work for a while, from a local historians point of view they are interesting in many ways
Michael. If only it were seven years. Having watched the videos it is clear that Ezekiel type behaviour has been endemic within Thanet Tories from the very beginnings of TDC in the early 70's. No wonder Thanet has gone from good to bad to worse. In the 70's, Cyril Hoser was in command in North Thanet and John Thomas in South. Aitken and his dogsbody Gale kept the lid on things while Hoser ran a Council lottery and printed dollar bills and GCE certificates as a sideline to his Council antics. Thomas took huge improvement grants while pretending to be a builder while strutting around as an important member of TDC and KCC. The catalogue is endless. It would explain why the conservative members who wielded real power, Hoser through to Ezekiel, have surrounded themselves with prostitutes, drunks and destitute idiots who need financial 'help' as voting fodder, in order to get their own way. Unfortunately the prostitutes, drunks and idiots have themselves caused far too much adverse publicity by killing cats, getting drunk, buggering off to South America and giving themselves planning permissions for bungalows in Birchington. It will be interesting to see whose door plod knocks on next. I can think of several candidates for the honour. The Gazette reports that current enquiries may involve European money, so it is likely to involve the grant money given to a former conservative councillor's company to convert a former sweet shop on Margate sea front. Time will tell if it is yet another Tory who gets charged next.
ReplyDeleteRediculous video, after all his crime was minor...get a life people!
DeleteCyril Hoser's crime was minor to those that share the value system of THANET conservatives. Crooks, Bigots and Drunks
DeleteAnonymouse 5:33pm,
ReplyDeleteYou are going to look a bit of a plonker if the police go knocking on a labour door, maybe even yours.
Thats only wishful thinking on your part John. History, and what some of us know about Thanet Conservatives suggests otherwise
ReplyDeleteI hear that the Sherif is in town. If in truth you kmow something, which I very much doubt, then go and tell the police.
DeleteEven Roger Gale speaks up for the convicted THANET conservative leader
DeleteI can assure you 6:54pm there is no-one in Labour who has anything to worry about.
ReplyDeleteAnonymouse 7:12 pm,
DeleteYet another vacuous post: how are you able to offer such assurances? Do you know everything? You may well believe you do.
Peter I know I am often being accused of having various political leanings, but one thing I do like is the occasional change from blue to red, or red to blue and I guess if this happened it would be a case of forever blue.
ReplyDelete"..his crime was minor...get a life people!" This is the whole problem, in a nutshell. Ezekiel gets sent down for 18 months and there are still idiots in Thanet who think he hasn't done anything much wrong. You don't get 18 months for nothing much. It was a serious offence. We need to ensure that people who have such a lacodaisical attitude toward the law are removed from positions of power and influence.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ian
DeleteYour welcome Simon.
DeletePeter I have found elsewhere and embedded them I recommend you save them, it's my day off and I am using my mobile so can't do this, just in case the vanish again
ReplyDeletePeter 8:17 pm
ReplyDeleteI agree.
So-called Tom Clarke's ilk used to say the say about Sandy. One only needs to read some of the nasty bigoted comments that so-called Tom Clarke has written on local blog's to know that he is part of the THANET brand of so-called Conservatives. 1980s ultra right wing style bigot!
ReplyDeleteThanks John.
DeleteJohn, Ian or who ever they are pretty much right Simon
DeleteThank you for your vote of confidence, so called Anonymous at 3:01. What was the lady who confronted Gortdon Brown in the run up to the 2010 election, surely she was a bigot, well at least accortding to Gordon, like everyone who does not hang on to every word you left wing escapees from the Jeremy Kyle show spout, is a bigot. Grow up, man, and try to have an intelligent debate instead of simply labelling people.
DeleteBy the way, what exactly is say the say in your first sentence? Oh, and the capitals are a dead give away.
I wonder, Mr Clarke, do you get off on trying to identify and expose those who choose to comment anonymously. Like a puerile snitch in the playground you seem to delight in "telling" on those whom you do not like. You have -previously - blurted out in an accusatory maner what you believe (or have been led to believe) about the backgrounds of certain bloggers and almost wet yourself when, Miss-Marple-like, you identify a clue (as you see it) linking one post to another. I wonder, does your little arm ache from holding it so high in the air for so long?
ReplyDeleteOnly when the Fuehrer takes a long time to inspect the columns and keeping the arm at the heil gets a bit painful. Other than that it is all total pleasure. Mind you, I would love to claim credit for identify some of the anons, but several others have spotted their repetetive styles and literary DNA ahead of me.
DeleteTom Clarke/John Hamilton is a nasty hateful bitter and twisted person - he is part of Thanet Conservatives, he supports criminals and hates equality
ReplyDeleteAnonymouse 2:25pm
DeleteWhereas you as as you squeak out from behind the skirts of anonymity are the epitome of probity and judgement.
Presumably, Anon at 2:25, by your 'Tom Clarke/John Hamilton is' comment you are implying we are one and the same person. Awfully sorry to disappoint you, old chap, but anyone with half a cell could spot the difference in writing style even if we do agree on Ian Driver in the main.
DeleteOn the rest of your critique of my personage, as to whether I am nasty and hateful is for others to judge, but I think I am a fairly easy going sort who is good to friends, family and animals. As to bitter, no, not in anyway, and am generally content with my lot in life. It annoys me that politicians have done so much harm to this country, but that is more anger than bitterness. I am most definitely not a member of the Conservative party though your assumption I must be says more about you and your pathological hatred of that party that would not give you high office. As an ex law enforcer I do not support criminals and I fully support true equality, where we all stand or fall by our own actions, rather than the corrupted version where positive discrimination favours minority groups over the majority.
Anon 2.25, I bet when you wrote your comment about Tom Clarke and John Hamilton your face was red, you stamped your little tootsies and then minced off in anger. You really should relax more and stop getting so easily wound up. Or you could do what you usually do, and call the police.
DeleteAnonymouse 4:52 PM,
ReplyDeleteYou demonstrate once again that it's always those who preach 'diversity and equality' loudest who are the most vindictive and intolerant bigots imaginable.
How right you are, John Holyer, the poor dears are eaten up with hate.
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