28 December - On the fourth day of Christmas
I
have never been very fond of the ‘no man’s land’ that exists between Christmas and New Year.
It wasn’t so bad when normal life resumed on the 27th for a few days but now
most people struggle to keep the festivities going while waiting for the next round of fun
to begin in earnest.
Not everyone of course, for some the Christmas spirit will never permeate their
cold hearts. One such curmudgeon is Bexley councillor Philip Read, famed for his attempt
to usurp this website, maliciously
providing the police with false information
about retired blogger John Kerlen and taking question dodging at council meetings to a new level.
Council leader Teresa O’Neill has been content to
filibuster public question time away
in order to dodge the truth, councillor Peter Craske perfected
the art of
lying during his time as cabinet member but councillor Philip Read adopts the simplest solution of all.
He simply refuses to answer questions and mayor Marriner
(meeting chairman) pretends he hasn’t noticed.
Councillor
Philip Read’s Christmas message to his Twitter followers was as shown here.
As already noted, Read is, with justification, not proud of his Twitter outpourings
so he blocks me from viewing.
When one has a small army of informers ready to help out that is a pathetic reaction from a
pathetic little man which has failed to prevent his Tweet’s appearance here.
I have no idea what the silly twerp means by “Labour Cllrs dance to the
tune of bloggers”. I know that the Tories play dirty with their overwhelming majority
but the opposition disappoints me more often than the reverse. They don’t feed
me stories and since former councillor Munir Malik left the scene I’ve seen only
occasional indications that they might be B-i-B readers. The
last time I was in contact with a Lesnes Abbey ward (mine) councillor was on 3rd November. I’m beginning to
look towards UKIP
for any sign of a much needed rebellion.
Perhaps Philip Read was simply lashing out at everyone who might not be a Bexley
council fan. Blogger Hugh Neal (Maggot
Sandwich) is occasionally uncomplimentary about what he calls the Watling Street Junta
but the only other frequent Bexley based Blogger,
The Thamesmead Grump, usually steers clear of political comment preferring
to publish a magnificent collection of photos from the borough’s northern territories.
The Grump makes a pleasant change from the depressing stuff usually found here.
The suggestion that bloggers cower behind closed doors is supremely ironic. My name has been on
the contact page since Day 1 (September 2009), my postal address is
clearly shown on the website and known to everyone who does a ‘Whois’ on
bexley-is-bonkers.org. I am sometimes recognised when
out and about with my camera, who else is mad enough to take pictures of street
signs and white lines?
Philip Read on the other hand is the cabinet member for Children’s Services who
really did “cower behind closed doors” when the Labour councillors wanted to
discuss his brief at a public meeting. Councillor Philip Read is a deeply
pathetic and unpleasant little hypocrite. How do such tiny minds come to be elected?