26 October (Part 2) - Sunday sundries
Will Tuckley
I’m not at all sure I believe this but a story leaked to me by someone claiming
to be in the know at Westminster council says that Will Tuckley has been
interviewed for the top job there. I can understand Tuckley wanting to get away
from Bexley but a vacancy at Westminster does not seem very likely to me.
Their current Chief Executive Charlie Parker has only been there for about a year.
If it is true let’s hope Westminster don’t notice that Mr. Tuckley is under investigation for
Misconduct in Public Office. On the other hand councillors will probably highly value
his experience in hiding criminality.
Incidentally the police have asked to interview me about his role in
the Cheryl Bacon affair next week.
Would be MP
I am going to have to be more than usually opaque with this one but an
acquaintance who lives out of the borough told me that he finds Bonkers
interesting. This is because the old friend has links to a Bexley councillor’s family.
He says of the councillor concerned that he has aspirations to be an MP but was
the black sheep of the family and isn’t very bright. Is that opaque enough? It’s
a description that could probably be applied to most councillors, and not just
in Bexley.
Care services
When Chris Taylor was a councillor I was able to remind you from time to time
that he bragged more than once that
Bexley council had screwed the care agencies into the ground more than any
other nearby authority and through a disabled friend I was able to see how this
affected the care workers who found it difficult to provide the level of service
they would prefer to give.
A month ago I reported how
Bexley council let down a sick friend who needed care at home after a long
spell in hospital. When it was eventually provided the staff proved to be pretty
good although punctuality has again been a weak point. However it does mean that
I have heard all over again that care workers are blaming Bexley council’s
lower pay rates for Bexley residents tending to get a poorer service than those
in other boroughs.