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One Barnet: the Judicial Review finding - a moral victory, out of time
Maria Nash: pic courtesy of the Guardian*Updated Wednesday re appeal: scroll down:A brief statement on the result of the One Barnet Judicial Review, full post to follow:Lord Justice Underhill has...
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Brian Coleman: the end of the line - a trial in Metroland
Uxbridge might have seemed an odd choice of location for the trial of Brian Coleman. Miles from Barnet, difficult to get to ... no, that in fact seems to be why it was chosen: his reputation is such...
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Brian Coleman: the real face of Barnet Conservatism
Yesterday the five Barnet bloggers issued an open challenge to Tory leader Richard Cornelius, calling for him to speak out about the conviction last Friday of his former colleague Brian Coleman of the...
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Mrs Angry and the Information Commissioner: the dog that didn't bark, and the...
The dog that didn't barkin the night: Barnet Council, the ICO, and a mystery solvedTen days ago, on the 30th April, the following announcement was made by the Information Commissioner:"The Information...
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Brian Coleman: adding insult to injury
*Updated Friday: see belowSo: your name is Brian Coleman, you are a former Tory councillor, a former Cabinet member, a former Assembly Member, and a former Chair of the London Fire Authority.You have...
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Goodbye Broken Barnet: hello Capitaville
As Mrs Angry predicted on Friday, it has been announced today that the second tendering process of the £1 billion One Barnet privatisation programme has come to an end, and that the preferred bidder...
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The making of the Mayor of Capitaville
It should have been ME, thinks BrianThere are some council meetings in the London Borough of Broken Barnet which, in themselves, are routine, trivial, meaningless, pointless - and need no reporting....
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Helen Michael: The phantom fly poster strikes again ...
Another extraordinary development in the story of Helen Michael, North Finchley cafe owner and parking campaigner who was the victim of Brian Coleman's assault in Finchley High Road last September, an...
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Your Choice Barnet: don't ask questions - this is a private company
One Barnet: the greatest show on earth. Form an orderly queue.What would you say is the mark of a civilised society? Is it measurable in terms of say, prosperity, or levels of educational achievement,...
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In the previous post, Mrs Angry reported dramatic scenes at last week's board meeting of 'Your Choice Barnet', the LATC - a Local Authority Trading Company - set up by Barnet Council last year, in...
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Brian Coleman: So long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehn, Goodbye ...
*Updated, with statement from Helen Michael, see below:According to the local Times group reporter Chris Hewett, (details here) Brian Coleman failed to turn up to the Chipping Barnet Conservative...
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One Barnet: Appeal? What Appeal? This is Capitaville: signed, sealed,...
Look: the doors of the One Barnet House of Fun are wide open now - take a peek inside ... The house, strictly speaking, is not open for business yet, as the Judge is yet to decide if this particular...
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Brian Coleman, doing the right thing, and living in the real world
Here we go again. Yes, the dark animus of the collective unconscious of Barnet Tories, their fallen hero Brian Coleman, has been working his fatal magic, and causing more trouble. Always, when you...
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The King of Bling: a tragedy, in many parts: Brian Coleman refuses to leave...
The King of Bling This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune,--often the surfeit of our own behaviour,--we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the...
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The purpose of scrutiny, or: a risk worth taking - the creation of Capitaville
Councillor Finn, philosopher and man of purposeCouncillor Anthony Finn, Chair of the Budget, Performance, Overview and Scrutiny committee asked himself a question half way through last night's meeting,...
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A Healthy Dose of Criticism: carry on blogging, says Eric
Eric Pickles: embracing the principles of democracy, inspired by Mrs AngryYou may or may not know that Mrs Angry has been advising Eric Pickles for some time now on the sensitive subject of citizen...
View ArticleMrs Angry predicts: Gimme Shelter/A storm is threatening ...
Well, here we are, at the end of a heavy week, and so time for a Friday joke, perhaps. Well, a sort of a joke: Mrs Angry certainly has a smile on her face.Look: Mrs Angry feels the spirit moving her to...
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A rural idyll: tea, teasels, toads, and Tory councillors - Long Lane Pasture
Finchley Labour councillors Arjun Mittra, Jim Tierney and Alison MooreWhat would be your ideal summer Sunday afternoon? Pottering about in the garden? Watching cricket on the village green? In the...
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Fighting for our rights - Barnet Alliance AGM, and Gerald Shamash on the One...
Gerald ShamashAlthough she is an eccentric socialist, according to the definition of Barnet Tory leader Cornelius anyway, or perhaps because she is an eccentric socialist, and very lazy, and not really...
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Not something to begrudge: transparency in local government - Eric Pickles,...
Eric opens the door ... Mrs Angry already has her foot well in place, of courseYesterday saw Mrs Angry's friend and blushing admirer Eric Pickles give a speech to the LGA conference, in which he...
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