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Heretics and Saints: Residents Forums - another victory for the people of...
The role of Mayor of Broken Barnet is supposed to be non political, but the current incumbent, Melvin Cohen, enjoying his second term, retains his post as Chair of the Constitution committeeIt will...
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Art for Art's sake - money for God's sake: Community Focus, and the eviction...
Earlier this year Mrs Angry wrote about a bloggers' breakfast at North Finchley's Artsdepot, held by Chief Executive Tracey Cooper and some of her colleagues on the management...
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It could all go horribly wrong: One Barnet, in the dock once more
Court 71 is hidden away at the far side of the Royal Courts of Justice, almost impossible to find, at the end of a labyrinthine route of tiled corridors, and stone stairways, and double doors, the...
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Obiter dicta, or: things said in passing - the One Barnet appeal, Day Two.
Maria Nash pic Guardian Mrs Angry arrived a few minutes late in court yesterday, and was obliged to slide into a seat next to her new friend, the Tooting Twister, and so spent the morning...
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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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*Update, June 14th: a new legal challenge to 'Your Choice Barnet': see below ...In the previous post, Mrs Angry reported dramatic scenes at last week's board meeting of 'Your Choice Barnet', the LATC -...
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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,...
*Updated:appeal date confirmed Tuesday - see belowLook: 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,...
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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...
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A cursory effort to understand: in which Mrs Angry reads a letter, and is...
Richard Cornelius, 'leader' of Barnet Council*Update Monday 6pm:Your Choice Barnet - legal challenge forces the Board to agree consultation, see below ... So anyway: Mrs Angry put on a pair of rubber...
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Yes, from Eric Pickles to the Royle Family, the infamy of swivel eyed Tory loons at Barnet Council knows no bounds ...Recorded especially for us yesterday at the Unison conference in Liverpool, here is...
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Flesh and the devil: another week in Broken Barnet
Are you married, or do you live in Hendon? Apologies to Noel Coward. And Greta Garbo. *Avanti updateFriday, see belowAnother week in Broken Barnet, then. Ho hum. What's been happening, Mrs Angry?Too...
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Sink without fail: Barnet Tories, going down in flames - Cabinet meeting Part...
Hissatsu: Cllrs Rams, Thompstone and ThomasLast night saw the meetings of Barnet Council's Cabinet and Cabinet Resources committees, a marathon session for all who attended, and a masterclass in the...
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The Golden Share - or: words have meanings - Cabinet meeting Part Two
Dr Azi Khatiri made the last speech, urged on by an impatient Cllr Cornelius, who had somewhere to go to, it seemed, illustrated by Mrs Cornelius reportedly pointing at her watch at a later stage of...
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