Monthly Archives: May 2014

Hopeless. A distracted journo and a mayor with a dodgy history – in the clear

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

I was tweeting tonight.  Nothing unusual about that on a Sunday – or any other day that ends in a ‘y’. Anyway, somebody popped onto my timeline with the following: It’s safe ground, for a journo or anyone else to have … Continue reading →

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You’re a #UKIP voting suicide…

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

A Party Political Broadcast on behalf of sentient human beings Rock ‘n Roll Suicide Time takes a cigarette, Puts it in your mouth. You pull on your finger, Then another finger, Then cigarette. The Daily Mail is calling, It lingers, then … Continue reading →

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Merseyside MP Frank Field makes a half-arsed apology, then gets back into bed with Murdoch

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

Frank Field, a Merseyside member of parliament (Birkenhead, since 1979), recently hooked up with The Sun newspaper on a bizzare ‘campaign’.  This appeared to be aimed at taking up the cudgels on behalf of the poor people of Britain, who as we … Continue reading →

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“What a load of tosh!!!” ~ Councillor Crabtree. Also, Wirral’s monitoring officer responds to an email sent to the CEO

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

  9th May 2014 Confidential_memo_tells_shocked_Wirral_councillors_their_emails_are_being_read_by_town_hall_bosses On 3rd May, with the above Wirral Globe article in mind, I sent the following email to Wirral Council CEO Graham “Mistakes” Burgess, asking whether my own emails to councillors were being filtered / screened / blocked: … Continue reading →

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Hollow victory for DWP after ‘ESA deaths’ tribunal

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

Originally posted on Mike Sivier's blog:
Seen to be done: The tribunal took place at the Law Courts in Cardiff (pictured), in public – which allowed friends of Vox Political to hear the case. It is with a heavy…

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Are Wirral Council breaching the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

7th May 2014 Please read the following article in a recent Wirral Globe, in particular the subsequent comments, where there is much detailed information on the subject of interception or filtering of emails: wirralglobe.co.uk – 2nd May 2014 Here’s my latest FoI … Continue reading →

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