STOP PRESS…
We’ve had a leak !
This says it all, doesn’t it? And it confirms what we’d suspected all along.
Wirral’s hard right Labour councillors seem to be all mouth and no trousers / skirt / Father Christmas costume.
The above information was prised out of Wirral Council by determined FOI requester Michael Dixon. Here’s a link to the excellent www.whatdotheyknow.com website where the request was originally placed back on 15th March this year…
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/submissions_to_councillornet_by
As we can see, the council bizzarely attempted to claim that they couldn’t produce and provide a brief, two-column listing of councillor caseloads without this work exceeding 18 hours charged at £25 per hour. This was a lie of course.
The 18 hour rule is the Section 12 costs exemption, whereby the data controller can slam the shutters down if the work involved in gathering the info, collating it and supplying it is expected to exceed a cost of £450. The FOI Act very unwisely has determined that the data controller can be relied upon to make such assessments.
The problem comes when the same data controller happens to be terminally bent, politically biased, occupying the gutter, and in possession of highly embarrassing shit, that they will do their utmost to conceal.
Shit like this.
Fair play to Mr Dixon, who stuck to his task, requested an internal review and eventually came out on top, with the council rolling over, and the information coming through two days ago on 25th April 2018.
We’d like to send our warmest congratulations to him if he’s reading this.
Now let’s have a look at the sordid details…
Councillor Performance Index (CPI) – highest to lowest performer
TOTAL = 183 
GREEN PARTY = 1st place
TOTAL = 54 
TORY PARTY = 2nd place
TOTAL = 51 
TORY PARTY = 3rd place
Mentioned in dispatches…
TOTAL = 38
Close, but no cigar. For comparison, Councillor Cleary of the Green Party ploughed through practically FIVE times as much, working in the same very busy ward of Birkenhead and Tranmere.
It seems Phil liar (see here, here, here, here, here, and here) Davies failed to rise to and meet the SAME demand.
The hard right Council Leader has also let himself down several times in the past by being an unrepentent, inveterate liar. See here, here, here, here and here.
TOTAL = 31
TOTAL = 30
TOTAL = 26
The also rans… (names and totals only)
Alan Brighouse (LIB DEM)
Geoffrey Watt (TORY)
Tracey Pilgrim (TORY)
TOTAL = 21
Jean Stapleton (HARD RIGHT LABOUR)
TOTAL = 16
Stuart Whittingham (HARD RIGHT LABOUR)
TOTAL = 12
Matthew Daniel (HARD RIGHT LABOUR)
TOTAL = 11
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