Tag Archives: Martin Morton

Wirral’s Hard Right Labour getting a taste of democracy as The Matron resigns from the party

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Wirral In It Together

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party… Or maybe not?  Maybe now is the time for all hard right enablers of disability discrimination – who’ve outstayed their welcome – to bail … Continue reading →

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A tale of two thefts

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

Theft number #1 http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Suspicious-son-uses-hidden-camera-catch-carer/story-24457071-detail/story.html Person responsible = Joanna Inch, carer Amount of money involved = £15, following the discovery of money going missing Number of persons targeted = 1 OAP Number of arrests = 1 Number of court cases = 1 Number … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council Wins at Tribunal. Vulnerable People Lose.

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

9th June 2014 Below is a report from Local Government Lawyer, explaining a recent First Tier Information Tribunal ruling in favour of Wirral Council: Local Government Lawyer report on ruling …from which the inconvenient phrase ‘disability discrimination’ has been omitted. And … Continue reading →

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As a Council Leader, would YOU get up and walk out of a Landmark Meeting, never to return?

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

On Friday 15th November 2013, there was a landmark meeting at Wallasey Town Hall between the Wirral Council “Improvement” Board, CEO Graham “Mistakes” Burgess, shameless, unapologetic, inveterate liar (see here, here, here, here, here, and here) Council leader Phil Davies and the public (about 50 of … Continue reading →

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#FoI Act – Arguing against ‘Confidentiality’ and ‘Commercial Confidence’ exemptions

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Wirral Council’s disability discrimination ~ found in 2010 by the Equality and Human Rights Commission First ICO Decision Notice Second ICO Decision Notice The following requests were sent to Wirral Council almost a year ago, but were never answered.  It has taken … Continue reading →

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The Saga of DLA Piper – can the truth finally be allowed to emerge? Er, not yet…

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Regular readers of the blog will be well aware of this one, and the depressing depths to which senior officers and councillors of Wirral Council have plummeted in order to draw a concealing veil across disability discrimination – as found by … Continue reading →

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15 months on, an answer is in for my FoI request about former CEO Jim Wilkie

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Like previous favoured ex-employees, former Chief executive Jim Wilkie is having his personal information AND privacy jealously guarded by his former employer, Wirral Council.  In fact they’ve gone way beyond the extra mile once again. Remember when it took over a YEAR to … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council’s facilitation of whistleblowers

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Attention all whistleblowers!! An “approachable” Wirral councillor stands tall as the person to go to directly.   I hear this person is “yer man”, and his record speaks for itself.  If you’re a fledgling whistleblower, slightly unsure, but determined to make an … Continue reading →

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The Irregular Show….

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

“Dude, that’s our history you’re airbrushing” https://twitter.com/Wirral_In_It/status/305453207805652992 The above is a link to a tweet I posted on Twitter tonight.  It looks like somebody at Wirral Council may have been carrying out his / her masters orders to comb through … Continue reading →

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Martin Morton appears on Radio Five Live – Stephen Nolan – 16th February 2013

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

16th February 2013 https://soundcloud.com/wirral-leaks/the-price-of-whistleblowing Tonight, Wirral Council whistleblower Martin Morton appeared on the Stephen Nolan programme on Radio Five Live.  He gave a compelling and at times disturbing account of the atrocious treatment he’d received both before and after going … Continue reading →

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