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Warning! Do not access Hyndburn Council website from a mobile phone
Just a friendly little warning, given that their terms and conditions only grant the following permission: You may retrieve and display content from the Hyndburn BC website on a computer screen, print individual pages on paper and store such pages in electronic format on a personal computer for your personal and non-commercial use. You wouldn’t [...]
Hyndburn Conservatives revolt over candidate selection
Political Scrapbook has the story:
The constituency of Hyndburn, Lancashire has been left “without a functioning Conservative Association” after its entire leadership resigned in protest at a selection shortlist forced upon them by Tory high command. The list excluded the Conservative leader of Hyndburn Borough Council, Peter Britcliffe, who had made no secret of his desire [...]
‘Hyndburngate’ spying allegations
Strange goings on in Lancashire:
‘Hyndburngate’ spying allegations
EXTRA CCTV is being installed at the borough council officers amid claims of a ‘Hyndburngate’ involving bosses being spied on.
At Hyndburn’s full council meeting leader Coun Peter Britcliffe accused the Labour group of behaving ‘like the Richard Nixon administration’, claiming documents were being searched during ‘internal break-ins’.
However the Labour [...]
The council that bans you from photocopying pages printed from their website
Public Sector Forums (found via DavePress) has a great selection of genuine but, shall we say, curious website terms and conditions from the public sector demanding that people don’t link to their website or jump through various odd hoops in order to do so.
Want to link to the Identity & Passport Service’s website? You must [...]
