Archive for surrey county council
Four councillors, four people who should be voted out
Ah councillors, bless ‘em: Labour Councillor Suspended From Party For ‘Shirt Lifting Gender Bender’ Attack – Mike Harrison, Thanet, who has been suspended from a month (which, assuming he’s then let back into the Labour group, is rather different from being suspended from the party permanently). Thanet Tory councillor suspended for Aids answerphone message – [...]
Conservative councillor derides NHS as “Marxist”
Conservative county councillor John Butcher (Surrey) has lashed out at the NHS in an email to fellow councillors and council officers, describing it as “a Marxist organisation” and “bound to fail”. He went on to call for health policies to be changed so as to bring about polarisation between those who live healthier and less [...]
The strangest political interview you’ve never heard: Cllr Peter Martin
“Want to hear the most ridiculous beginning to a political interview that you’ve possibly ever heard?” So starts a clip from BBC Surrey’s breakfast show featuring an interview with Conservative Cllr Peter Martin, the person in charge of education at Surrey County Council. You can listen to the clip here. (Remember to listen all the [...]
