<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' version='2.0'><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556785</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:36:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><title>Liverpool a collection of links and blogs</title><description>Liverpool Information</description><link>http://toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Tori Blare)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>42</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556785.post-6335330993550628845</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-12T21:28:34.058-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool Local History</category><title>ALL LIVERPOOL INFORMATION WILL NOW BE MOVED</title><description>&lt;h2 class="date-header"&gt;Wednesday, June 20, 2007&lt;/h2&gt;                      &lt;a name="7402527196265733415"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;            &lt;h3 class="post-title"&gt;                &lt;a href="http://liverpoolcityacollectionofinformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/all-liverpool-information-will-now-be.html"&gt;ALL LIVERPOOL INFORMATION WILL NOW BE MOVED&lt;/a&gt;              &lt;/h3&gt;                 &lt;div class="post-body"&gt;       &lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/RnlHEUhBzsI/AAAAAAAAANc/MhaCj4FHTQQ/s1600-h/friday+morning.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/RnlHEUhBzsI/AAAAAAAAANc/MhaCj4FHTQQ/s320/friday+morning.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5078168194389233346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;"&gt;TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH ALL MY BLOGS IS BECOMING TOO MUCH , THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN EACH OF MY BLOGS IS BASICALLY ALL THE SAME THEME OF , LIVERPOOL CITY, SO I'M JOINING THEM ALL TOGETHER.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;"&gt; AS OF NOW YOU CAN READ ALL THE USUAL COLLECTION OF INFORMATION IN ONE LOCATION.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;LIVERPOOL IN A MESS LINK BELOW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://liverpoolinamess.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 180%;"&gt;LIVERPOOL IN A MESS?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TORI BLARE             &lt;/div&gt;          &lt;p class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"&gt;&lt;span class="post-author"&gt;                    Posted by Tori Blare                &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="post-timestamp"&gt;                    at                    &lt;a class="timestamp-link" href="http://liverpoolcityacollectionofinformation.blogspot.com/2007/06/all-liverpool-information-will-now-be.html" title="permanent link"&gt;8:17 AM&lt;/a&gt;                         &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="post-comment-link"&gt;                &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="post-icons"&gt; 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                          &lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Tori Blare Tells The Tales From Liverpool City Council and other local areas&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33556785-6335330993550628845?l=toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com/2007/06/all-liverpool-information-will-now-be.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tori Blare)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/RnlHEUhBzsI/AAAAAAAAANc/MhaCj4FHTQQ/s72-c/friday+morning.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556785.post-2158755792140362567</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:15:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-11-12T21:28:34.722-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Bumbling Idiot Bradley</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Jane Kennedy</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool Local History</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool City Council</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2008</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool Labour Party</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Bone Head Drummond</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Joe Anderson</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool Political History</category><title>LIVERPOOL CAPITAL OF CULTURE, THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS HAVE RUINED THE HONOUR AND SKINT THE CITY WHILE THEY ARE AT IT</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/Rm7kHUhBziI/AAAAAAAAAL8/k4CuJA1aaQ0/s1600-h/08parasites.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/Rm7kHUhBziI/AAAAAAAAAL8/k4CuJA1aaQ0/s320/08parasites.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075244644510584354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/Rm7kHUhBzjI/AAAAAAAAAME/BgOHq7uVNto/s1600-h/BUMBLING+IDIOT.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/Rm7kHUhBzjI/AAAAAAAAAME/BgOHq7uVNto/s320/BUMBLING+IDIOT.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075244644510584370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/Rm7kHUhBzkI/AAAAAAAAAMM/cJkosWsXMso/s1600-h/CULTURE.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/Rm7kHUhBzkI/AAAAAAAAAMM/cJkosWsXMso/s320/CULTURE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075244644510584386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/Rm7kHkhBzlI/AAAAAAAAAMU/wv5txu5YXPE/s1600-h/grinning+pig.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/Rm7kHkhBzlI/AAAAAAAAAMU/wv5txu5YXPE/s320/grinning+pig.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5075244648805551698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;AT A TIME WHEN LIVERPOOL CITY RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION OF ACHIEVING THE HONOUR OF THE CAPITAL OF CULTURE, INSTEAD OF CELEBRATING THE CITY IS HANGING ITS HEAD IN EMBARRACEMENT WITH THE BUMBLING IDIOTS THAT HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MAKING OUR HERITAGE ONE OF CELEBRATION.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BELOW THERE ARE REPORTS TAKEN FROM THE LOCAL PAPERS.&lt;br /&gt;JOE ANDERSON HAS RESIGNED, DRUMMOND BONE TELLS US NOT TO WORRY AND THE BUMBLING IDIOT WARREN BRADLEY PUTS PRESSURE ON THE PRIVATE BUSINESS SECTOR  TO PAY FOR THE  FINANCIAL MESS THAT THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS CREATED.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;YOU MAKE YOUR OWN OPINIONS FROM THE FACTS BELOW!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/design/icliverpool_printlogo.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="bigteaserpic"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Businesses attacked over Capital of Culture&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;/table&gt;&lt;table class="headerTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width=""&gt;  &lt;!-- Check the value of the request variable... ---&gt;  &lt;!-- Check the value of the request variable... ---&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea"&gt;Jun 12 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p class="headtypeb"&gt;by Jessica Shaughnessy, Liverpool Daily Post&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/dec2006/2/9/9B95E063-9D08-7497-8DE60AD48ABA7E99.jpg" alt="Leader of Liverpool City Council, Cllr Warren Bradley" align="left" border="0" height="245" width="158" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;LIVERPOOL businesses are not doing enough to make Capital of Culture a success, city council leader Warren Bradley warned last night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He urged the business community to help make the city ready for 2008 by putting their hands in their pockets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;But many businesses said they were reluctant to contribute to Capital of Culture coffers because they had been “left out of the loop” and were already paying enough.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Bradley said: “Everybody is going to benefit from Capital of Culture; businesses already have but many of them have not made a contribution.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“Put simply, if you want to come to the party, bring a bottle. Businesses will be happy to display the Capital of Culture logo, but they each need to play their part in making it successful.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“One example of how businesses could help is for each of them to put in £100 to pay for banners and flags, perhaps designed by local artists and students, to dress the city for Capital of Culture.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Bradley said many businesses could feel they were on the fringe of Capital of Culture. He said: “Businesses might not feel involved in the celebrations, but they can be and should be. I would like to see every organisation in Liverpool become more proactive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“There are 1,700 members of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. If they all got together to do something, the benefits would be huge, but so far they haven’t.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“It would be great to see every shop, restaurant and business flying the flag for Capital of Culture.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“There are six months left and we really need people to start thinking about what they can do. This isn’t about the city council dictating to businesses. If they got together to come up with a scheme, we would like to see how we could pay them back.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Former Wirral MP and MEP Andrew Pearce, a member of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce council, last night supported Cllr Bradley’s call.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He said: “The Chamber is wrong to have taken no action so far, but businesses feel detached from 2008 because they are not being engaged by the Culture Company.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“I suggested a year ago to the Chamber of Commerce that they needed to come up with some sort of scheme.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“If you go around Liverpool, there is not much to tell you that, in six months’ time, this will be the European Capital of Culture.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Chamber vice-chairman Ed Oliver, manager of Clayton Square Shopping Centre, insisted the business community was doing its bit.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He said: “We are not prepared to fill the Culture Company’s coffers with money, but businesses in the Chamber of Commerce will be making a contribution.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“What that is, we don’t yet know. We have not had an opportunity to get together and decide how we will do it.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Chairman of business lobbying group Downtown Liverpool in Liverpool Frank McKenna said he would be surprised if most businesses in Liverpool were not prepared to “throw £100 into a pot”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“If the business community had felt as involved and engaged in the process as was promised, then it would be perhaps be more forthcoming in lending a helping hand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“It should be noted that Liverpool businesses have had to endure the Big Dig at no insignificant cost to the private sector.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“Many of them are also paying increased rates as part of the Business Improvement District (BID). The idea that businesses could promote Capital of Culture was suggested two years ago when a banner was designed and showed to organisers, but they threatened to sue us.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“Cllr Bradley is suffering from the inheritance of a regime which was not quite as accessible to the business community and opportun- ities were missed.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Liverpool Labour leader Cllr Joe Anderson criticised the idea that businesses should have to contribute.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“How dare they ask businesses for more money when they have had £90m and they squandered much of it on Robyn Archer and champagne and canapés.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Merseyside business-man and former chairman of the Federation of Small Businesses Phil Fleming said organisations needed to take their own initiative.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He said: “You have got to be in it to win it. Businesses should be making the most of this opportunity and they are not. If they are not careful, they will miss the boat.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MPs criticise council for failing to plan for high-cost of policing city in culture year&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;LIVERPOOL City Council was fiercely criticised in the Commons yesterday for failing to prepare for the high cost of policing the Capital of Culture year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Jane Kennedy, the Wavertree MP, accused the Liberal Democrat-run council of wasting five years when it should have been building up a war chest.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;The Labour backbencher was joined by Home Office minister Joan Ryan, who said: “Liverpool should have factored in the costs of security when they took the decision to bid.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;The attacks came as the Home Office again insisted there would be no extra funding to plug an estimated £10m shortfall in the 2008 policing costs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Earlier this year, the Merseyside force said it needed funding for 200 extra officers for 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;The force said it could end up relying on community support officers to police the streets during 2008 – and warned local taxpayers could be hit by bigger bills.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Critics of the Home Office’s refusal to increase funding have pointed to the extra £5m handed to Manchester in 2002, when it was struggling to pay the bill for the Common-wealth Games.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Yesterday, Wirral South MP Ben Chapman condemned that refusal as “outrageous” – warning that residents elsewhere in Merseyside would suffer.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;" class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;But Mrs Kennedy said: “The Lib-Dem administration of Liverpool have had five years to plan for the events of 2008 and they have singularly failed to provide the funding – taking Liverpool into debt to £20m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“By notifying the chief constable too late to allow him to plan properly, they are left asking all taxpayers across Britain to fund Liverpool’s year of culture.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Tomorrow, Liverpool council will debate possible options for paying for Capital of Culture events, including possibly borrowing £20m.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;In reply, Ms Ryan said: “The policing costs involved are, indeed, not a sudden or unexpec-ted pressure.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“Liverpool opted to bid to be Capital of Culture, It was a voluntary decision and one would assume those responsible would do so on the basis that benefits would exceed the costs.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“They have known since 2003 that they would be the European Capital of Culture, so the police have had plenty of time to prepare and certainly that is true for the local authority.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;But Mr Chapman attacked Ms Ryan’s response as “inadequate” and pledged to continue to raise the matter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He said: “The fact is that Liverpool is representing the whole of the UK and it is unfair that resources for neighbourhood policing should be put under severe pressure as a result.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;             &lt;!-- SiteCatalyst code version: H.7. 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 &lt;/script&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;   //&lt;![CDATA[  if (typeof displayTopAds == 'function') {displayTopAds();}   //]]&gt;   &lt;/script&gt;                        &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="bigteaserpic"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Labour leader quits 08 board&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;/table&gt;&lt;table class="headerTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width=""&gt;  &lt;!-- Check the value of the request variable... ---&gt;  &lt;!-- Check the value of the request variable... ---&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea"&gt;Jun 12 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p class="headtypeb"&gt;by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/oct2005/2/7/000A9268-C12F-1354-B51F0C01AC1BF814.jpg" alt="Councillor Joe Anderson " align="left" border="0" height="203" width="158" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;CITY Labour chief Joe Anderson today walked away from his Capital of Culture role and accused the festival board of failing to deliver on its promises.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;In a hard-hitting attack he said the Culture Board and the Culture Company were:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;li class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;  FAILING to engage communities and real people.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;  FAILING to provide a 2008 events programme that excited people.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;  FAILING to provide a worthwhile legacy for the city and missing the chance to kick-start creative industries.  &lt;/li&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He lashed the council for “mismanaging” the 08 funding equation and leaving Liverpool £20m short.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Anderson vowed to fight on from his position as Opposition Group leader in an effort to ensure the city delivered the best-possible Capital of Culture.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He said: “Wherever I go I have community groups say that they don’t feel part of Capital of Culture.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“People are constantly complaining about over emphasis on city-centre investment and when you visit parts of Speke and see the dereliction there it really hits home.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“I’ve been going round mounting a robust defence of Capital of Culture but my heart hasn’t been in it.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Anderson claimed 08 had moved away dramatically from the promises within the bid document that persuaded the Department of Culture, Media and Sport to award Liverpool the Culture accolade in 2003.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He said: “I met the judges – Jeremy Isaacs, Tessa Sanderson – and told them all about the communities and our bid’s aspirations for them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“But these aspirations simply haven’t been met.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Anderson – born in the city centre just yards from the Paradise Street development – also refused to acknowledge that the so-called “2008 effect” had played a massive part in the city’s fast-paced economic renaissance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He said: “It’s a myth. The renaissance is real but it was begun by European Objective One funding and maintained by government grants.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“Don’t forget that when the bid document was launched the Grosvenor shopping development was already in the bag as was development of the King’s Dock. Renaissance was kicking in anyway.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Anderson also claimed arts organisations and creative companies have been betrayed by the way 08 has been developed and have suffered from lack of involvement and no worthwhile legacy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He pointed to Liverpool’s literary legends Alan Bleasdale and Willy Russell as people who should have been consulted and utilised, perhaps in the creation of theatre schools to develop young talent post-2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He said: “I ask myself what the legacy benefits will be and I can’t really answer that question. The Tall Ships coming back again? A bigger Mathew Street Festival?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“There is no cultural legacy – only lack of involvement and vision.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;It was an open secret in political circles that Cllr Anderson was struggling to reconcile his role on a cross-party and public-private sector board with his position as the city’s premier voice of opposition to the ruling Lib Dem Group which controls culture activity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He now believes he can work more effectively “unfettered” by collective responsibility.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He added: “I’m now free to make whatever comments I deem constructive – sometimes positive, sometimes critical.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“I’ve felt for months that talking to some members of the culture board is like banging your head on a brick wall.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“Everything is met by defensiveness or accusations of negativity.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Anderson said he believed the culture board was guilty of building up unreasonable expectations about the festival from the word go.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He said: “This festival will not be the wealth-creating, job-creating panacea for all the city’s ailments that it was cracked up to be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“There is still time to provide people with the opportunity to take part and also to give the cultural sector better opportunities to participate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“And if there’s one good thing to emerge from all the money that’s been spent it’s that the city has got a re-branding. It might be money well spent. We now need to have confidence in what the city has to offer.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Anderson said he would continue “with passion” to promote the city in a positive way.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“This isn’t about party politics. It’s about me as a person and a Liverpudlian. And about a city with a legacy of debt.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joe Anderson on .....&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;... ROBYN ARCHER&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;WHEN she was brought in everybody thought WHO?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;But it was the Emperor’s New Clothes and no-one said much. Then we hardly saw her for 12 months – even though we were paying her. She then comes up with a programme and that’s when I came up with my remark that the only Aussie she hadn’t signed was Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. David Henshaw and Mike Storey brought her halfway across the world but she knew so little about Liverpool. She quits and we’re a laughing stock, giving her a huge pay-off while community groups are getting knocked back for £2,000.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;... THE 2008 PROGRAMME&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;I’M not convinced there’s really anything outstanding in there.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;There’s nothing that jumps out – no wow factor, no big theme. I’m terrified the 2008 opening ceremony is going to be all about B-list celebrities. And as for 2007 we’re already halfway through it and I don’t detect any great birthday excitement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;... 08 BOARD MEMBERS&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;PHIL Redmond and Roger Phillips were a breath of fresh air and I wish we had a few more like them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;They are not controversial but they speak as they see it and as people in the street see it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;There should definitely be a broader mix of people on the board. In four-and-a-half years we haven’t achieved much.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;... THE FUNDING DILEMMA&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;THE council has failed to prepare a war chest since COC was awarded in 2004.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;The Government has supplied more than the £10m requested by the city council in the Bid Document.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Hoping that the Government would bail out the city if it let the problem fester until the last minute was a high-risk strategy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;The council should have been honest with the people and said “Look, this is what Cultural Year will cost and we will have to save for it between 2003 and 2008”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;... COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;VISITORS might like 2008 but I don’t think residents will.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Go to Dingle, Everton, Speke and you’ll find people who’ve come up with ideas but they are frustrated at getting neither financial nor physical support.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;It’s a failure that we haven’t encouraged them to participate.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Police cash turned down again&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;THE government has again turned down Merseyside police's bid for extra funding to provide proper protection for Capital of Culture.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Home Office minister Joan Ryan shrugged off demands for £9m to deploy an extra 200 officers to deal with the expected influx of visitors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;She said the city region's force, like others across England and Wales, has received extra funding since 1997 and it is "for those responsible for hosting 2008 to plan for security."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;The minister was grilled by Wirral South MP Ben Chapman who fears the refusal will lead to a policing squeeze across the region.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He said later: "Frankly this is an inadequate response and we shall continue pressing for more resources.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;"The decision to withhold any kind of support, unlike similar major events in the past, is outrageous.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“The fact is that Liverpool is representing the whole of the UK and it is unfair that cash for neighbourhood policing across Merseyside should be put under severe pressure as a result."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Last month another Home Office minister, Baroness Scotland, told the Bishop of Liverpool and peers that they had no chance of winning the extra money.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;The issue is fast turning into a major political row as MPs and Lords highlighted the contrast with extra policing costs, picked up by the Treasury, incurred during last year's Labour conference in Manchester and during the 2004 Commonwealth Games in the same city.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Earlier this year police authority chief Bill Weightman said local council taxpayers should not be penalised.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Business urged to cough up for culture&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;LIVERPOOL businesses have been accused of not doing enough to make Capital of Culture a success.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Council leader Warren Bradley urged the business community to help make the city ready for 2008 by putting their hands in their pockets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;But many businesses said they were reluctant to contribute to Capital of Culture coffers because they had been “left out of the loop” and were already paying enough.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Bradley said: “Everybody is going to benefit from Capital of Culture; businesses already have but many of them have not made a contribution.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“Put simply, if you want to come to the party, bring a bottle. Businesses each need to play their part in making Capital of Culture successful.”&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;table style="width: 675px; height: 18px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td&gt; &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/design/icliverpool_printlogo.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="bigteaserpic"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;‘Culture mess will oust the Lib-Dems’&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;/table&gt;&lt;table class="headerTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width=""&gt;  &lt;!-- Check the value of the request variable... ---&gt;  &lt;!-- Check the value of the request variable... ---&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea"&gt;Jun 13 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p class="headtypeb"&gt;by Larry Neild&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Labour leader Joe Anderson tells City Editor Larry Neild why he quit the Capital of Culture board&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;LIVERPOOL’S Labour leader, Joe Anderson, said last night his decision to resign from the company spearheading the city’s 2008 culture celebrations had been “heartbreaking”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;But he predicted that the way the culture programme was being run would see the ruling Liberal Democrats digging their political grave.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“I have put every one of our councillors and candidates on ‘battle’ footing to prepare to take control of the city next year when the people of the city see for themselves the mess that has been made,” he said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;The Lib-Dems accused Cllr Anderson of using the Capital of Culture crown as a political football following his shock resignation from the Culture Company board yesterday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Mike Storey, executive member for regeneration, said: “At a time when we should all be flying the flag for our city, we are witnessing political opportunism of the worse kind from Joe Anderson and that saddens me.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;In his resignation letter to Professor Drummond Bone, chairman of Liverpool Culture Company, Cllr Anderson talks about council taxpayers’ money being wasted on corporate entertainment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Figures gathered under the Freedom of Information Act reveal that the Liverpool Culture Company will have a wage bill this year of at least £4.2m, meaning an average salary of £42,000 a year for its 100 staff.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Invoices seen by the Daily Post include almost £8,000 a month for consultancy fees and expenses for former bid leader Sir Bob Scott, almost £2,400 for a chauffeur-driven car for a culture company officer and almost £5,000 to a recruitment firm to find six candidates for an office manager post.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Anderson said: “I have in my office invoices passed to me anonymously, showing Culture Company officers enjoying dinner in Liverpool’s top restaurants while we have small community groups being turned away for funding for their modest projects”.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;PROF Bone, who is also Vice Chancellor of the University of Liverpool, said exception would be taken to claims that the celebrations were elitist.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He called for people to work together and said the board would not be deflected from its key aim of delivering an unfor- gettable programme for 2008. But dozens of messages received at the Labour office in Dale Street backed Cllr Anderson’s decision to quit the Culture Company board.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“I heard that the city’s ruling Liberal Democrats had described my decision as a stunt, but it has been a heartbreaking decision and something I have been mulling over for some time. If it had been a stunt, I would have jumped before the May local elections,” said Cllr Anderson.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Storey was leader of the city council when the decision was made to award Liverpool the European Capital of Culture title.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;He said: “I have had criticisms myself of the Culture Company and we resolved those within the city. I cannot imagine what Cllr Anderson hopes to achieve and in some ways I am glad he has stepped down. It is a very sad day for the Labour party.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“I believe he has been very badly advised and I know that his decision will not deflect us from delivering a cultural year we can be proud of as a city.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“If we want to be a premier European city, we have to act like one, and that means we don’t take our special guests down to Fred’s Café. If we host visits by presidents and mayors of major cities, it is right that we extend hospitality.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;“Our leader, Warren Bradley, is out night after night at events and functions, flying the flag for the city we all love. If Liverpool is to succeed in the future then Capital of Culture must succeed. This cheap political shot by Cllr Anderson will not work.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;BUSINESSWEEK: PAGES 1-2, 8-9&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;larryneild&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td&gt;   &lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/design/icliverpool_printlogo.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="bigteaserpic"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Let's all work together pleads Culture chairman&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;/table&gt;&lt;table class="headerTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width=""&gt;  &lt;!-- Check the value of the request variable... ---&gt;  &lt;!-- Check the value of the request variable... ---&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea"&gt;Jun 12 2007&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p class="headtypeb"&gt;by Larry Neild, Liverpool Daily Post&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;br /&gt; &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2"&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/icliverpool/oct2005/9/6/00062EEF-BC9C-1354-B51F0C01AC1BF814.jpg" alt="Prof Drummond Bone " align="right" border="0" height="165" width="158" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;THE chairman of Liverpool Culture Company this afternoon made the first official response to the resignation from of board of Labour leader Cllr Joe Anderson.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;In his response to Cllr Anderson's decision Professor Drummond Bone, who is also vice chancellor of the University of Liverpool, said partners in the city's 2008 programme will take exception to Cllr Anderson's claims that culture year events are elitist.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Cllr Anderson  said he had no intention of remaining on the sidelines and will articulate his concerns from outside the board.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;Prof Bone: "I have today accepted Joe Anderson"s resignation from the Culture Company Board with both sadness and disappointment. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;"It is a shame that discussion of different priorities will no longer happen inside the Board, particularly at a time when all-party support should be fundamental to the successful delivery of European Capital of Culture for the people of Liverpool. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;"We do a tremendous amount of work with our communities although we can never do enough - projects that are delivered hand in hand with hundreds of Liverpool cultural organisations both large and small. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;"Only last night, FACT played host to the screening of a locally-made film on the Jewish community of Liverpool, which was driven by a small grant from the Culture Company. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;"The involvement of the people of the city was crucial in the bid and remains crucial for the Board not just for next year but also as a legacy. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;"We also have to remember that Liverpool is the UK"s nomination for 2008 and must also deliver a high-quality programme for national and international audiences - I am certain that our partners in the major cultural organisations of the city will take exception to Joe"s claim that events are "elitist". &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;"In fact, quite the reverse applies - the programme for 2008 is in excellent shape and reflects the lives, experiences and character of the people of Liverpool. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="headtypea" align="left"&gt;"It is vital that we all work together and the Board is determined not to be deflected from its key aim of leading the delivery of an unforgettable programme for 2008."&lt;/p&gt; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/RlxVEMJPxLI/AAAAAAAAALE/8vdcKSYqLWs/s320/DRUMMOND+BONE.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070020810980181170" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; WHY CAN'T HE QUIT THE CULTURE COMPANY INSTEAD?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DAILY POST ARTICLE IN FULL BELOW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" width="100%"&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td&gt;&lt;img src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/design/icliverpool_printlogo.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="bigteaserpic"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Drummond Bone to quit Liverpool University&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"&gt;  &lt;/table&gt;&lt;table class="headerTable" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width=""&gt; 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float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/RkeiZS6Z9FI/AAAAAAAAAKU/wLeMFRVK8I8/s320/rights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5064194861458650194" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;THESE PUBLIC SPIRITED PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED THE DOWNING STREET PETITION.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ADD YOUR NAME TODAY ......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Henshaw/"&gt;http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Henshaw/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tony Parrish, the Petition Creator, joined by:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  * David Ingham&lt;br /&gt;  * A Smith&lt;br /&gt;  * Dany Pat&lt;br /&gt;  * len matthews&lt;br /&gt;  * Julie Poland&lt;br /&gt;  * R L G Hollis&lt;br /&gt;  * p. brough&lt;br /&gt;  * A Kelly&lt;br /&gt;  * Neil Macdonald&lt;br /&gt;  * Philip David Ellwand&lt;br /&gt;  * John Neill&lt;br /&gt;  * C conwy&lt;br /&gt;  * C Ruthin&lt;br /&gt;  * Cllr Steve Radford&lt;br /&gt;  * M.Murphy&lt;br /&gt;  * Matt Finnegan (ex-AED)&lt;br /&gt;  * Tori Blare&lt;br /&gt;  * Paulette Cole&lt;br /&gt;  * Liverpool Times&lt;br /&gt;  * Cllr Ray Halpin&lt;br /&gt;  * Colin Hilston&lt;br /&gt;  * Richard Fenna&lt;br /&gt;  * Angela Green&lt;br /&gt;  * Jules Bennett&lt;br /&gt;  * Ms Elizabeth S Pascoe&lt;br /&gt;  * John McGivern&lt;br /&gt;  * Jonathan Brown&lt;br /&gt;  * Jim North&lt;br /&gt;  * wayne Colquhoun&lt;br /&gt;  * Storiblare&lt;br /&gt;  * Frazer Kearney&lt;br /&gt;  * Nick Wallace&lt;br /&gt;  * James Collister&lt;br /&gt;  * jon edwards&lt;br /&gt;  * Christopher Helm&lt;br /&gt;  * Sara Newton&lt;br /&gt;  * S Murphy&lt;br /&gt;  * Julie Finnigan&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Tori Blare Tells The Tales From Liverpool City Council and other local areas&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33556785-5585477540277733405?l=toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com/2007/05/sign-up-to-remove-henshaw.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tori Blare)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AyBSEE9YY8o/RkeiZS6Z9FI/AAAAAAAAAKU/wLeMFRVK8I8/s72-c/rights.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556785.post-116454940348995222</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2006 13:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-19T04:43:23.333-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool Political History</category><title>LIVERPOOL EVIL CABAL UPDATE 10</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4811/3686/1600/113035/SPARTICUS.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4811/3686/320/184511/SPARTICUS.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4811/3686/1600/169736/cheguevara.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4811/3686/320/420563/cheguevara.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I HAVE COPIED BOTH THE ARTICLE AND THE COMMENTS FROM &lt;a href="http://subculturescityofthedead.blogspot.com/"&gt;CITY OF THE DEAD BLOG SPOT.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PEOPLE OF LIVERPOOL STAND UP AND DEMAND TO KNOW WHY YOU HAVE NO FACILITIES IN YOUR AREA, YET THESE BLATANT THIEVES ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT ALL AND CAN CARRY ON STEALING YOUR MONEY!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;THE city council's internal report into The 08 Place has given the go-ahead for private firms to lobby senior council officers about lucrative contracts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The report says there is "nothing wrong" in them making such contact.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It also admits that the thieving rottweiller, McElhinney did not tell the truth to councillors about The 08 Place contract.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;But charitably, arrogantly and unbelievably naively, it concludes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;"there is no evidence that the statement was made knowing it to be untrue and in order to mislead."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The report, by bald legal eagle, Michael Kenworthy reluctantly admits that it was "not good practice" for Chas Cole's CMP Entertainment to instruct council contractors about fitting out the Culture one-stop shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;In other words, the council now believes that a private company should not give orders to council workmen about fitting out its own offices with posher lights than normal, better carpets, more expensive decorations and fitments etc, etc. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;(It's certainly immensely re-assuring that the city council have now very firmly drawn the line at that unthinkable state of affairs ever possibly happening, ed. Just who the hell is in charge of this amateur outfit?)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Drawing himself up to his full 5 foot 8 inches, Kenworthy positively oozes smug pomposity, self-importance and arrogance as he concludes: "Any reasonably (sic) minded members of the public will accept that the matter has been dealt with properly by the Council, CMP and the Audit Commission."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Oh no we won't, ed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;And anyway, quite what the findings of a council report has got to do with a private company like CMP, or why the council should now be bending over backwards to defend a private company like CMP, is beyond us. (Kenworthy has typically over-reached himself, ed)&lt;br /&gt;We are ignoring the Audit Commission completely since they were fast asleep on the job when McElhinney was ripping off the council for millions on behalf of Liverpool Direct.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Kenworthy's report is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* silent on McElhinney, Halsall and Cole's close relationship&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* silent on the specific allegation about them running together in the New York marathon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* silent on Halsall's son's band appearing at the Summer Pops and of course it is also&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* silent on the amount of free car parking and the rent free period given to CMP by McElhinney as part of the deal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The report is also highly selective - it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* fails to reveal that former council leader Mike Storey presented the report to Colin Cover Up (why? ed)&lt;br /&gt;* fails to include any evidence from the city council's surveyors 20/20 (why? ed)&lt;br /&gt;* fails to detail Henshaw's secret role in covering up the terms of the deal (why? ed) and&lt;br /&gt;* fails to provide any evidence for its glib conclusions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words it is the most servile, complicit and complacent cover-up imaginable. The cabal will be laughing like drains.&lt;br /&gt;Kenworthy is either gullible or a fool. (Probably both, ed)&lt;br /&gt;He says, for example, astonishingly:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;"Given CMP's historical (sic) connection with the city's Summer Pops (he means Chas Cole's relationship with the smiling assassin, Halsall ed) and inevitable contact with senior officers of the council (two in particular, of course, Halsall and McElhinney, ed) it should not have been surprising to anyone that the lessee (CMP) should have tried to use those contacts..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Really?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Oh, that's okay then. Fair enough.&lt;br /&gt;We will keep quiet in future about private contractors trying to use their contacts with senior council officers to win a better deal. Nothing wrong with that - they should be able to wine and dine them, take them to the villa in Marbella, arrange trips to New York.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Do they think we are all bonkers? Is Kenworthy certifiably insane?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kenworthy goes on to say the free parking and rent free period for The 08 Place was agreed by 20/20.&lt;br /&gt;He fails to explain why they actually gave completely different advice and, in emails, officially expressed surprise at the terms of the deal. Why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;He admits that McElhinney gave the wrong information to the Select Committee about work on The 08 Place - but doesn't say McElhinney wrongly told councillors work had ceased and then failed to correct that information. (So that's ok then, McElhinney can lie all he likes in the future, too. Presumably he has not aplogised to councillors for misleading them either? ed)&lt;br /&gt;It also claims that McElhinney was 'very clear' that no works should continue on The 08 Place beyond the £900,000 figure approved by the council.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;So why did McElhinney fail to tell councillors that work was continuing beyond that amount?&lt;br /&gt;Kenworthy says there is no evidence that McElhinney acted inappropriately or had any pecuniary interest in the transaction. (What investigations did he conduct to examine that interest then? ed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kenworthy finally asks us to rely on the assurances given by the Chief Executive(s) (the greedy blackmailer Henshaw and Colin Cover Up, ed).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He must be joking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His report is based on ('trust me, I'm the very important Acting City Solicitor) mere assertion, with no evidence whatsoever adduced to support his conclusions. If he says it, it must be true.&lt;br /&gt;I don't think so, bald eagle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Crucially Kenworthy's report does not explain why the cost of The 08 Place soared from £900,000 to £1.4million. Half a million pounds of public money down the drain.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Nor does it apologise for that massive increase.&lt;br /&gt;Nor does it explain what steps have been taken to prevent the same situation happening again.&lt;br /&gt;Nor does it call for the appropriate distance to be observed between council officers with control of lucrative contracts and the bosses of private firms.&lt;br /&gt;It is the most specious, superficial and condescending report produced by the city council in a long time.&lt;br /&gt;And it now proves, without any question, just who is really in charge of Liverpool city council.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NB Contrary to the craven Echo's incorrect story last night, the report does not even deal with the allegations concerning Liverpool Direct Limited. (Spin gone into overdrive again, methinks, ed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posted by Tony Parrish47 at Tuesday, November 21, 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Labels: Bradley, Chas 'show me the money' Cole, Colin 'Cover up' Hilton, Henshaw, liverpoolevilcabal, MceLhinney, The Smiling Assassin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17 comments:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;sickened said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well done&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:39:00 AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Anonymous said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doesn't this mean your dossier is bollocks old chap?&lt;br /&gt;You should probably scurry off back down your hole.&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:00:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Mrs Hilton said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lib Dems said it as in the past and to leave it in the past, so thats ok then isnt it?&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 3:15:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Tony Parrish47 said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you wish...(to anonymous, aka the smiling assassin Halsall)&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:18:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;not scared of them said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and anyway, wasn't it the leader of the council's dossier (which he believed so serious, he took it to the police?)?&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:20:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Shoulder to shoulder said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are desperate for you to go away Tony - 'scurry off back down your hole', they beg. You have caused them so much damage and so much discomfort and exposed them for what they are. Evil, greedy, malignant tossers.&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:26:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Tori Blare said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NO HOLE IS BIG ENOUGH TO HIDE ALL THIS CORRUPTION!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If Halsal was so sure of himself he would put his name on his comment.&lt;br /&gt;If you do scurry down a hole tony, then I and many many oh so many others will be down there with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We won't go away until justice has been served.&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:13:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;mrs doctor mc dog said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that is why McElhinney needed his shower!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he needs it for all the EVIL ones to wash away the sins of the 08 whitewash&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:16:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Tony Parrish Fan said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tony(s)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please keep up this excellent work you have got these Cabalists under pressure and they cant hold on for ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will be free soon if you keep this up - let us know how we can support you!&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:45:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Anonymous said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These people make me sick to the core&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why is everyone protecting them?jgxwm&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, November 23, 2006 1:19:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Tony Parrish47 said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fear&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, November 23, 2006 4:03:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Truth, justice and democracy said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't be downhearted Tone, always remember how much damage you caused them, the fun we all had during the summer exposing the bastards and the fact that they will never be able to get away with their cosy little corruption again. They will always be looking over their shoulder for someone completely different to suddenly start another blog. A bit like this one. We owe you mate.&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, November 23, 2006 4:27:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Surmounter said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes and just think how they must be petrified that one day Colin Cover up might soon take a handsome redundancy payment and get a juicy fat salary to join another New Labour quango and we the citizens might get a non coverer upper in his place who will do his or her job properly and take action against them or even that someone from outside this city starts to take this disgraceful corruption seriously.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These cabalists must be sick to the core&lt;br /&gt;Friday, November 24, 2006 8:18:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Anonymous said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so they think they know who the legendary tony parrish is!!!&lt;br /&gt;if a quarter of the time was spent properley looking into allegations made as trying to find out his identity we would perhaps find out the truth. what a whitewash&lt;br /&gt;Friday, November 24, 2006 10:38:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Tony Parrish47 said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Keep on keeping on folks and fight the good fight...&lt;br /&gt;Friday, November 24, 2006 11:15:00 PM &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;All Seeing Aye said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The council may think they have covered up their corruption but every single person in the city thinks otherwise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to Tony, the Truth is out!&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, November 25, 2006 4:35:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Anonymous said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He looks like a wimp as well as acting like one&lt;br /&gt;Saturday, November 25, 2006 4:58:00 PM&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Tori Blare Tells The Tales From Liverpool City Council and other local areas&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33556785-116454940348995222?l=toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com/2006/11/liverpool-evil-cabal-update-10.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tori Blare)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556785.post-116423050536397056</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-19T04:52:49.481-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool Political History</category><title>LIVERPOOL CAPITAL OF CULTURE MY ARSE!!!!!!!!!! JUST SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4811/3686/1600/culture.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4811/3686/320/culture.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4811/3686/1600/bradley%20head.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4811/3686/320/bradley%20head.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FOLLOW THIS &lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://liverpoolsubculture.blogspot.com/"&gt;LINK&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/blockquote&gt;TO READ ABOUT THE WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY ONCE AGAIN BY THE LIVERPOOL EVIL CABALISTS; OR READ BELOW.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;THE city council's internal report into The 08 Place has given the go-ahead for private firms to lobby senior council officers about lucrative contracts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;The report says there is "nothing wrong" in them making such contact.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;It also admits that the thieving rottweiller, McElhinney did not tell the truth to councillors about The 08 Place contract.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;But charitably, arrogantly and unbelievably naively, it concludes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;"there is no evidence that the statement was made knowing it to be untrue and in order to mislead."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The report, by bald legal eagle, Michael Kenworthy reluctantly admits that it was "not good practice" for Chas Cole's CMP Entertainment to instruct council contractors about fitting out the Culture one-stop shop.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, the council now believes that a private company should not give orders to council workmen about fitting out its own offices with posher lights than normal, better carpets, more expensive decorations and fitments etc, etc. (It's certainly immensely re-assuring that the city council have now very firmly drawn the line at that unthinkable state of affairs ever possibly happening, ed. Just who the hell is in charge of this amateur outfit?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Drawing himself up to his full 5 foot 8 inches, Kenworthy positively oozes smug pomposity, self-importance and arrogance as he concludes: "Any reasonably (sic) minded members of the public will accept that the matter has been dealt with properly by the Council, CMP and the Audit Commission."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Oh no we won't, ed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And anyway, quite what the findings of a council report has got to do with a private company like CMP, or why the council should now be bending over backwards to defend a private company like CMP, is beyond us. (Kenworthy has typically over-reached himself, ed)&lt;br /&gt;We are ignoring the Audit Commission completely since they were fast asleep on the job when McElhinney was ripping off the council for millions on behalf of Liverpool Direct.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kenworthy's report is:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;* s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;ilent on McElhinney, Halsall and Cole's close relationship&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;* silent on the specific allegation about them running together in the New York marathon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;* silent on Halsall's son's band appearing at the Summer Pops and of course it is also&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;* silent on the amount of free car parking and the rent free period given to CMP by McElhinney as part of the deal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The report is also highly selective - it:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;* fails to reveal that former council leader Mike Storey presented the report to Colin Cover Up (why? ed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;* fails to include any evidence from the city council's surveyors 20/20 (why? ed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;* fails to detail Henshaw's secret role in covering up the terms of the deal (why? ed) and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;* fails to provide any evidence for its glib conclusions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;In other words it is the most servile, complicit and complacent cover-up imaginable. The cabal will be laughing like drains.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Kenworthy is either gullible or a fool. (Probably both, ed)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;He says, for example, astonishingly:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"Given CMP's historical (sic) connection with the city's Summer Pops (he means Chas Cole's relationship with the smiling assassin, Halsall ed) and inevitable contact with senior officers of the council (two in particular, of course, Halsall and McElhinney, ed) it should not have been surprising to anyone that the lessee (CMP) should have tried to use those contacts..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Really?&lt;br /&gt;Oh, that's okay then. Fair enough. We will keep quiet in future about private contractors trying to use their contacts with senior council officers to win a better deal. Nothing wrong with that - they should be able to wine and dine them, take them to the villa in Marbella, arrange trips to New York.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do they think we are all bonkers? Is Kenworthy certifiably insane?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kenworthy goes on to say the free parking and rent free period for The 08 Place was agreed by 20/20. He fails to explain why they actually gave completely different advice and, in emails, officially expressed surprise at the terms of the deal. Why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;He admits that McElhinney gave the wrong information to the Select Committee about work on The 08 Place - but doesn't say McElhinney wrongly told councillors work had ceased and then failed to correct that information. (So that's ok then, McElhinney can lie all he likes in the future, too. Presumably he has not aplogised to councillors for misleading them either? ed)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;It also claims that McElhinney was 'very clear' that no works should continue on The 08 Place beyond the £900,000 figure approved by the council.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;So why did McElhinney fail to tell councillors that work was continuing beyond that amount?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Kenworthy says there is no evidence that McElhinney acted inappropriately or had any pecuniary interest in the transaction. (What investigations did he conduct to examine that interest then? ed)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Kenworthy finally asks us to rely on the assurances given by the Chief Executive(s) (the greedy blackmailer Henshaw and Colin Cover Up, ed).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He must be joking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His report is based on ('trust me, I'm the very important Acting City Solicitor) mere assertion, with no evidence whatsoever adduced to support his conclusions. If he says it, it must be true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don't think so, bald eagle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;" &gt;Crucially Kenworthy's report does not explain why the cost of The 08 Place soared from £900,000 to £1.4million. Half a million pounds of public money down the drain.&lt;br /&gt;Nor does it apologise for that massive increase.&lt;br /&gt;Nor does it explain what steps have been taken to prevent the same situation happening again.&lt;br /&gt;Nor does it call for the appropriate distance to be observed between council officers with control of lucrative contracts and the bosses of private firms.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It is the most specious, superficial and condescending report produced by the city council in a long time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;And it now proves, without any question, just who is really in charge of Liverpool city council.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NB Contrary to the craven Echo's incorrect story last night, the report does not even deal with the allegations concerning Liverpool Direct Limited. (Spin gone into overdrive again, methinks, ed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posted by Tony Parrish47 at Tuesday, November 21, 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Labels: Bradley, Chas 'show me the money' Cole, Colin 'Cover up' Hilton, Henshaw, liverpoolevilcabal, MceLhinney, The Smiling Assassin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;8 comments:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;sickened said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well done&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:39:00 AM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Anonymous said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doesn't this mean your dossier is bollocks old chap?&lt;br /&gt;You should probably scurry off back down your hole.&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:00:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Mrs Hilton said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lib Dems said it as in the past and to leave it in the past, so thats ok then isnt it?&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 3:15:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Tony Parrish47 said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you wish...(to anonymous, aka the smiling assassin Halsall)&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:18:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;not scared of them said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and anyway, wasn't it the leader of the council's dossier (which he believed so serious, he took it to the police?)?&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:20:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Shoulder to shoulder said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They are desperate for you to go away Tony - 'scurry off back down your hole', they beg. You have caused them so much damage and so much discomfort and exposed them for what they are. Evil, greedy, malignant tossers.&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:26:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Tori Blare said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NO HOLE IS BIG ENOUGH TO HIDE ALL THIS CORRUPTION!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If Halsal was so sure of himself he would put his name on his comment.&lt;br /&gt;If you do scurry down a hole tony, then I and many many oh so many others will be down there with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We won't go away until justice has been served.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:13:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;mrs doctor mc dog said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So that is why McElhinney needed his shower!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he needs it for all the EVIL ones to wash away the sins of the 08 whitewash&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, November 22, 2006 8:16:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;STAY POSTED &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Tori Blare Tells The Tales From Liverpool City Council and other local areas&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33556785-116423050536397056?l=toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com/2006/11/liverpool-capital-of-culture-my-arse.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tori Blare)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556785.post-116354905589338990</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 21:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-19T05:02:59.498-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool Local History</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Things that go in outside of Liverpool</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool Political History</category><title>DAVID MC DOG IS A ROBBER</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4811/3686/1600/storeyheadinhands.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4811/3686/320/storeyheadinhands.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4811/3686/1600/mcelhinney%20monkey%20suit_edited.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4811/3686/320/mcelhinney%20monkey%20suit_edited.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Liverpool Times has made comment on the BT and LDL Scandal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;The problem with this is,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;IT IS STILL GOING ON!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See below for Liverpool Times article&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The multi- million pound contract between Liverpool City Council and BT is under fresh scrutiny following criticism from Councils Auditors.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:0;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This lucrative contract gave BT a monopoly interest in vast areas of the Council’s services. One Stop Shops, Libraries, and Registrar services to name but a few.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BT - Cosy deals for Liverpools politicians, cosy deals for BT&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The awarding of the contact was dressed up as giving the honest Council taxpayers a better and cheaper service. In reality it has helped to make BT worth £23.2billion pounds, and paved the way for an impending big payout for it’s shareholders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Until new labour seized power, publicly owned assets could not make a private profit while they were still being sustained by the taxpayer. In this case the hard pressed Liverpool Council taxpayers pay for the services through their monthly Council tax payments, ( like those mentioned above) that BT deliver on behalf of the Council. &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Someone who has done rather nicely out of the City Council contract is the ubiquitous&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; “Dr” David Mc Elhinney.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When he was the Council’s deputy Chief Executive he masterminded the deal between the City Council and BT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He had closed a similar deal whilst working for the far right Knowsley Council.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shortly after the Liverpool deal was tied up “Macca” took a pay off from the City Council and walked straight into a top job with BT ! Based in Sir Thomas Street.&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)"&gt;(AND PUT IN A NICE NEW £15,000 SHOWER FOR HIMSELF AND SOME BLONDE BIT ED)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All this may be totally above board. In local government however things are not that simple. Council’s have huge assets whose primary objectives are to benefit the people. Have any Council taxpayers been given shares by BT ? Is the Pope an atheist!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What “Macca” has pulled off is a clear example of the type of spiv society new labour has created. Ironically when the Tories sold Council house’s labour screamed opposition from the rooftops, even though millions of their own voters gained from the sale. Similarly with the sale of the public utilities, ordinary people were allowed to purchase shares at favourable prices. In the mid 1990s many ordinary people gained financial windfalls when Building Societies converted to Banks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under new labour only the privileged few make the money. As the Liverpool Council taxpayers will not benefit from the BP payout, they should be told if “Macca“and Henshaw have held any share holdings in BT or any of its Subsidiaries, in the period leading up to awarding of the contract, or during any period of time since ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Cllr Joe Anderson and his new labour group should take note, what has gone on has never been official labour party policy ! Go on, take on the “new labour Lib Dem’s”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Tori Blare Tells The Tales From Liverpool City Council and other local areas&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33556785-116354905589338990?l=toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com/2006/11/david-mc-dog-is-robber.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tori Blare)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556785.post-116111857616668970</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-11-27T12:54:43.350-08:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Stupid Kids Who Think They Are Gangsters</category><title>STUPID KIDS WHO THINK THEY ARE GANGSTERS IN LIVERPOOL PART 2</title><description>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;ONCE AGAIN THE &lt;a href="http://www.liverpooltimes.net/"&gt;LIVERPOOL TIMES&lt;/a&gt; REPORTS ON THE HORRORS OF WHAT IS NORISS GREEN.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posted by admin under&lt;br /&gt;Local News&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Collective Responsibility&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before we start to examine this, let us give out a Health Warning to those who believe that they are resident in Norris Green and Liverpool but they are not involved therefore are not to be included in the Shame of the Stinking Mess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Please Do Not read on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Collective Responsibility&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does the word Responsible imply an obligation to do something to be responsible for something and thus “Guilty” if there is a failure to meet an obligation to be responsible?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Norris Green, is the word responsible an illusion?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is this the Modern Social State where the “The Dog eats Dog” is the norm?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is the survival of the fittest that is those with a gun the only Law in Norris Green?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Militant Liberalists have dominated the very fabric of our Liverpool Home since 1965 and the birth of the Militants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we are faced with the Catastrophic Mistakes of giving our Responsibility to the Militants and the Officers of Liverpool City Council Social Service, Education, and Housing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Key Officer in that entire debacle? The Planning Department.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These same Officers were led by Five of the most Senior Officers in the City, (Ask the LIB DEMS Peter Mellie he will give you their names) in fairness to him only ONE is left and he is under investigation by the Audit Commission as we speak.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Officers took Political Correctness to new heights and through Hatton Brady and Byrne created an Empire that infiltrated the Liverpool Council Airport LJMU Schools Social Services -you name it all came under their control.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why don’t you read all this in the Kirkby Times? Link here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We asked our insider where was the Democratically Elected Councillors? They laughed hysterically and stated from the Officers, (Make Sure You Ask the Lib Dems) “We run the City not the Councillors.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once Khrushchev blew the gaff on Stalin and Lenin the Trots came running into the “New Party” the Militants and Hatton Byrne and Brady did the rest. The Politically Correct now endemic in Social Work Teachers and Council Unions dominated all Political Ideology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you had a scheme for the obscure Liverpool Officers would find the funds, as it was a minority representation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Liverpool the Capital of Culture is where we run the Image of Liverpool from Australia? Could you believe that we employed a woman who lived in Australia and worked from there to ruin Liverpool’s Image?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the meanwhile Teenage Killers gathered, to be informed of their Rights funded of course by the Politically Correct, and the Assassins matured to form Protection Prostitution and Drug Cartels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Services were set up in the 70’s and at a stroke dumped the Expertise of the Mental Health Officers The Care of the Elderly - Infirm – Children – Court – the lot and “Created a New Paint, Generic,” One Coat covers all the Cracks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They were fooled by the Successive Tory Labour and Libs who when things went wrong dumped the total blame on THE GENERIC SW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Work failed Society and Society failed Social Work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only winners the Government “don’t blame us we have given them the money.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Cause of the Death of Norris Green Is Unknown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not because we cannot agree but because there is insufficient Evidence to warrant one Theory or another among the countless Psuedo Scientists all saying. “We know Please Sir give us more European Money we “Know,” this Time”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Workers to the Right of us Psychologists to the Laugh of us NGOS Quangos. Senior Officers you name them they are just one Storey on top of a Henshaw or a Hatton and who is on top of all?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He who Scales the lot “Mr M.T. Himself”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just, Tell us where our money is you know the £110 million from us from the POLL TAXES WE PAY, please Mr Director General CEO Sir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now among that lot where is Shame where is Guilt where is Blame?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is we the ordinary person in Liverpool that continually have the Loss of Face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is us that know of the Guilt of allowing Hatton the Militants and the Senior Officers to get us to here in Norris Green.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We who are;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surrounded by Children who murder, and&lt;br /&gt;By Teenagers who assassinate to Order.&lt;br /&gt;Who carry Guns into our Pubs and show off with them stuck in their Belts.&lt;br /&gt;Order now To Kill for Christmas or to Maim?&lt;br /&gt;The only question asked HOW MUCH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Our Liverpool Home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there is no Shame in the Murderers Heart there is no fear if there is no fear it is because we have starved the Police of Resources. Where no Police then no Order where no Order then the Guns reign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guilt is simple to understand and to see. In Norris Green it doesn’t exist so do not look there. But then it doesn’t exist in the City Hall either or the money would have been found to clean the Vermin off the street. If the Rats and Mice ran the Streets the mothers of these killers would demand action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are words on paper or in a Constitution, which tell us of Freedom being fought for in Afghan or Iraq if the Terrorists are here on our Streets in Liverpool Norris Green?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is freedom if Children and Teenagers wear tops that threaten and carry guns that kill and close shops and terrorise the Elderly under Curfew?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are these Children our Children?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do we have a Responsibility?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We came together when the “Be - headers” in Iraq, the Terrorists, held one of our sons for a Ransom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now an Area in Liverpool is held to Ransom and the Police have been made Powerless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where is the Labour Party who sanctioned £110 million loss on the Merseytravel Trams?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where is the Lib Dems who allowed the degeneration of Norris Green Take Place?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did not Clucas tell us all the money had gone?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gone, gone where we ask Dear Flo?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where are the proud boasts now “We have Cut the rates and the Throats and gunned down many in Norris Green but don’t blame us that is why we have Social Workers they always take the blame ask them in the next Cock – up – Tail, Party&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next article is about “sustainability.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can we as a Civil Association Sustain our Indifference to the Death Squads in Norris Green. The Evidence is that we will because of the Politically Correct say;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Children did not Kill it was those Guns that Did It”&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Tori Blare Tells The Tales From Liverpool City Council and other local areas&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33556785-116111857616668970?l=toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com/2006/10/stupid-kids-who-think-they_116111857616668970.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tori Blare)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556785.post-116111840623616783</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-10-17T13:53:44.013-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Stupid Kids Who Think They Are Gangsters</category><title>STUPID KIDS WHO THINK THEY ARE GANGSTERS IN LIVERPOOL PART 2</title><description>&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" &gt;ONCE AGAIN THE &lt;a href="http://www.liverpooltimes.net/"&gt;LIVERPOOL TIMES&lt;/a&gt; REPORTS ON THE HORRORS OF WHAT IS NORISS GREEN.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Posted by admin under&lt;br /&gt;Local News &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Collective Responsibility&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before we start to examine this, let us give out a Health Warning to those who believe that they are resident in Norris Green and Liverpool but they are not involved therefore are not to be included in the Shame of the Stinking Mess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Please Do Not read on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Collective Responsibility&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does the word Responsible imply an obligation to do something to be responsible for something and thus “Guilty” if there is a failure to meet an obligation to be responsible?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Norris Green, is the word responsible an illusion?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is this the Modern Social State where the “The Dog eats Dog” is the norm?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is the survival of the fittest that is those with a gun the only Law in Norris Green?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Militant Liberalists have dominated the very fabric of our Liverpool Home since 1965 and the birth of the Militants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now we are faced with the Catastrophic Mistakes of giving our Responsibility to the Militants and the Officers of Liverpool City Council Social Service, Education, and Housing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Key Officer in that entire debacle? The Planning Department.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These same Officers were led by Five of the most Senior Officers in the City, (Ask the LIB DEMS Peter Mellie he will give you their names) in fairness to him only ONE is left and he is under investigation by the Audit Commission as we speak.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Officers took Political Correctness to new heights and through Hatton Brady and Byrne created an Empire that infiltrated the Liverpool Council Airport LJMU Schools Social Services -you name it all came under their control.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why don’t you read all this in the Kirkby Times? Link here&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We asked our insider where was the Democratically Elected Councillors? They laughed hysterically and stated from the Officers, (Make Sure You Ask the Lib Dems) “We run the City not the Councillors.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once Khrushchev blew the gaff on Stalin and Lenin the Trots came running into the “New Party” the Militants and Hatton Byrne and Brady did the rest. The Politically Correct now endemic in Social Work Teachers and Council Unions dominated all Political Ideology.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you had a scheme for the obscure Liverpool Officers would find the funds, as it was a minority representation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Liverpool the Capital of Culture is where we run the Image of Liverpool from Australia? Could you believe that we employed a woman who lived in Australia and worked from there to ruin Liverpool’s Image?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the meanwhile Teenage Killers gathered, to be informed of their Rights funded of course by the Politically Correct, and the Assassins matured to form Protection Prostitution and Drug Cartels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Services were set up in the 70’s and at a stroke dumped the Expertise of the Mental Health Officers The Care of the Elderly - Infirm – Children – Court – the lot and “Created a New Paint, Generic,” One Coat covers all the Cracks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They were fooled by the Successive Tory Labour and Libs who when things went wrong dumped the total blame on THE GENERIC SW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Work failed Society and Society failed Social Work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only winners the Government “don’t blame us we have given them the money.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Cause of the Death of Norris Green Is Unknown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not because we cannot agree but because there is insufficient Evidence to warrant one Theory or another among the countless Psuedo Scientists all saying. “We know Please Sir give us more European Money we “Know,” this Time”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Workers to the Right of us Psychologists to the Laugh of us NGOS Quangos. Senior Officers you name them they are just one Storey on top of a Henshaw or a Hatton and who is on top of all?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He who Scales the lot “Mr M.T. Himself”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just, Tell us where our money is you know the £110 million from us from the POLL TAXES WE PAY, please Mr Director General CEO Sir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now among that lot where is Shame where is Guilt where is Blame?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is we the ordinary person in Liverpool that continually have the Loss of Face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is us that know of the Guilt of allowing Hatton the Militants and the Senior Officers to get us to here in Norris Green.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We who are;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Surrounded by Children who murder, and&lt;br /&gt;By Teenagers who assassinate to Order.&lt;br /&gt;Who carry Guns into our Pubs and show off with them stuck in their Belts.&lt;br /&gt;Order now To Kill for Christmas or to Maim?&lt;br /&gt;The only question asked HOW MUCH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Our Liverpool Home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there is no Shame in the Murderers Heart there is no fear if there is no fear it is because we have starved the Police of Resources. Where no Police then no Order where no Order then the Guns reign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Guilt is simple to understand and to see. In Norris Green it doesn’t exist so do not look there. But then it doesn’t exist in the City Hall either or the money would have been found to clean the Vermin off the street. If the Rats and Mice ran the Streets the mothers of these killers would demand action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What are words on paper or in a Constitution, which tell us of Freedom being fought for in Afghan or Iraq if the Terrorists are here on our Streets in Liverpool Norris Green?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is freedom if Children and Teenagers wear tops that threaten and carry guns that kill and close shops and terrorise the Elderly under Curfew?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are these Children our Children?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do we have a Responsibility?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We came together when the “Be - headers” in Iraq, the Terrorists, held one of our sons for a Ransom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now an Area in Liverpool is held to Ransom and the Police have been made Powerless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where is the Labour Party who sanctioned £110 million loss on the Merseytravel Trams?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where is the Lib Dems who allowed the degeneration of Norris Green Take Place?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did not Clucas tell us all the money had gone?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gone, gone where we ask Dear Flo?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where are the proud boasts now “We have Cut the rates and the Throats and gunned down many in Norris Green but don’t blame us that is why we have Social Workers they always take the blame ask them in the next Cock – up – Tail, Party&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next article is about “sustainability.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can we as a Civil Association Sustain our Indifference to the Death Squads in Norris Green. The Evidence is that we will because of the Politically Correct say;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Children did not Kill it was those Guns that Did It”&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Tori Blare Tells The Tales From Liverpool City Council and other local areas&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33556785-116111840623616783?l=toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com/2006/10/stupid-kids-who-think-they-are_17.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tori Blare)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556785.post-116061165023192113</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2006 23:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-19T05:22:33.169-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool Political History</category><title>LIVERPOOL COUNCIL TAX PAYERS ARE WITHOUT VITAL SERVICES</title><description>&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;LIVERPOOL COUNCIL TAX PAYERS ARE WITHOUT VITAL SERVICES, YET THE LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL AND LIVERPOOL ENTERPRISE HAVE WASTED MILLIONS OF &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;OUR&lt;/span&gt; POUNDS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY THEY ARE STILL PAYING OUT ON COMPENSATION.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL SEEM TO THINK THAT &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;80 CLAIMS PER MONTH&lt;/span&gt; IS GOOD!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;GET THIS SERVICE BACK TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP AND STOP THE CONTINUED THEFT OF LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL TAX PAYERS MONEY.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Liverpool's pavements going from bad to worse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oct 10 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic"&gt;By Sam Lister Daily Post Staff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE state of Liverpool's pavements has got worse with &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;four out of ten in need of repair, despite a joint venture firm being awarded a £180m contract to improve them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Enterprise Liverpool was brought in four years ago to sort out the city's streets but the amount of cracked and broken slabs recorded is more than 13% above the national average.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Between 2003 and 2005 37.4% need to be fixed or relaid but this year the figure has gone up to 39%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;And it is feared the increase will mean Liverpool returns to its days of being dubbed "compensation city", when it had one of the highest rates of claims for tripping in the country.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Cllr Paul Brant, deputy Labour leader, said&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: "It's clear from these figures that the council is continuing to haemorrhage ever greater amounts of money on tripping claims.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;"Residents across the city are complaining about the state of the pavements.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;"There are good performing councils up and down the country who manage a much better state of maintenance and have far lowers rates of tripping claims.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;"This is money that could and should be spent on front line services.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;"Liverpool City Council's performance compares poorly to the average for metropolitan councils. No amount of Lib Dem spin can hide the true position."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Enterprise Liverpool, a joint venture between the council and Enterprise plc, is charged with carrying out repairs in the city in a 10-year contract worth £180m.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;The council has cracked down on tripping claims by toughening up its legal stance as well as using special paving it hopes is "compo proof ". &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Last year, it announced that claims had dropped by almost 7,500 in two years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;But over the last four years, it has paid out more than £31m in compensation. Officials insist many of the claims still being dealt with are historic, with some dating back two or three years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;A spokesman for Liverpool City Council said: &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;"We have dramatically reduced tripping claims from around 800 per month in 2003 to less than 80 a month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;"We are aware that some of our pavements need improving and we are negotiating with the Department of Transport for additional funding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;"In terms of actual conditions of roads, Liverpool is above average but we will continue to improve both our roads and pavements." &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Tori Blare Tells The Tales From Liverpool City Council and other local areas&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33556785-116061165023192113?l=toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com/2006/10/liverpool-council-tax-payers-are.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tori Blare)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556785.post-116027602134105553</guid><pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2006 02:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2006-10-07T19:53:44.483-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Stupid Kids Who Think They Are Gangsters</category><title>STUPID KIDS WHO THINK THEY ARE GANGSTERS IN LIVERPOOL</title><description>I COULD NOT SAY IT BETTER MYSELF.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SO IV'E COPIED THE LIVERPOOL TIMES BELOW, NORISS GREEN HAS BECOME THE LOCAL DRUGS DEN.&lt;br /&gt;WE COULD ALL SEE IT HAPPENNING.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liverpool is now Iraq.&lt;br /&gt;Posted by admin under&lt;br /&gt;Local News  &lt;br /&gt;When will you come to stop these Terrorists and give us back Democracy?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The war lords in Norris Green that control the Drugs the Prostitution the Thefts the burglary and collect the unpaid Drugs bill have been allowed a free hand to be armed and to use force to suppress the innocent good people not only of Norris Green but of Liverpool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tony Blair - he won;t be found in any no go zones after dark&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Self Styled Soldier’s” aged 10-15 and the 25 yr old Assassins that dominate them, drive in armoured vehicles to deliver drugs imported from Afghanistan and enforce payments by Gun Law. They maim by shooting and by stabbings. On any night the bodies can be found on the steps of Public Hospitals.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The knowledge that the Police have admitted to the Local Liverpool Echo that the Police cannot stop these teenage murders unless a riot ensues, which they cannot control, is HORRIFIC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Workers who have failed Society say that “We” that is us not the Social Workers themselves, are to blame, the Soldiers are victims of our Society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore they say, “We the citizens of Liverpool are the cause of these murders and not the Murderers.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Police state that they are under-funded. We ask tell us now. By whom?&lt;br /&gt;The police say they are understaffed. We ask. By who’s Authority?&lt;br /&gt;The Police say that they are ill equipped. We ask. By who’s Directive?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We do know that the Politicians are one of the prime suspects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let’s be very clear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Public Money European Money is pissed in the Bars or on the Roads every night of this notorious Killing Field once Green, now Dark and Evil. It is not just Booze, it is fuelled by Class A Drugs available everywhere. The Teenage Mutants tell you that they have a good job earning hundreds every week selling pushing the Drugs of Hell and Torment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The deep sadness Tony Blair is the knowledge that the Elderly Infirm are isolated behind closed doors EVERY NIGHT BY THE CURFEW IMPOSED from 6pm to the 9am.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Shut your door shut your mouth or we will shut it for you.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is that your Democracy Blair?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The dumping of single parents under sixteen, The Single Homeless, The Single Addicts has been the Housing Policy in Liverpool for too many years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The figure is enormous and can only be aggregated but 60% of these thugs delight in reporting they also get the “Social Money” on top of the drugs sales.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The arrogance of these marauding, menacing, murdering scum is on display on EVERY Road day or night “Drugs for Sale” or “Book your victims murder for Christmas”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See how they gather, the Hooded Skin Head Cynics in the game of “How far can you Spit”?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Dregs of humanity are they are Law abiding and honest? They Are Not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This high percentage of Parasites collectively breed this Evil then smell their own Evil and thrive in the knowledge that the knives they carry and the Guns they carry their implements of torture are never taken from them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask the Shopkeepers they will tell you what scum exist and why they were forced to close up to the THREAT OF MURDER.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Norris Green Roads are littered with this human rubbish and along side them Roadside Tips, Dumps are just a common sight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vandalised Houses exist alongside the Political Vandalised Houses.&lt;br /&gt;“LIB DEMS CONDEM”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fired houses, broken houses, burnt out houses, line the Roads. If it were Cancer it would be Fast Tracked for Chemotherapy or just cut out aggressively!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This mass execution and Dereliction of this, a once magnificent Estate is not done by Aliens from Mars it is done by Soldiers from Norris Green.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THERE ARE POCKETS of humanity, dignity, resilience, and a strength to live through these dark days and we intend to make sure that the WORLD will know this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We were contacted from Vancouver by an Ex - Norris Green Resident who was shocked to read the Echo on the web and was disgusted by the frightening FACTS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We promised to give the subjected a voice and HERE it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Once” recalled the Vancouver correspondent “Norris Green was a jewel a place desired to live in.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;St. Tessies, St. Christopher The Good Shepard all turned out Brains Olympic Boxers Footballers Famous and worldly wise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These communities came from the inner city where families came first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now death and destruction murder and violence compete to be the slime and dirt, which litters the Estate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Soldiers” are agents of death and parade their threats on their tops and no one cares in this the Capital of Culture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Churches are vandalised derelict and bereft of God Fearing People now the Nasty Brutish and Short Worship Drugs Violence and Images of Evil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To imagine the fear left in the Woman Witnesses Mind when the Police who promised protection gave the THUGS who she had named and brought them to court, her address.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She is now in hiding not in her City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let us be frank here, these are not overnight episodes they have been identified for over 20 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The deterioration has been pernicious until this blackness. The all-pervading obsequiece, dominant is “The vote” catching MPs and Councillors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the most damaging in all of this?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non other than “The Nurturing Misguided Female Dominated Social “something,” look and you will find them every where, mostly at receptions conferences seminars courses anywhere but not at night when the “Blood leeches” come out, they are badly lacking in qualifications and “feed” off the Kudos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I work there in Norris Green”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“How do you do it”?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Well “Someone” has to do it. Pass the prawn sandwich” “Witch, witch? That witch no that witch”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Politicians cut money to the Police to gain Vote Catching Headlines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“Your Rates Down Under the Lib. Dems.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh yes?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So were police patrols down?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So was police manpower down?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So was Democracy and up? No is the short answer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crime Murder Mutilation Intimidation and Lawlessness UP IN YOUR Norris Green.&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;And the Crazies in Social Work STILL said we are to blame not the Soldiers who shoot to kill us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is no sudden dive to HELL this is a decline, and a well-documented Crime too and has had £Millions thrown at the area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each successive Council each Council Officer and CEO, all have said, “ we run this city.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Voluntary Agencies valiantly emerged with none so caring as the Drug Addicts Parents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rest?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are still unmoved by the double counting overlapping duplicating led by the City Officers who still maintain that they run the City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mismatch of Housing Action Plans Self Governing Residents as Landlords what is the use of going on and on? They were all a failure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a typical scene. THE NEED for an Economic Development Group for the area was agreed but it needed A Senior Housing Manager Seconded from the LCC his Salary Pension National Insurance Expenses from Town to Broadway and an Office Unit with THREE LCC seconded employees all wages pensions and a Computer each, was taken directly from the Norris Green Objective One Funds and of course OUR own Rates and Taxes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This was to greatly reduce the money given to the area from Brussels to alleviate the problems.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can “You” tell us why?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We don’t know and neither does the whistleblower.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Image of Norris Green is now World Wide on the Net.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The purification and stinking mess is out as News of the World.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Image of Liverpool Capital of Culture is again subsumed into parallel Images of the Toxteth Riots, then led by the Political Clowns Hatton Byrne and another forty-seven misguided.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who can forget the number of Charity Nights we all attended to raise £240000 surcharged on these innocents to stop them going to Jail?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hatton now in Manchester screams daily from his Radio Show, fun at Scousers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The criminal teenagers the terrorists of Norris Green are no different than the warlords of Somalia. These Norris Green Terrorists dispense violence daily nightly and the Police have no manpower to regain Law and Order.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let NO fawning misguide untrained Social Worker attempt to mask these acts of crime.&lt;br /&gt;There is nothing worse than having to listen to Middle Class Highly Paid nondescripts quoting Middle Class American Therapies for $Millions in reward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Academic Crap and Gown Reports excusing single and now multiple acts of Murder in schools “The sight of Seven Innocent Girls lined up and shot is to come to Norris Green”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tony Blair Cherie deserted the Professors the sacked hounded and Skipped Professors at LJMU and now you too?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you only interested in Iraq and their Terrorists and leave us to the Norris Green Terrorists?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This nest of Evil Vipers must be excluded. DO YOU agree Tony?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Social Workers say these Gun children are not to blame the guns are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And our Society has created these Frankenstein’s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is not the Children?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are these Norris Green self-promoting Soldiers carrying DAMAGED MINDS or GUNS?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is the damage that these Murderers carry deep inside them “put there by the People of Liverpool, operable?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can it be removed by surgery to make the KILLER whole again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no way that any evidence can say or even hint that these wicked violent acts committed by the scum is anything other than a “Happy to Kill and Stab and Maim” to be a Soldier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tony Blair get the warlords off the Roads of Norris Green and into places away from Liverpool in cells for years or until they Maturate, that is become human.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don’t blame the Parents just make them pay now from the money from the Drugs.&lt;br /&gt;The amount to be paid must cover all costs of the crimes and injuries to the at risk and of the cost of the Police to the Last Penny, and into the Courts that are open all hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sweep the Roads Clean give the Police the money to brush this vermin off the Norris Green Map.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The parent maybe right whenever they say, “My son is beyond my control” in all cases put them in Walton to be cultivated by the Older and more Wise who will make a good servants of these Killers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tony Blair make us the next terrorist target.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get the vermin out of Liverpool.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the First of Three Articles.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Tori Blare Tells The Tales From Liverpool City Council and other local areas&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/33556785-116027602134105553?l=toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://toriblareliverpool.blogspot.com/2006/10/stupid-kids-who-think-they-are.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Tori Blare)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>4</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33556785.post-116026494482073598</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-05-19T05:28:53.524-07:00</atom:updated><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool Local History</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool City Council</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Henshaw</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Things that go in outside of Liverpool</category><category domain='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#'>Liverpool Political History</category><title>Sir David Henshaw's Biography Part One</title><description>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4811/3686/1600/henshawbw70s.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; CURSOR: pointer" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4811/3686/320/henshawbw70s.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;David (centre) in the 1970s with Jack Straw (left) and Alan Corbett (right).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;About Sir David Henshaw&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sir David was born and educated in Liverpool, he obtained a degree at Sheffield in Public Administration, and then a Master's Degree in Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham (INLOGOV).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University, a Fellow of Liverpool University, &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;a former Visiting Fellow of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Australia,&lt;/span&gt; a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Trustee of the Faenol Trust, and a member of the Board of the European Institute for Urban Affairs at Liverpool John Moores University .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sir David has recently announced his retirement from his post as Chief Executive of Liverpool City Council.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He is currently Chief Executive of Liverpool Culture Company,&lt;br /&gt;a member of the board of The Mersey Partnership,&lt;br /&gt;Chair of Liverpool Partnership Group,&lt;br /&gt;Chair of SOLACE Enterprises,&lt;br /&gt;Past President of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives,&lt;br /&gt;a former Adviser to the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit,&lt;br /&gt;a Non-executive Director of the Home Secretary's National Offender Management Board (Prisons, Probation and Youth Justice in England and Wales),&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;an adviser to the Cabinet Office Strategy Unit,&lt;br /&gt;a member of the Treasury's Public Services Productivity Panel,&lt;br /&gt;and a Board member of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Henshaw of course took a £240,000 pension pay off from council taxpayers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;in March this year before getting himself a nice part-time job at the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Child Support Agency on £340,000! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;That's more than the head of the civil service!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;He is also the part-time Chairman of the North West Regional&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Strategic Health Authority&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;- despite the opposition of 25 North West MP's!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;McElhinney escaped from the city council shortly after Henshaw went,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;before he could be exposed over his management of contracts for The '08&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Place in the city centre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(More follows later).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Halsall is desperately trying to cling on to his job, after being passed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;over for the position of new chief executive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Sir David Henshaw finally confirmed his retirement as chief exec of&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Liverpool city council in March 2006&lt;br /&gt;- more than a year after he first announced he was going because of pension changes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;On February 14th, 2005, Henshaw had declared: &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;*“The effect of this (the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;new tax rules) means that I will have to retire from Liverpool city council by March 31 next year at the latest, and that is my current intention.*”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;It's now clear that Henshaw was trying to hold the city to ranson and&lt;br /&gt;using the retirement threat to try and force them to pay for his pension.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;However on March 16th, 2005 Henshaw's bluff was called - the city council’s Staff appointments and Disciplinary Panel refused a pension&lt;br /&gt;deal, which would have cost council taxpayers at least £250,000.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a fit of pique that night, a furious Henshaw told the Daily Post:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;*“My intention is to go at the end of March next year…I have made it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;very clear I am going.”*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;So what happened then? It seems that Henshaw quickly began to regret his&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;hasty words and the 'Henshaw quits' headlines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;So he got rid of the council's head of communications, Matt Finnegan,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;who had ensured that the views of Mike Storey, the Leader of the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Council, in opposing a pension deal, were being made known.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Henshaw suspended Finnegan on trumped up disciplinary charges.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Henshaw then seized Finnegan's computer and discovered emails between&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Storey and Finnegan. (Most people reckon Henshaw was secretly monitoring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;the emails anyway.) The emails discussed how to make clear to the press&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Storey's opposition to a pension deal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Henshaw then used the emails to blackmail Storey into agreeing a massive&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;retirement and pension deal for him (see statement in separate post by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Councillor Paul Clark, a barrister).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Then a month later, Henshaw changed his mind - he saw his chance to try&lt;br /&gt;and use the emails to force Storey to resign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;This plan backfired when Storey called Henshaw's bluff and the emails&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;were published.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;Henshaw then held on to his £190,000 a year job as chief executive for&lt;br /&gt;another 12 months, while banking on Storey to go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Eventually Storey was forced to resign but to Henshaw's horror, Storey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;supporter Warren Bradley became the new leader.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Bradley and every member of the city council's Cabinet then told their&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;chief exec that they could no longer work with him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Time had finally run out for Henshaw - he kept his promise and quit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;after a year of civil war and turmoil for Liverpool. But also pocketing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;a huge pension pay off worth £340,000.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;see also the accurate Daily Telegraph&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;story.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Mike Storey - very nice guy,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;but too timid to stand up to Henshaw - was too weak to sort out Henshaw&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;properly. Henshaw said Storey was 'stupid and had no guts.' Storey would&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;visibly shrink when confronted by one of Henshaw's rages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;Colin Hilton has had all this stuff and more. He has the documents, the&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;emails, the letters and the memos. He has had all the information he needs.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;He has simply refused to take the appropriate action.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;Hilton should have suspended McElhinney, Halsall, Louise Gray and Gerry&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;Callaghan for starters when he had the chance.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;That would have sent a powerful signal that the days of the evil cabal&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;were over.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;And that democratically elected city councillors were back in control.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;We would then have hoped that better governance of the city, after the&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;evil Henshaw disaster, was more than just empty words.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;But Hilton chose instead to try and hush everything up. That was a mistake.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;What he, the cabalists and their apologists (step forward Councillor&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;Kemp, ed) also seem to fail to understand is this: despite the threats&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;implied in a number of emails and comments to Tony Parrish, we will not&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;be silenced.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;The genie is out of the bottle now, Colin, and you can't put it back.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;Judging by the scores of emails we have received, there is plenty more&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;dodgy stuff about the evil cabal.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;That's why they need to be stopped now.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;PS While we are loathe to censor comments from viewers, some&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;observations about Dr McElhinney and his personal activities have been&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;removed (although entirely accurate, ed).&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;It is not the blog's job to question McElhinney's personal morality -&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;although we will happily expose and question personal motives for his&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;professional behaviour (more to come, ed).&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;We realise that this a fine line to tread and that not everyone will be&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;happy, but we are only human, folks. We think McElhinney's personal&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;behaviour lowers the tone a bit (how right you are, ed).&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Millionaire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;pop promoter Chas Cole (right) was given eight months free rent at The&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;08 Place, worth a cool £28,933.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;The astonishing handout - at council taxpayers's expense - was made by&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Henshaw's evil rottweiller, Dr David McElhinney.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;McElhinney scrapped a deal which had originally been agreed between an&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;experienced city council surveyor and Mr Cole's company, CMP Entertainment.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;Instead he replaced it with another totally different deal - which was&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;much better for Mr Cole!&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;No explanation has yet been offered for why McElhinney, who had competed&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;with Mr Cole in the New York marathon in 2003, agreed startling changes&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;in the deal to make it more favourable to CMP and worse for the city&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;council.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;The eight-month free rental period was just one element of an amazingly&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;generous agreement reached between McElhinney and CMP,&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;sub-tenants&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;of the city centre one-stop shop for Culture.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Originally, a city council surveyor had agreed that CMP, the only&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;private tenant, could have an initial rent-free period of three months&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;in The 08 Place.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;But when the surveyor took early retirement from the council, the terms&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;of the agreement were dramatically changed - in favour of Mr Cole and&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;his company.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;McElhinney, the Project Director, instead approved an eight month&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;rent-free period for CMP - at a cost of £28,933.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;The 08 Place Project Manager,&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; Louise Gray&lt;/span&gt;, McElhinney's close colleague,&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;had earlier written in an email about the proposed terms of the&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;agreement with CMP:&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;"I have copied David McElhinney in for his comments.......at most we&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;offer three months rent free, but this would need to be agreed by David,&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;as the budget is tight."&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Good old David (below) went far better than that - he agreed EIGHT&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;months rent free. No expense was to be spared for Mr Cole's plush new&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;offices. (Stay posted for more details soon, ed)&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;It was the second 'gift' made by generous McElhinney to Chas 'show me&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;the money'&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Cole.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;The first had been 10 years FREE parking in the city centre, worth £16,500.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Together the total value of Dr McElhinney's astonishing 'gifts' to Mr&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Cole, who runs Liverpool's Summer&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Pops,&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;is almost £45,000.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Staging the Summer Pops has so far cost the city council another&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;£1.7million (not including the 'gifts' to Mr Cole of course).&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;No explanation has yet been offered by Dr McElhinney, Mr Cole or the&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;city council for why such largesse was being offered so freely to CMP,&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;at council taxpayers expense.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;But don't think that Liverpool-evil-cabal&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;is first with this&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;astonishing information, supplied by honest council employees. Oh no.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;The full details of The 08 Place scandal, (this is only the tip of the&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;iceberg, ed) including copies of emails, letters, memo's, reports, etc,&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;were given in confidence to the acting city council chief executive,&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Colin Hilton and the council's Head of Internal Audit, Gerry Callaghan&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;on Friday, March 24th, 2006 in Henshaw's bunker, in the Municipal&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Buildings, in Dale Street, Liverpool.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;(At what precise time, to the nearest milli-second, did this&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;confidential meeting take place then, clever clogs? What was the weather&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;like outside, what colour tie was Mr Hilton wearing and did they have&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;any sumptuous butties at council taxpayer's expense? ed)&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Instead of immediately suspending McElhinney (and Louise Gray) in order&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;to enable a full investigation to proceed, Mr Hilton dithered for weeks,&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;then failed to take any action at all and has since sought to cover it&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;all up and sweep the whole mess under the carpet.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;(Bad move Colin, ed)&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;But Mr Callaghan, the Head of the city council's now thoroughly&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;discredited Internal Audit department, did take some immediate action.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;He dashed panic-stricken and white-faced down the corridor to instantly&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;blurt out all he had heard to his line manager - who happens to be&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Executive Director, Mr Phillip Halsall.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Mr Halsall, known as the smiling assassin, is of course, the third&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;member of Liverpool's evil cabal and a close colleague and friend of Dr&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;McElhinney.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;He also competed with Dr McElhinney and Mr Cole in the 2003 New York&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;marathon.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;We can only speculate that Mr Halsall may then have had a quiet word&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;with Dr McElhinney to mark his card. (Surely not? ed)&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;But we have no evidence of this. (We don't need any, ed)&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;But entirely co-incidentally, McElhinney later submitted a request to&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;leave the city council and become the highly-paid chief executive of&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Liverpool Direct Limited, the council's joint venture with BT. (Cue&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;cheers of rejoicing, Town Hall bells pealing, politicians kissing&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;babies, grown men hugging each other, millions weeping openly in the&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;streets, etc, etc, ed.)&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;So that's how, with one bound, the hated rottweiller McElhinney cleverly&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;escaped any action or further investigation. He got off scot free.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;No action of course has been taken either against his willing&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;accomplice, Louise Gray.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;And no action has been taken against Mr Callaghan (who has just&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;announced that he is taking early retirement next month) for breaching&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;confidentiality or prejudicing a potential disciplinary investigation.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Under McElhinney's direction of course, the total cost of The 08 Place -&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;the Capital of Culture's flagship one stop shop - spiralled from&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: 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style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Now at least we know part of the reason why.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;The Summer Pops has so far cost city council taxpayers an astonishing £1.7million.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Yet this public money has been handed over to millionaire promoter Chas&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Cole in direct contravention of all council Standing Orders.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Contrary to all the city council's internal rules and procedures, no&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;formal tendering process was ever carried out for the Summer Pops.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Why ever not?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Why did former chief executive, Sir David Henshaw, allow this to happen?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why did he consider no-one else for this work besides Chas Cole's CMP&lt;br /&gt;Entertainment &lt;http:&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why did he allow the council to ignore its statutory obligation to&lt;br /&gt;advertise tenders for the Summer Pops in the Supplement to the Official&lt;br /&gt;Journal of the European Communities (OJEC)? (This applies where the&lt;br /&gt;expected value of the contract for supplies or services is more than**&lt;br /&gt;£144,371 - a fraction of the Pops money.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And why &lt;http:&gt;did Executive Director Phil Halsall, (left) who is directly responsible for&lt;br /&gt;the Summer Pops, fail to produce proper and regular reports into the&lt;br /&gt;financial details of his arrangement with Mr Cole?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Summer Pops have been run as a money-spinning monopoly by CMP for&lt;br /&gt;the last six years - yet councillors have been repeatedly frustrated in&lt;br /&gt;their attempts to get proper answers to their questions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;There are a whole host of procurement irregularities &lt;http:&gt;surrounding the Pops - not least that the deal was apparently privately agreed&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;between Mr Halsall and his wealthy friend, Chas Cole.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;If that is not the case, which elected members of the council were&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;involved in approving this and what documentation exists?&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;The truth is, no one knows what Mr Halsall's friend, Chas Cole's cut of&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;the £1.7million has been. No-one knows how much has been spent on the&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Big Top. No-one knows how much has been spent on staff salaries or&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;security. No one knows how much has been spent on promotion. No one&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;knows what the ticket agency take has been. No one knows how much the&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;bars and catering make. 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No one knows why free tickets are distributed to places like&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Jaguar&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Instead councillors have been fobbed off with a typically contemptuous&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;'back of an envelope' report&lt;http:&gt; &lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;drawn up by the smiling assassin.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;And so far, his friend Mr Cole has yet to appear before councillors to&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;answer any questions.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Now councillors have finally insisted the Pops is put out to tender next&lt;br /&gt;year. Better late than never.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Yet the Summer Pops has eaten up at least £1.7million of public money -&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;for the last SIX years.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;So who is going to be held accountable for that?&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Perhaps new chief exec, Colin Hilton will ask his tame investigators&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;KPMG to take a look at the Summer Pops. 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xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;Entertainment &lt;http:&gt;has such a monopoly&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;stranglehold on the annual waterfront event?&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;And why no other promoter has been able to get a look-in for the last&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" 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blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;consortium more than a year ago with just such a detailed proposal.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;Cream &lt;http:&gt;have a world&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: 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(aHa).&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Harborow consulted both chief executive Sir David Henshaw and Executive&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Director Mr Halsall (known as the smiling assassin).&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: 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in&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Harborow's plush office in Millennium House.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" 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blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;At no risk to the city council.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;And at no cost to the council taxpayers of 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on Friday to 89*&lt;br /&gt;of Liverpool's 90 city councillors concerning the blog ban imposed by&lt;br /&gt;Colin Hilton. Here it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;Dear Councillor,&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: 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from&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;accessing this web site: 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it you would find out about:&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: 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years FREE car parking to Chas Cole at a&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;cost of 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(Surprise surprise, Ed)&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;8) Council go to market place for replacement chief executive in&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;September 2005.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;DH says he wants it to be like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid start&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;and how much he loathes MJS. He could not work with MJS.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;End of extract&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;This was the deal which was agreed. A month later in May 2005, Henshaw&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;reneged on it. He decided to stay - and tried to get rid of Storey&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;instead. Henshaw's greed and megalomania then plunged the city council&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;into open warfare and badly damaged Liverpool's emerging 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He is staying.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;"I have spent three weeks thinking this through."&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;DH makes threats to MJS's school job. 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tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;No action has been taken against any other campaigning blogs which have,&lt;br /&gt;for instance, published allegations about the private lives of&lt;br /&gt;Government ministers.&lt;br /&gt;Liverpool-evil-cabal's only crime is to highlight matters of legitimate&lt;br /&gt;public concern about the awarding of council contracts and the integrity&lt;br /&gt;of former senior officers such as Sir David Henshaw, and Executive&lt;br /&gt;Directiors Dr David McElhinney and Phil Halsall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* We have exposed how greedy Henshaw tried to blackmail the city&lt;br /&gt;council into a huge retirement deal.&lt;br /&gt;* We have exposed how Henshaw mounted a coup d'etat to try and&lt;br /&gt;remove the elected Leader of the city council, Mike Storey.&lt;br /&gt;* We have highlighted serious concerns about the awarding of major&lt;br /&gt;contracts at The 08 Place by Dr David McElhinney.&lt;br /&gt;* We have questioned the close and improper relationships between&lt;br /&gt;McElhinney and Halsall with Chas Cole, millionaire boss of CMP&lt;br /&gt;promotions which runs the Summer Pops and is the only tenant at&lt;br /&gt;The 08 Place.&lt;br /&gt;* We have exposed the council cover-up over The 08 Place, which&lt;br /&gt;breaks the law.&lt;br /&gt;* And we have well and truly taken the p*** out of the music hall&lt;br /&gt;joke that is Capital of Culture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the council seriously thinks that it can gag freedom of speech and&lt;br /&gt;deny the truth to its own councillors or employees, then it is living in&lt;br /&gt;cloud cuckoo land - not a democracy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Block our way - we will get around you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shut us down - we will be open next day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gag us - and we will shout louder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This ban is another example of the megalomania and control freakery that&lt;br /&gt;the evil Henshaw was responsible for. His management style of bullying,&lt;br /&gt;threats and intimidation didn't work then - and they won't work now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We won't be gagged now Mr Hilton. This is a fight for the future of our&lt;br /&gt;city. We will continue to expose the Liverpool-evil-cabal. And to&lt;br /&gt;promote justice, truth and democracy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;mcelhinney.6.jpg&gt;Costs&lt;br /&gt;soared by half a million pounds on The 08 Place because of unauthorised&lt;br /&gt;decisions made by Henshaw's rottweiller, Dr David McElhinney (left).&lt;br /&gt;The city centre One Stop Shop should have cost £900,000 to set up and&lt;br /&gt;fit out.&lt;br /&gt;But after McElhinney, the Project Director, personally intervened, the&lt;br /&gt;costs soared to £1,422.400.00 (precisely).&lt;br /&gt;Council taxpayers have now ended up picking up the tab after McElhinney&lt;br /&gt;deliberately mislead members of the city council's Select Committee.&lt;br /&gt;He told them that contractors had stopped working on the building. This&lt;br /&gt;was a bare-faced lie. (Or he may just have got confused, poor love.)&lt;br /&gt;In fact, contractors were continuing to work on the project - piling up&lt;br /&gt;huge extra costs, despite having no authority or permission from the&lt;br /&gt;council.&lt;br /&gt;McElhinney also failed to inform the city council's ruling Executive&lt;br /&gt;Board that he had misled the Select Committee, even when it was directly&lt;br /&gt;pointed out to him in an email from the Project Manager, Louise Gray.&lt;br /&gt;McElhinney's actions over The 08 PLace were in clear breach of the city&lt;br /&gt;council's own Standing Orders and Financial Regulations.&lt;br /&gt;Ms Gray, McElhinney's close colleague, also acted against the advice of&lt;br /&gt;the council's own legal team.&lt;br /&gt;She continued to pay invoices on the contract even though she had been&lt;br /&gt;specifically advised that she had no authority to do so.&lt;br /&gt;All of this - and a lot more - has been brought to the attention of new&lt;br /&gt;chief executive Colin Hilton, by senior councillors.&lt;br /&gt;But Mr Hilton has failed to take any action against McElhinney or Gray&lt;br /&gt;and so far the scandal has been hushed up. Until now.&lt;br /&gt;So what was the extra money spent on? Stay posted....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr David&lt;br /&gt;McElhinney and Chas Cole share more than just an interest in expensive&lt;br /&gt;car parking, it seems.&lt;br /&gt;Both men ran in the New York marathon in 2003 (around the same time as&lt;br /&gt;McElhinney, Project Director, was negotiating the tenancy agreement with&lt;br /&gt;Mr Cole over The 08 Place).&lt;br /&gt;In fact there is, apparently, a picture of them both at the finishing&lt;br /&gt;line. (If anyone knows how I can get my hands on this priceless photo,&lt;br /&gt;please drop me a line. I will send it straight on to the police, after&lt;br /&gt;putting it on the blog.)&lt;br /&gt;They even caught the same plane allegedly. What a coincidence that was!&lt;br /&gt;I don't know who paid for this trip. There is no suggestion it was&lt;br /&gt;council taxpayers. Nor is there any evidence at all, that we have yet&lt;br /&gt;seen, that Mr Cole paid for Dr McElhinney.&lt;br /&gt;Nothing wrong with two close friends sharing an interest in running, of&lt;br /&gt;course.&lt;br /&gt;And anyway, new chief exec Colin Hilton has had all the full details of&lt;br /&gt;the two men at the New York marathon (and together at a separate dinner&lt;br /&gt;engagement) and he obviously didn't see anything wrong with it. So&lt;br /&gt;that's all alright then.&lt;br /&gt;But both men shared another common interest of course - they are close&lt;br /&gt;friends with Phil Halsall, currently an Executive Director with&lt;br /&gt;Liverpool city council and the final member of Henshaw's evil cabal (how&lt;br /&gt;could we ever forget you, Phil?)&lt;br /&gt;Halsall has been mates with Chas Cole for years - in fact it was Halsall&lt;br /&gt;(known at the city council as 'the smiling assassin') who first brought&lt;br /&gt;Mr Cole and CMP to Liverpool to do the Summer Pops (which bloggers will&lt;br /&gt;recall has so far cost council taxpayers £1.3 million)&lt;br /&gt;How co-incidental is that?&lt;br /&gt;And guess what? Mr Halsall also ran in the same New York marathon as Mr&lt;br /&gt;Cole and Dr McElhinney. And he appears in the same photograph. (Anyone&lt;br /&gt;would think they had all been running together!) Allegedly they all&lt;br /&gt;caught the same flight. Allegedly.&lt;br /&gt;It's a small world isn't it? Full of co-incidences.&lt;br /&gt;See Red Kenny's informative comments below for more.&lt;br /&gt;But any suggestion that the close relationship between Dr McElhinney and&lt;br /&gt;Mr Cole (or Mr Halsall) led to millionaire Mr Cole being given a 10 year&lt;br /&gt;FREE car parking pass by Dr MCElhinney would, of course, be totally&lt;br /&gt;improper.&lt;br /&gt;Because the police might have to be called in to investigate, wouldn't they?&lt;br /&gt;And the whole shaky edifice that was Henshaw's regime at Liverpool would&lt;br /&gt;be blown apart, wouldn't it? See The Daily Post's Council probe&lt;br /&gt;£520million of contracts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's getting interesting now, isn't it, folks? And there's more. Keep&lt;br /&gt;posted for more revelations.&lt;br /&gt;PS. Sue if not true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt;How&lt;br /&gt;much does it cost you to park your car in Liverpool city centre?&lt;br /&gt;We only ask because it seems other people don't have to pay the same as you.&lt;br /&gt;Step forward Chas Cole, millionaire boss of CMP Promotions, which runs&lt;br /&gt;the Liverpool Summer Pops.&lt;br /&gt;Mr Cole was given a FREE car parking pass for the city centre by Dr&lt;br /&gt;David McElhinney, former Executive Director of Liverpool city council.&lt;br /&gt;Nothing too unusual about that you might say.&lt;br /&gt;Except that the pass is for 10 YEARS.&lt;br /&gt;And the cost to council tax payers? A staggering £16,500.&lt;br /&gt;McElhinney approved the free pass as part of a tenancy agreement with Mr&lt;br /&gt;Cole's company, CMP promotions, for The 08 Place - the Culture Company's&lt;br /&gt;one-stop shop in the city centre.&lt;br /&gt;CMP is the only private tenant in the council-run premises.&lt;br /&gt;McElhinney was the Project Director of The 08 Place, with his close&lt;br /&gt;colleague, Louise Gray, the Project Manager.&lt;br /&gt;No explanation has yet been offered for this amazing free gift to a&lt;br /&gt;private company at council taxpayers expense.&lt;br /&gt;However, the city council's new chief executive, Colin Hilton has been&lt;br /&gt;made fully aware of these unusual circumstances for the last three&lt;br /&gt;months. He was even aware of it when he became acting chief executive.&lt;br /&gt;So far he has not taken any action. Perhaps it will be part of the&lt;br /&gt;investigation into the council's contracts.&lt;br /&gt;Readers may also recall that Chas Cole's deal with the city council to&lt;br /&gt;run the Summer Pops has cost council taxpayers a cool £1.3million so&lt;br /&gt;far. When last spotted, Mr Cole was driving a top of the range motor.&lt;br /&gt;We shall keep you posted on other interesting circumstances concerning&lt;br /&gt;The 08 Place and the personalities involved.&lt;br /&gt;PS - Sue if not true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;steve%20rotheram.jpg&gt;We&lt;br /&gt;are reproducing in full (from today's Daily Post) the Labour spokesman&lt;br /&gt;for leisure and culture, Councillor Steve Rotheram's verdict on the&lt;br /&gt;Culture Company (left) plans for 2007. Couldn't have put it better&lt;br /&gt;ourselves.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"THE biggest problem the Culture Company faces is how to meet the&lt;br /&gt;expectations of people in the city.&lt;br /&gt;From the outset they have promised the earth: there has been a constant&lt;br /&gt;chanting of the "it will be the best ever Capital of Culture" mantra.&lt;br /&gt;But when you have repeatedly made such promises, people expect something&lt;br /&gt;that will knock them off their chairs.&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, the 07 announcement was more of a damp squib.&lt;br /&gt;It is not that there was nothing good in it, it just didn't have that&lt;br /&gt;wow factor.&lt;br /&gt;In their official release they highlighted what they called six "key&lt;br /&gt;events". One of those was Mathew Street Festival.&lt;br /&gt;That just seems to me as if a major part of the city's existing events&lt;br /&gt;calendar has just been rebranded by the Culture Company.&lt;br /&gt;Other key events included a civic service at St Nicholas Parish Church&lt;br /&gt;and a fireworks display.&lt;br /&gt;I think people will be asking why so many resources are being thrown at&lt;br /&gt;this.&lt;br /&gt;The street parties will be a big success and something that everyone&lt;br /&gt;expected to see on the programme. They will create a buzz across the&lt;br /&gt;city, which is just what we need to revive momentum for this.&lt;br /&gt;But what else was there to really impress? There were no big headlines,&lt;br /&gt;no big events that will make everyone sit up and listen. It is a bit&lt;br /&gt;like winning the Lottery, thinking you have scooped the million but&lt;br /&gt;instead you have got £100,000.&lt;br /&gt;You are still happy, but it is just not as big or as life changing as&lt;br /&gt;you originally thought it would be.&lt;br /&gt;After all the hype, people are expecting the Rolling Stones in Sefton&lt;br /&gt;Park but instead we got Mathew Street.&lt;br /&gt;The point is that we had that already.&lt;br /&gt;We were also told we would now have to wait until September until the&lt;br /&gt;artistic side of the programme is unveiled.&lt;br /&gt;Once again, it is part of the constant shifting of the goal posts.&lt;br /&gt;People in the city just get fed up with it. It is all promises, promises&lt;br /&gt;but it seems some of them are pretty empty.&lt;br /&gt;The delay is obviously linked to Robyn Archer leaving, and I'm concerned&lt;br /&gt;it will leave some gaps in the programme.&lt;br /&gt;But I think the departure of the Antipodean diva does give us the chance&lt;br /&gt;to make a fresh start, and find out what the people in the city really&lt;br /&gt;want from next year's celebrations.&lt;br /&gt;What I am pleased about is there are quite a lot of community-based&lt;br /&gt;elements, and I think that will be where the real legacy of Capital of&lt;br /&gt;Culture lies.&lt;br /&gt;If we can get to the children at an early age, and get them interested,&lt;br /&gt;then perhaps if something like this happens again we won't need to go&lt;br /&gt;half way round the world to recruit someone to run it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AchievingAspirationsReport6.jpg&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last days of Henshaw's regime at Liverpool city council were like a&lt;br /&gt;scene from the Berlin bunker.&lt;br /&gt;Sir David ordered in his aide de camp Danny Clare (aHa - another Henshaw&lt;br /&gt;appointment) to spend an entire weekend sifting through dozens of files&lt;br /&gt;in the council's Municipal Building.&lt;br /&gt;Henshaw then stood over poor Clare as he shredded literally hundreds of&lt;br /&gt;documents in the great man's huge office.&lt;br /&gt;Apparently there was so much shredded paper that porters were ordered to&lt;br /&gt;trundle in purple wheely bins to cope with it all. (Henshaw is pictured&lt;br /&gt;illustrating the size of one file of emails about Mike Storey which he&lt;br /&gt;shredded).&lt;br /&gt;But what other secret documents were destroyed we wonder? Who did they&lt;br /&gt;belong to - Henshaw or the city council? And who gave him permission to&lt;br /&gt;destroy council property?&lt;br /&gt;Poor Clare's reward for his loyal destruction was later to be moved to a&lt;br /&gt;council backwater when Hilton assumed the role of new chief exec.&lt;br /&gt;And the Berlin bunker took an even more sinister turn when an IT expert&lt;br /&gt;was enlisted by McElhinney from Liverpool Direct to wipe clean the&lt;br /&gt;computer hard drives of all the members of the evil cabal - Henshaw, the&lt;br /&gt;Rottweiller himself and the smiling assassin, Halsall.&lt;br /&gt;Goodness knows what juicy evidence was being disposed of here. We can&lt;br /&gt;only speculate about the emails which passed between the evil cabal&lt;br /&gt;concerning Storey, Bradley, Joe Anderson, Colin Hilton, Regeneration&lt;br /&gt;Executive Director Charlie Parker (we confidently predict), Matt&lt;br /&gt;Finnegan and anyone else they had conspired against.&lt;br /&gt;But here's the rub. Henshaw, McElhinney and Halsall still have council&lt;br /&gt;computers at home, which they have not yet wiped. These appear to have&lt;br /&gt;been overlooked by the city council.&lt;br /&gt;Why doesn't someone insist the council go and seize back its property -&lt;br /&gt;and take a look at what is on these computers?&lt;br /&gt;And as part of any investigation into contracts, and in the interests of&lt;br /&gt;open government and genuine transparency, why doesn't the council take a&lt;br /&gt;leaf out of Scotland Yard's book?&lt;br /&gt;The Yard are using the latest American software to unearth deleted&lt;br /&gt;emails from computers as part of their loans for Lords enquiry.&lt;br /&gt;If it's good enough for the capital its good enough for the Capital of&lt;br /&gt;Culture.&lt;br /&gt;And who knows what interesting stuff the council might find.&lt;br /&gt;Just a suggestion of course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liverpool city council has been ordered to end its cover up over The 08&lt;br /&gt;Place and Dr David McElhinney.&lt;br /&gt;The Information Commissioner has written to the council telling them to&lt;br /&gt;answer questions about The 08 Place which were submitted more than three&lt;br /&gt;months ago.&lt;br /&gt;They were sent to acting chief executive, Colin Hilton under the Freedom&lt;br /&gt;of Information Act on April 20th.&lt;br /&gt;*The city council has a legal obligation to respond to all such requests&lt;br /&gt;within 20 working days. Mr Hilton has completely ignored the question.*&lt;br /&gt;A complaint was then made about the council's failure to answer the&lt;br /&gt;questions through the council's internal complaints procedure, Have Your&lt;br /&gt;Say.&lt;br /&gt;Interestingly, this is handled by Liverpool Direct Limited, which of&lt;br /&gt;course is now run by Dr McElhinney.&lt;br /&gt;This complaint too was also ignored by LDL. Surprisingly! Perhaps they&lt;br /&gt;thought it would just go away?&lt;br /&gt;Finally an official complaint was made to the Information Commissioner.&lt;br /&gt;He has now written to the council telling them: "You should either&lt;br /&gt;provide the information or issue a refusal notice in accordance with the&lt;br /&gt;requirements of section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act or&lt;br /&gt;regulation 14 of the Environmental Information regulations as appropriate."&lt;br /&gt;So what is the question about The 08 Place that they don't want to answer?&lt;br /&gt;Here it is in full:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*Please provide a list of, and copies of, all tender documents documents&lt;br /&gt;drawn up by, and received by, the city council in connection with The 08&lt;br /&gt;Place.&lt;br /&gt;Please identify the council officers who were involved in the tenancy&lt;br /&gt;agreement with CMP for The 08 Place, together with their titles and&lt;br /&gt;specific responsibilities. Please identify the Executive Director with&lt;br /&gt;overall responsibility for The 08 Place. Please provide a list (with&lt;br /&gt;dates) of all meetings between officers of the city council and Mr Chas&lt;br /&gt;Cole, or his representatives.&lt;br /&gt;Please provide a copy of the tenancy agreement between the city council&lt;br /&gt;and CMP relating to The 08 Place, together with all supporting&lt;br /&gt;documentation.&lt;br /&gt;Please identify all those meetings involving elected Members of the City&lt;br /&gt;Council, including Select Committees, which have discussed The 08 Place.&lt;br /&gt;Please list (with dates) any meetings between Mr Hilton and the Leader&lt;br /&gt;of the Council concerning The 08 Place.&lt;br /&gt;Please provide copies of all the documents which they have considered.&lt;br /&gt;Please provide a copy of all reports concerning The 08 Place.*&lt;br /&gt;**&lt;br /&gt;Now why do you think they don't want to answer these polite questions?&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps a campaigning city councillor or a crusading journalist would&lt;br /&gt;like to submit similar questions and we will see what response you get,&lt;br /&gt;shall we? But don't hold your breath...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's open&lt;br /&gt;season on the Liverpool Culture Company now following the sacking of&lt;br /&gt;Robbing Archer (another Henshaw appointment - aHa!)&lt;br /&gt;Amongst those lining up to take pot-shots are comedian Ken Dodd and&lt;br /&gt;playwright Willy Russell.&lt;br /&gt;Doddy told the Liverpool Echo: "as taxpayers we need to know how much&lt;br /&gt;money has been spent so far and on what; what we are going to spend in&lt;br /&gt;the future and to whom the money is going."&lt;br /&gt;He warned: "We are being kept in the dark for too long. If we don't get&lt;br /&gt;a move on, all that will be left is tap dancing at the town hall or a&lt;br /&gt;concert party in Calderstones Park."&lt;br /&gt;And Willy Russell said "I haven't got a clue as to who is running this&lt;br /&gt;bloody thing. I have had no sense of Capital of Culture being under any&lt;br /&gt;effective control."&lt;br /&gt;Well said both - but why has it taken so long before anyone started&lt;br /&gt;demanding some answers?&lt;br /&gt;Barrow boy Jason Harborow (interim chief exec and aHa!) went cap in hand&lt;br /&gt;to Liverpool's creative organisations earlier this week, pleading: "bail&lt;br /&gt;us out." He is being paid £150,000 a year for this! Culture Board member&lt;br /&gt;Sue Woodward (aHa!)insisted it was "business as usual". God help us.&lt;br /&gt;What have both been doing for the last 18 months? In particular, what&lt;br /&gt;has been the contribution of the Culture Company board?&lt;br /&gt;The answer of course is nothing - they are a collection of Henshaw&lt;br /&gt;placemen and women who would not know how to organise a piss-up in a&lt;br /&gt;brewery. They were put there for self-aggrandisement and kudos and to&lt;br /&gt;watch Henshaw's back for him.&lt;br /&gt;The Culture Company itself does not have a creative person anywhere near&lt;br /&gt;the top of the organisation. They are all well paid marketing people who&lt;br /&gt;have no affinity for the world of arts and culture (much less genuine&lt;br /&gt;community engagement).&lt;br /&gt;No wonder the city's creative organisations still want an artistic&lt;br /&gt;director. They are terrified that CoC will be left in the hands of&lt;br /&gt;someone like Harborow who doesn't know his Fellini from his Foo&lt;br /&gt;Fighters. (He knows **** all really).&lt;br /&gt;And the city council, convulsed by the bloody battle for control between&lt;br /&gt;Henshaw and Storey took their eye off the ball for the last 18 months&lt;br /&gt;and allowed Robbing and Harborow and the rest of the CoC gang to do what&lt;br /&gt;they liked.&lt;br /&gt;Which was precisely zilch. (In Robbing's case this was something called&lt;br /&gt;'scoping' which basically means that on the rare occassions when she was&lt;br /&gt;here, she went around looking at things and talking to lots of people&lt;br /&gt;without actually producing anything concrete. When the wolves started&lt;br /&gt;circling, she panicked and started giving jobs to her Aussie mates.)&lt;br /&gt;In the meantime more than £50 million quid of council taxpayers money is&lt;br /&gt;being spent on the Culture Company for no tangible result.&lt;br /&gt;Time now for council leader Warren Bradley to get a firm grip on the&lt;br /&gt;Culture Company and crack some heads together.&lt;br /&gt;Prediction No 1 - Lewis Biggs from the Tate will be brought in to&lt;br /&gt;provide some artistic direction .&lt;br /&gt;Prediction No 2 - tomorrow's announcement of the artistic programme for&lt;br /&gt;2007 will be pitifully short of new artistic stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liverpool solicitor E.Rex Makin is going into battle against the city&lt;br /&gt;council over suspended spin chief Matt Finnegan.&lt;br /&gt;Prof Makin is appearing for the defence when Finnegan faces a council&lt;br /&gt;internal disciplinary hearing (otherwise known as a kangaroo court - we&lt;br /&gt;wonder will they call Skippy to give evidence?).&lt;br /&gt;The hearing in September may also be open to the public if Finnegan's&lt;br /&gt;union, the NUJ has its way.&lt;br /&gt;Ringside seats for the battle are expected to cost more than a ticket to&lt;br /&gt;the Summer Pops, (which may well also figure in the evidence).&lt;br /&gt;Finnegan has been suspended on pay for 18 months, since Henshaw removed&lt;br /&gt;him as the council's spinmeister.&lt;br /&gt;Finnegan's crime? Expressing Mike Storey's public opposition to a&lt;br /&gt;£340,000 pension deal for greedy Henshaw.&lt;br /&gt;Of course, Henshaw, McElhinney and Halsall had first plotted together to&lt;br /&gt;trump up 'procurement irregularities'. (We will be returning in detail&lt;br /&gt;to this interesting subject in later posts.)&lt;br /&gt;For the meantime, let us rejoice that sexy Rexy is getting stuck into&lt;br /&gt;our beloved council, polluted by Henshaw's evil cabal.&lt;br /&gt;Prof Makin told the Daily Post: "My surprise is that the case is being&lt;br /&gt;proceeded with at all, in the light of the new regime in place at the&lt;br /&gt;city council."&lt;br /&gt;The regime can't be that new then, can it Rex? Don't forget that Hilton&lt;br /&gt;was aHa (another Henshaw appointment)&lt;br /&gt;Miles Barter of the NUJ said: "Matt Finnegan was originally suspended&lt;br /&gt;last April on trumped up charges over matters which were four years old.&lt;br /&gt;Our case is that Mr Finnegan was suspended by former chief executive Sir&lt;br /&gt;David Henshaw because he was doing his job in making public the Leader&lt;br /&gt;of the Council's opposition to a pension deal.&lt;br /&gt;"Since his suspension, Mr Finnegan has been barred from visiting any&lt;br /&gt;city council premises and banned from contacting any of the city&lt;br /&gt;council's 19,500 employees, any of its 90 councillors or any members of&lt;br /&gt;the media. He has been placed under virtual house arrest. Suspected&lt;br /&gt;terrorists have more freedom and more rights.&lt;br /&gt;"We are now asking the council to take the unusual step of holding the&lt;br /&gt;hearing in public so that Matt can face his accusers and clear his name.&lt;br /&gt;He has nothing to hide and wants to have his say in public after 16&lt;br /&gt;months enforced silence."&lt;br /&gt;Mr Barter added: "The hearing in September will be about the fundamental&lt;br /&gt;question of 'who runs the council'? The democratically elected Leader or&lt;br /&gt;the hired chief executive?"&lt;br /&gt;(I think we all know what Henshaw's answer to that will be. But is the&lt;br /&gt;council be calling him as their star witness? And will we council&lt;br /&gt;taxpayers have to pay the greedy one's witness expenses, including all&lt;br /&gt;those posh butties?)&lt;br /&gt;Mr Barter added: "The NUJ will be watching this case very closely indeed&lt;br /&gt;- it has grave implications for democracy and all those press officers&lt;br /&gt;in local government who work with councillors."&lt;br /&gt;Can't wait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There have been more official protests over the appointment of Henshaw&lt;br /&gt;to the £40,000-a-year post as Chairman of the North West Regional&lt;br /&gt;Strategic Health Authority.&lt;br /&gt;Gordon Prentice, Labour MP for Pendle, (pictured left) has wrung the&lt;br /&gt;highly unusual admission from Health Minister Rosie Winterton that four&lt;br /&gt;official complaints about the appointment have been received by the&lt;br /&gt;Health Appointments Commission.&lt;br /&gt;Already 25 North West MP's, including several Government Ministers, have&lt;br /&gt;signed a letter of protest about the blackmailer Henshaw being rewarded&lt;br /&gt;with even more public money!&lt;br /&gt;And to her great credit, Liverpool Wavertree MP Jane Kennedy (right)&lt;br /&gt;resigned as a Health Minister in protest at greedy Henshaw getting the job.&lt;br /&gt;We are reliably informed that Mr Prentice will not be leaving it at that&lt;br /&gt;and will be pursuing the appointment further. Good for him.&lt;br /&gt;It seems that 'the problem with Henshaw' is just not going away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Labour leader Joe Anderson gets the Quote of the Year Award for his&lt;br /&gt;comment on Archer's Aussie-based 'jobs for the boys' artistic programme:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"The only Australian names missing, seem to be Rolf Harris, Dame Edna&lt;br /&gt;Everage and Skippy the Bush Kangaroo"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Skippy is pictured above)&lt;br /&gt;But why did it take the ECHO so long to develop a critical approach to&lt;br /&gt;Liverpool's cultural matters and Archer's £150,000 a year incompetence?&lt;br /&gt;Anything to do with the ECHO's sponsorship deal with the Culture Company?&lt;br /&gt;Its a bit late in the day now that she has gone, isn't it?&lt;br /&gt;Anyway, the ECHO can redeem itself by not letting off the hook,&lt;br /&gt;Henshaw's placemen and women - the invisible members of The Culture&lt;br /&gt;Company Board, who have sat on their hands in the middle of this&lt;br /&gt;shambles for the last 18 months. In particular, ineffectual Chairman&lt;br /&gt;Drummond Bone-Head( "who he?" - Ed) who remains totally out of his&lt;br /&gt;depth. Time he went Down Under too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are now being asked to trust the Culture Company Board with&lt;br /&gt;arrangements for Robbing's successor. They must be joking. These are the&lt;br /&gt;people - all Henshaw's placemen and women - who have been sat on their&lt;br /&gt;hands for the last 18 months making absolutely no ****ing contribution&lt;br /&gt;to 2008, but all hoping to exploit their position to win a gong or two&lt;br /&gt;from Gordon Brown in 2009. Step forward Drummond Bone-Head in particular&lt;br /&gt;- weak, out of his depth, and just out for himself. What have any of&lt;br /&gt;them ever done for 2008? Seriously. And they want us to trust this gang&lt;br /&gt;of shysters!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robbing&lt;br /&gt;Archer was paid an amazing £150,000 a year by the city council from&lt;br /&gt;council taxpayers money.&lt;br /&gt;She has been shown the door with at least two and half years to run on&lt;br /&gt;her contract (until the end of 2008).&lt;br /&gt;That means she is set to pocket an astonishing £375,000 of public money&lt;br /&gt;as her bumper pay-off. Even more than greedy Henshaw got!&lt;br /&gt;And my money is on her being paid the lot by ('would you buy a used car&lt;br /&gt;from this man') Jason Harborow, (left) just to get rid of her quietly.&lt;br /&gt;And Harborow will no doubt persuade the 'yes' men on the Capital of&lt;br /&gt;Culture Board to agree to the pay-off, to avoid a messy and protracted&lt;br /&gt;legal battle with Archer's lawyers Down Under.&lt;br /&gt;But I doubt whether any of the papers will print this, because of their&lt;br /&gt;sponsorship deals with the Culture Company. (When will it dawn that they&lt;br /&gt;have bought into a pig in a poke?)&lt;br /&gt;Does anyone want to try and ask some Freedom of Information questions of&lt;br /&gt;Mr Hilton about the Archer departure deal? I have already got a shed&lt;br /&gt;load of other ones in to him....&lt;br /&gt;Pictured right are Jason Harborow, Warren Bradley, and the now retired&lt;br /&gt;Sir David Henshaw (the man who appointed Robbing) who all got together&lt;br /&gt;earlier this year to insist that all was well with Culture. I bet Warren&lt;br /&gt;now bitterly regrets being persuaded to line up alongside these two ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Robyn Archer has quit as the Liverpool Culture Company's Artistic&lt;br /&gt;Director - thank goodness.&lt;br /&gt;Known as 'Robbing' Archer, she enjoyed a £150,000 a year salary, but did&lt;br /&gt;bugger all for CofC. She only arrived permanently in Liverpool from Down&lt;br /&gt;Under three months ago and had already achieved a reputation for her&lt;br /&gt;vanishing acts - to scout 'new talent'.&lt;br /&gt;Not surprisingly she was a Henshaw appointment - he forced through her&lt;br /&gt;selection two years ago, despite opposition from Mike Storey (so no&lt;br /&gt;change there then).&lt;br /&gt;Storey and Bradley will be delighted she is now on her way back to&lt;br /&gt;Australia (interestingly another of Henshaw's watering holes).&lt;br /&gt;Not sure yet if she jumped or was pushed - there have been rumours for&lt;br /&gt;weeks that she would not last the course, but that was more a commentary&lt;br /&gt;on her diva temperament and somewhat idiosyncratic ideas about what the&lt;br /&gt;people of Liverpool would come to see in the city for 2008.&lt;br /&gt;We are still waiting to hear what is actually happening in 2008 - 18&lt;br /&gt;months from now.&lt;br /&gt;So another huge waste of public money, instigated by Henshaw. Good&lt;br /&gt;riddance - but it leaves a giant hole in the place marked Liverpool, 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Henshaw blackmailed Liverpool city council into giving him a&lt;br /&gt;massive early retirement deal.&lt;br /&gt;That's according to the city's deputy Lord Mayor, Councillor Paul Clark,&lt;br /&gt;a senior barrister (pictured right).&lt;br /&gt;His compelling inside account of the negotiations with Henshaw a year&lt;br /&gt;ago, reveals the incredible power struggle at the heart of the city council.&lt;br /&gt;Councillor Clark describes a meeting with Henshaw in his office on April&lt;br /&gt;23, 2005.&lt;br /&gt;Clark says greedy* Henshaw* demanded a huge retirement deal from the&lt;br /&gt;city council worth £250,000 – or he would report council leader Mike&lt;br /&gt;Storey to the Standards Board.&lt;br /&gt;According to Clark, Henshaw* *threatened: *“I will proceed tomorrow to&lt;br /&gt;make the complaint to the Standards Board (if no agreement).” *&lt;br /&gt;The* *Henshaw deal included:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* *&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* A press release falsely establishing that ‘peace has broken out’&lt;br /&gt;between *Henshaw* and Councillor Storey&lt;br /&gt;* Storey personally calling the press&lt;br /&gt;* Extra pension years on *Henshaw’s* retirement - worth £250,000&lt;br /&gt;* A council committee ‘begging’ *Henshaw* to stay&lt;br /&gt;* Consultants to ‘review’ the pay of Halsall and McElhinney&lt;br /&gt;* *Henshaw* to be allowed to earn /extra income/ during his six&lt;br /&gt;months notice, on top of his £190,000 a year chief exec’s salary&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The secret deal was then broken by Henshaw just a month later when he&lt;br /&gt;finally carried out his threat and published Storey's confidential emails.&lt;br /&gt;PS Sue if not true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Henshaw (left) tried to remove the elected leader of Liverpool&lt;br /&gt;city council in a row over his pension, according to a statement by city&lt;br /&gt;councillor David Antrobus, chief whip of the controlling Lib Dem group.&lt;br /&gt;The statement tells what happened in May 2005, after Henshaw announced&lt;br /&gt;that he was taking early retirement as chief exec because of government&lt;br /&gt;pension changes.&lt;br /&gt;Henshaw lured Antrobus and fellow councillors Marilyn Fielding, Paul&lt;br /&gt;Clein and Flo Clucas to a meeting on Tuesday May 17th, 2005 using&lt;br /&gt;various underhand pretexts and then produced a draft report which had&lt;br /&gt;been secretly drawn up.&lt;br /&gt;The report showed emails between the Leader of the Council, Mike Storey&lt;br /&gt;and a senior council officer, Matt Finnegan, following Sir David’s&lt;br /&gt;announcement in April 2005 that he was retiring.&lt;br /&gt;Councillor Antrobus (pictured top right) says: “*The chief executive&lt;br /&gt;made it very clear that he wished the Leader of the Council to go, if&lt;br /&gt;this happened the draft report would go no further.”*&lt;br /&gt;He goes on to say that Henshaw used the email report to blackmail other&lt;br /&gt;councillors to sack Storey.&lt;br /&gt;Antrobus says: *“DH (David Henshaw) indicated that if no action was&lt;br /&gt;taken (against the Leader of the Council) the information would be sent&lt;br /&gt;to the District Auditor…”&lt;br /&gt;*The statement provides prima facie evidence that Henshaw hatched a&lt;br /&gt;conspiracy to try and remove the democratically elected Leader of the&lt;br /&gt;city council.&lt;br /&gt;He used the draft report to threaten and blackmail elected Members of&lt;br /&gt;the Council to get rid of their Leader.&lt;br /&gt;Later Councillor Antrobus’s statement tells how the Lib Dem group were&lt;br /&gt;actively trying to suspend Henshaw as chief executive.&lt;br /&gt;/Events in Liverpool show that Sir David Henshaw is not fit for public&lt;br /&gt;office. He engaged in subterfuge, an attempted coup, intimidation and&lt;br /&gt;attempted blackmail. /&lt;br /&gt;/As an unelected official he sought to remove the democratically elected&lt;br /&gt;Leader of a city council from office. He abused his public position,&lt;br /&gt;power and public money in pursuit of his own personal and financial&lt;br /&gt;interests.&lt;br /&gt;/It would be wrong if Henshaw got away with this, simply because he is&lt;br /&gt;rich, well connected and powerful. It is not for public servants to try&lt;br /&gt;and remove elected Leaders, or indeed any councillor, from office.&lt;br /&gt;see also&lt;br /&gt;http://society.guardian.co.uk/localgovt/story/0,7890,1490606,00.html&lt;br /&gt;PS Sue if not true&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;News reaches&lt;br /&gt;me that Henshaw's rottweiller, the hated Dr David McElhinney started&lt;br /&gt;foaming at the mouth when he read on the council's own web site that&lt;br /&gt;Warren Bradley had called in outside (and therefore independent)&lt;br /&gt;investigators to examine all the council's contracts. The Daily Post&lt;br /&gt;reported that two contracts were of particular interest - that with&lt;br /&gt;Enterprise-Liverpool (never put out to tender by Henshaw) and much more&lt;br /&gt;interestingly, the contracts with Liverpool Direct Limited, of which&lt;br /&gt;McElhinney of course is now the well remunerated chief executive!&lt;br /&gt;Henshaw's rottweiller was apparently snarling and threatening all sorts&lt;br /&gt;of legal action to anyone who would listen to his barking. What has he&lt;br /&gt;got to fear, we wonder? The answer of course, lies buried deep within&lt;br /&gt;the LDL contract fine print (basically McElhinney and Henshaw stitched&lt;br /&gt;it up, firstly so that McElhinney would have a fur-lined escape route to&lt;br /&gt;LDL if things started going pear-shaped at the city council and secondly&lt;br /&gt;in terms of the cost to council taxpayers - rumoured to be in the region&lt;br /&gt;of an ongoing financial commitment which will cost the people of&lt;br /&gt;Liverpool millions over the next six years!) Anyway Dr Dave was rabid at&lt;br /&gt;the thought of external investigators being let loose on his handywork -&lt;br /&gt;not least of which, of course, is the scandalous abuse of council&lt;br /&gt;taxpayers money on The '08 Place for millionaire Chas Cole (promoter of&lt;br /&gt;the Summer Pops). It remains to be seen if the report of KPMG will be,&lt;br /&gt;firstly, ever made public and secondly, whether PC Plod ever knocks on&lt;br /&gt;Dr Dave's door in Allerton and asks him about his relationship with Mr&lt;br /&gt;Cole (a friend of the other member of the evil cabal, Mr Halsall) and&lt;br /&gt;the alarmingly favourable contract which Dr Dave granted him. See also&lt;br /&gt;the KirkbyTimes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for more on McElhinney's early days under Henshaw's tutelage at Knowsley.&lt;br /&gt;PS Sue if not true&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Henshaw's rottweiller (Part 2)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More interesting info today about Dr David McElhinney (please keep it&lt;br /&gt;coming!) You will recall that Dr David occupied the £150,000- a-year&lt;br /&gt;position of Executive Director with Liverpool city council, where he was&lt;br /&gt;in charge of Central Services - Henshaw's bureaucracy and all the stuff&lt;br /&gt;to do with paper clips and pens, etc, etc. He was also chief executive&lt;br /&gt;of Liverpool Direct Limited, the joint venture with BT (see previous&lt;br /&gt;posts) responsible for IT and One Stop Shops and the Liverpool Direct&lt;br /&gt;Call Centre. Well, when Dr Dave jumped ship from the city council to&lt;br /&gt;escape the wolves snapping at his heels for all his transgressions under&lt;br /&gt;Henshaw, that left a big gap in his Executive Director position. New&lt;br /&gt;chief exec Colin Hilton has decided that Dr Dave was so indispensable in&lt;br /&gt;his role that he does not need to be replaced! So there will be no new&lt;br /&gt;Exec Director for Central Services. (Pity, because I know at least one&lt;br /&gt;guy who would have applied for it!) Which of course, begs the question,&lt;br /&gt;what was Dr Dave doing all the time as Exec Director on £150,000 grand a&lt;br /&gt;year that was so important? Answers to the blog, please!&lt;br /&gt;Henshaw's rottweiller&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having escaped from the city council while the vultures where circling&lt;br /&gt;overhead, Dr David McElhinney (pictured right) has now got himself a&lt;br /&gt;cushy sideways move as chief exec of Liverpool Direct Limited. This&lt;br /&gt;hardly exacting role pays him a cool £163,000 a year salary (plus&lt;br /&gt;expenses which he signs off himself) and also enables him lots of free&lt;br /&gt;time to pursue his great hobby of boxing. (He likes all the sweaty flesh&lt;br /&gt;apparently). Now that his guardian and mentor Henshaw is no longer&lt;br /&gt;protecting him at the city council, McElhinney is being forced to use a&lt;br /&gt;bucket full of self-promotion in his role at Liverpool Direct Limited,&lt;br /&gt;the joint venture between the city council and BT. Rumour has it that&lt;br /&gt;the council is now so sick of the cost and inefficiency of this joint&lt;br /&gt;venture that it has no intention of renewing the LDL contract (despite&lt;br /&gt;McElhinney trying to stitch this up before he left the city council to&lt;br /&gt;join LDL at the end of March). Which puts pressure on McElhinney to try&lt;br /&gt;and get loads of extra business from other more gullible local&lt;br /&gt;authorities. He has already begun a PR offensive with the media and is&lt;br /&gt;trying to get mentions for LDL in all kinds of computer and IT magazines&lt;br /&gt;which no one has ever heard of before. Still, Dr David still has plenty&lt;br /&gt;of time to travel to Sport England headquarters in London once a month&lt;br /&gt;to sit on meetings of the Amateur Boxing Association, of which he is now&lt;br /&gt;Treasurer. (Are council taxpayers paying for this?). City council&lt;br /&gt;employee Paul King, (who was deeply beholden to his boss McElhinney for&lt;br /&gt;keeping his job when he was prosecuted for assaulting a neighbour) is&lt;br /&gt;currently chief exec of the ABA (what a co-incidence.) You can keep an&lt;br /&gt;eye on this partnership via ABA&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http:&gt;. But please don't get too&lt;br /&gt;depressed by all this - McElhinney will get his come-uppance one day -&lt;br /&gt;he has made far too many enemies and is far too evil to escape forever.&lt;br /&gt;PS Sue if not true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;David Henshaw&lt;/span&gt; was in fine form recently, he was speaking in Australia and gave a talk entitled 'From Beatlemania to Community mania: An example of a revolutionary local government'. This rabble rousing call to pen pushers was an 'address' to the 'Communities in Control Conference' in Melbourne on the 7th June 2004. Maybe that's why his tan is looking a little bit more orange of late. Australia is a place he has been on several occasions, Henshaw's a bit of a glutton for Globetrotting, especially when the public fund it. He has seen the inside of more aeroplanes than some of Easyjets orange attired flight staff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Henshaw is a middle class messiah of privatisation who is willing to fly halfway round the world to put the boot into the working class, who, by and large, pay his wages&lt;/span&gt;. Anyone attending the speech or address he gave in Australia could be forgiven that Liverpool has now completely turned into some middle class paradise; you could almost imagine none of our pensioners were being kicked out of care homes by the thousand. Henshaw is a spin-doctor, not as nauseating as the slippery creature of Darkness Mandleson, but both there 'talents' amount to being devious, having a good selective memory and being ruthless enough to sack anyone for the 'cause' of privatisation. He is halfway between working class and middle class - the working class mostly think he is a bit of a clown and the real middle class posh types will look down upon David, yet see him as a useful tool to use, as will the rich landowners taking over Liverpool. David is prepared to act as a mouthpiece for the trendy right wing middle class 'neo conservative' types, and the posh minority who are trying to usurp our local democracy and buy off Liverpools ex council property. Henshaw does not like the working class, but is happy to split the profits on selling off the City the working class here actually built.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The following article features sections of Henshaws speech, which is almost bizarre in parts. Kirkby gets not one mention, Henshaw avoids mentioning all those, er, deals, such as Sonae, Liverpool Academy, sales of land, property and private little political cliques controlling the rest of the compliant new labour councillors. Henshaw never really had much opposition in Kirkby, and by some strange coincidence, the ones who did oppose him seemed to be elbowed to one side. Or kicked if need be. Knowsley Council deliberately fills the council seats with people who think 'principles' are some sort of shares they can cash in when the price is right. After the quotes by Henshaw is comment on the actual content and an attempt to make sense of what the real agenda is. In the speech we'll see Henshaw comment on why he thinks people who don't like are just like racists or homophobes. We'll also read about big underpants, dancing, shadows and 'feedback sessions'. This is bizarre stuff. 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Powerlessness, too, corrupts absolutely." 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How corrupt is someone with no power whatsoever going to actually be? If people are powerless, are they corrupt for not assuming power? In Liverpool, the old aged pensioners kicked out of care homes are powerless, are they then corrupted? Henshaws trying to deflect the accusations - corruption in Liverpool and Knowsley has seen millions of pounds of public money vanish and no-one in power asks questions anymore. It is the people with power who are charged with the safekeeping and supervision of massive amounts of regeneration grants etc. David Henshaw is trying to deflect the corruption of those with power and instead blame the powerless. It's almost a call for Scousers to become involved and vote out the corrupt. Any Liverpool Council with a majority pro working class make up of councillors with common sense, would soon tell Henshaw his wage will be cut to the same as the local street cleaners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Henshaws Underpants&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Henshaws underpants with a 'big S' on the front&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;"I was the new Chief Executive. I'd been in there for about a week, I'd been a Chief Executive somewhere else, so I had my underpants on outside my trousers, with a big S for Superman." David Henshaw, Communities in Control Conference Melbourne, 7th June 2004.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The thought of Henshaw walking around Council offices and workplaces with 'underpants' over the outside of his trousers, with a 'big S' for superman is a pretty unpleasant thought. Superman never had a 'big S' on the front of his underpants did he? To be honest, I was more interested in Wonder Womans neat silver shorts. Either way Kirkby Times suggests that if any employees of Liverpool City Council are accosted by a man wearing underpants with a 'big S' on them, make a citizens arrest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Shadows&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;"When we lead, we cast huge shadows." David Henshaw, Communities in Control Conference Melbourne, 7th June 2004.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Henshaw was up here in Kirkby, he was a bit of a 'Rasputin' figure, his dark scheming and shadowy subterfuge and plotting led to Kirkby seeing a political dictatorship run rampant selling off every asset we had here. The darkness was literally swirling around Henshaw as Kirkby saw asset after asset sold for a song. He sold the heart of the Community. Henshaws legacy can be seen by the Sonae factory, by the Liverpool Academy built on public land and sold for a song and by the many many plots of green land now concreted over. Henshaw and his kind certainly do cast there shadows over working class communities. The only answer is to topple him; this is possible if honest working class people actually run our own councils. Once toppled, the shadows of these leaders will no longer be cast over us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;A Henshaw 'Moment'&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;"Janet, my co-worker, and I had one of these feedback sessions, and there was my moment. I was going to get this out, give her what for. I said, 'You could be more effective if you stopped repeating yourself.' It just came out. She sat there calmly, because we'd been trained, and said, 'Thank you for that feedback and coaching'" David Henshaw, Communities in Control Conference Melbourne, 7th June 2004.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The co -worker who got told by Henshaw to stop repeating herself may well have drawn Henshaws attention to the fact that he has likely repeated the sentence 'Capital of Culture 2008' on more than a few thousand occasions. They've even changed the logo now, this is typical of the white middle class 'new men', who seem to be a bit like some women as far as the 'change the décor' schemes go. Most men would leave the wall paper up for 10 years if it looked ok, maybe longer. A 'new man' won't. A married man has no choice! The new capital of culture logo looks like some drunken teenager has spray-painted something on a wall. It's sad really to see grown people act like this. Sadder still to see the taxpayers landed with the bills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Henshaw dancing with the community.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Henshaw as Fred Astaire&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;"Now the other element in this is about how you work in local organisations and change the way you deal with things. One of the things is how you work with others. Now, I'm not going to order you do this, because health and safety rules prevent it, but I'd like a volunteer. Let's dance. When we dance, I'm leading. And that's how local government has seen its role for a very long time. Think of me as local government. Think of my partner as the community. Now, community, lead me. Ooops. Did you spot anything there?" David Henshaw, Communities in Control Conference Melbourne, 7th June 2004.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Henshaws little quaint English middle class 'new man' dinner party giggle with the audience, quoted word for word and not taken out of context. We bet a few Aussie blokes in the audience were likely thinking less than politically incorrect thoughts about his antics. "What the hells the Pom saying", may have been the reaction of the audience. The 'new man' phenomenon may not impress the average Aussie bloke, but no doubt the Aussie middle class is every bit as daft as ours here in the UK. Henshaws little mention of dancing with the community is interesting, he led us for a merry dance in Kirkby and is doing so with the working class people of Liverpool. Many in Kirkby have tangoed with Henshaw, doubtless you can imagine he may well be a mover in the middle class art form of dance; a tangoe, a waltz, some toe tapping Fred Asteir like move. Anyone daft enough to take up his offer of a dance is going to get there toes trod upon one day. You're dancing with the devil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Taking people out of the system&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;The Henshaw Matrix&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;"I've taken 4,500 people out of the system. All took voluntary severance or early retirement, but it had to happen, because we were massively over-peopled for our business. Since then services have improved" David Henshaw, Communities in Control Conference Melbourne, 7th June 2004.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hold on, Henshaws made people lose jobs - he's not 'taken them out of the system'. Interesting that he perhaps sees workers as just being in 'the system' and that 'taking them out the system' is some sort of favour. Almost as if he is freeing the council workers from the Matrix or the bonds of slavery or something! Sounds great, till the bills come in. As for housing repairs and other services being more efficient in Liverpool, that's' not quite true, in fact, it's pretty much completely untrue. There are local people living in B and B's because of housing shortages, even Knowsley is building up for a crisis in decent affordable rented property as we've privatised ALL the former Council Housing and sold much of it on the cheap. Liverpools housing situation is becoming a nightmare for young people who are faced with a decreasing amount of council or social housing in decent areas. Our old folks homes are sold as they lie in some care home. The homes have to be sold to pay for the care of our old folks. Liverpool City Council has created rent backlogs of months and many landlords will not even take people onboard who are on social security or welfare benefit, due to massive waiting times for rents to be paid. The council housing department is not 'over-peopled' - it is slashed to the bone. Ask the workers, ask the tenants. There version of events, as ever, differ to the official spin doctored version as put forward by Henshaw and other middle class heroes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Hating Bureaucrats is like hating blacks or gays!&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;equal rights for civil servants on 130K per year&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;"When I was introduced I looked at you in the audience and I could see that some of you thought 'Nice suit, big bureaucrat, the enemy is in our midst.' If I'd come in looking somewhat different, would you have looked at me differently? Because what happens is that we all have prejudices. We often talk about prejudice in terms of racism and homophobia. But when you talk about me and my lot, the bureaucrats, you also talk in a prejudicial way." David Henshaw, Communities in Control Conference Melbourne, 7th June 2004.&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aaah, poor Bureaucrats , it must be difficult getting paid £130K a year then 'me and my lot' getting called greedy for earning all that money whilst shedding less sweat than a part time security guard in an ice rink. Henshaw is trying to elicit sympathy for people like himself, 'him and his lot' as he whinges. He is almost trying to make out that calling a bureaucrat names (such as fat cat or greedy bast**d) is just the same as racism or homophobia. It's political correctness being used to protect the very people messing up England. Almost a form of legislation for 'new man'. He is, we are led to believe, being picked on for wearing a dodgy designer suit and a flamboyant tie whilst carrying a £3000 laptop, paid for by the taxpayer and earning 130K for talking the sort of nonsense we are quoting from his own mouth. This claim that its as bad as 'racism or homophobia' is pathetic, and if Henshaw thinks his plight can be likened to that of a black man being called a ni**er, or a gay called a fagg**, he is away with the woods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone in the know seems to dislike bureaucrats, maybe because we sense they are devious bunch of money grabbing do nothings who have great talents at cutting services whilst accumulating fat wage rises and knighthoods off the discredited Royal freeloader Scroungers Supreme. Henshaw is almost trying to look to a future Liverpool were class prejudice against the rich freeloaders is looked upon like racism. He wants the working class to stop hating the rich and the annoying posh types. The English, especially Scousers, will always have a healthy dislike of pen pushers and bureaucrats and the super rich. Do Black people in Toxteth now sense that there history, there social and current predicament is the same as White Middle Class Bureaucrats and there struggle on FAT WAGES and the prejudice they endure? Be real. White and Black working class people in Liverpool, and the sensible middle classes, as well as Gays, will all unite in prayer if the prayer is one asking God to deliver us from the dubious leadership of Henshaw and his ilk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whoever writes Henshaws speeches, if he has help in his oratory endeavours, is, as we might say here in Liverpool - 'on one'. What is worrying is that this speech has actually been prepared before-hand, Henshaw could not blame it on the old Amber Nectar. Henshaw also had a slide show to perk up his address. How modern.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kirkby Times extends our sympathy to those workers who may have had to endure the Henshaw speech and slide show. Our hearts are with you. The unspeakable horror which you have endured will, in time, be merely a bad memory. Due to the fact that normal ordinary people may be distressed if they were to view the full content of this speech, we have declined to reproduce more than a few sections.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Acknowledgement for the Henshaw quotes to the '2004 Communities in Control conference' convened by Our Community and Catholic Social Services. Melbourne Australia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sir David Henshaw&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;BA (Hons) Public Administration 1973&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sir David HenshawLiverpool is an historic city, yet looking ever forward to the future. Sir David Henshaw is helping to change the city's fortunes around and paving the way for a bigger and brighter future. Liverpool City Council has been transformed from the third worst authority in the country into a rapidly improving one, using an inspirational reform agenda that has embraced the whole city. He spoke to Caroline Reynolds, from the Alumni Office, to share his successes with other alumni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;'During my student days in the 70's, I became the first sabbatical President of the Students' Union. We appointed the first full-time administrator of the Union and moved out of an office on the 12 th floor of Owen Building to take over a pub - the Phoenix*. My time as President was extremely stimulating - it brought together many of my interests and paved the way to a career in local government. It was a great learning experience; it gave me the start in life to do the job I'm doing today and opened my eyes to everything that is possible.'&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;David further enhanced his education by completing an MSc at the University of Birmingham and,&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; by coincidence&lt;/span&gt;, got a position at the South Yorkshire County Council in Barnsley where he was assistant corporate planning officer. He then moved to Essex County Council where he was assistant chief executive for five years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;'In 1989 I received a phone call asking me if I would be interested in a role as chief executive of the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley in Merseyside and clerk to the Merseyside Police Authority, it was an opportunity not to be missed. I moved back to my home town of Liverpool and in December 1999 I was appointed chief executive of Liverpool City Council.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David arrived at Liverpool with a long list of challenges set by a newly elected Council under Liberal Democrat control. 'My remit was to transform the quality of council services for the people of Liverpool and to reduce costs. At that time Liverpool was third from the bottom in the league table of local authority performance and it charged the highest council tax in the country.' Working with the local council, David led the managerial agenda in cutting costs dramatically and vastly improved the quality of council services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David's structural reforms reduced 11 departments into five major portfolios and has substantially reduced costs, saving an estimated £120 million. New technology has also made the Council easier to contact, with a network of one-stop-shops and the creation of one of the biggest call centres in local government.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;'&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;In recent years, Liverpool has changed from a council with outdated working practices and poor quality services, to a local authority which is setting new standards and which other organisations are seeking to learn from. I am pleased we are succeeding in giving our customers the best of the public and private sector, and serve as a benchmark for the future of local government. There is still a lot to do but we are well on our way.'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Liverpool 's fortunes were further enhanced after they successfully beat off stiff competition to win the European Capital of Culture 2008 title.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;'We decided to go for the bid on the basis that Liverpool was back and our ambition at that point was just to be short listed. As we went on we realised our pitch and the way we ran the bid had great potential and we won it. It was a huge boost of confidence for the city and a credit to the team of six who ran the bid - a great team won a great prize. Most of all, the people of Liverpool bought into the Bid which ultimately convinced the judges.'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;http: xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liverpool 's new cultural status has aided the ongoing regeneration process of the city's infrastructure and built on the strong foundation of its cultural heritage. The pace of change is also expected to accelerate as the city moves towards its 800 th anniversary in 2007.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last year alone the Council finalised a £750 million investment - one of the largest city centre development projects in Europe . It is estimated that over the next five years the city will benefit from investments of more than £2 billion and create thousands of new jobs. Work will begin soon on a new £10.5 million cruise liner terminal and a new conference centre, arena and exhibition centre. &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Plans are also underway to build a new stadium for Liverpool Football Club.&lt;/span&gt; 'We are re-invigorating the city, moving it towards becoming a premier European city again and have massive investment coming into the area. At the maximum point of construction we'll have something like 42 tower cranes working in the city.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David is married with two children and still has time for his favourite past-times including football - although he isn't prepared to divulge which Liverpool team he supports! He is optimistic about the future and hopes there will be more challenges along the way. One thing that remains strong is David's fondness for Sheffield . &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;'Sir Bob Kerslake (Chief Executive of Sheffield City Council, Former Governor and Honorary Doctorate at Sheffield Hallam University ) and I are good colleagues and I often visit the city -&lt;/span&gt; I think it's a great place. My student days at Sheffield Polytechnic were a very good grounding for my career in local government.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David puts his success down to hard work, having a belief in what you can do, making a firm commitment and working with a great crowd of people whom he has learnt a huge amount from.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 2004, David was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours list. This was an immensely proud moment but one which came completely out of the blue. &lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;'Receiving the letter from No10 was totally unexpected - I was due to play in a golf competition that day and I ended up playing like I hadn't played in years - it was fantastic'. &lt;/span&gt;He feels that his knighthood is very much a recognition for Liverpool , of where the city has come from and feels privileged to do the job he's doing. ' Liverpool is my home city, to actually be born and bred in the city and to be doing this job is a great opportunity. It's hugely enjoyable and if you love what you do, you're a very lucky person.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*The Students Union moved into the former National Centre for Popular Music in February this year and has been renamed the Hallam Union Building of Sheffield (HUBS). The bar in the Union has been named Bar Phoenix after its origins. For more details about HUBS visit www.hallamunion.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;Child Support Agency&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;/HTTP:&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;http: style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" xml="/news/2006/02/01/nliver01.xml&amp;sSheet=/news/2006/02/01/ixhome.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: blogid="29656341&amp;amp;postID=115209323593024844"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17442229%26method=full%26siteid=50061%26page=1%26headline=councillors%2draise%2ddoubts%2dover%2dsummer%2dpops%2dcost-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http: tm_objectid="17165769%26method=full%26siteid=50061-name_page.html"&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;&lt;http:&gt;Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions&lt;br /&gt;(1) what his latest estimate is of the cost to his Department of Sir David Henshaw’s review of the Child Support Agency, broken down by (a) travel costs, (b) salary costs for Sir David Henshaw, (c) other staff costs, (d) telephone costs and (e) other costs; 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