AN EMBARRASSING WEEK-END ALL ROUND FOR SOME?

I want to start with our Labour Home Secretary, whose husband sits at home accessing 'porno' on TV and then slips the bill into her expenses file. As a tax-payer, I am more concerned with her sleeping arrangements at her sisters (far more costly') than her husband's viewing habits. At my age, I find our Home Secretary quite an attractive lady. The major embarrassment for her is perhaps not a 'tenner', but the perception that she, as a woman approaching middle-age has a husband who is sitting at home watching porn rather than saving his energy to make wild passionate love to her!

The next embarrassing shambles is closer to home. I am glad to see that 'Our Ken' has deleted, at some time today, his site's (Village Voice) comment that referred to a fellow Conservative Councillor. (I have saved it for posterity).

As a fellow blogger, I was concerned on Saturday night when I saw the item and 'posted' on Strife about it. I am afraid that 'Our Ken' failed to understand that I was giving him a big hint to gracefully withdraw the comment on the grounds that he might not have caught up with it yet.(It is important as a Cllr to either keep a close eye on your blog or put in Comment Moderation.) That would perhaps have been the end of the matter.

.

I now suspect, despite his complete misunderstanding and mis-reading of the point I was making and the offer for 'Strife' to pull down its post, he has now been advised by others that it might have been a good idea to delete the item. He has now done so.

.

I am pleased with that but it does beg the question why he was ever appointed Chair of Planning vice Cllr Bill Hayton, if he is unable to understand what he is reading! I would have thought that an analytical mind and understanding of the reams of verbage involved in Planning Applications would at least be a basic requirement of the job? I must presume he has other qualities that appeal to his 'Leader', Cllr Ezekiel.

The other embarrassing moment at the week-end, has to be Cllr Zita Wiltshire, belatedly rushing around businesses on Saturday morning in St Peter's (her patch) behind prospective KCC Candidate Jenny Matterface and a Labour KCC Councillor who visited shops and businesses on FRIDAY, to brief them. ( see Another Potpourri below).

.

Cllr Wiltshire's aim appears to have been, belatedly perhaps, to 'up-date' them on her progress with KCC Highways and the contractors putting in gas mains. The trader, who very kindly gave me the hand-out below, was un-impressed with Cllr Wiltshire's ONLY visit in 5 weeks. He had not seen his other ward Cllrs at all (Cllr Ken Gregory or Cllr Savage).

.

Whilst the good news is that the work is likely to finish early, the fact has to be admitted that our Labour 'types' in wards, are faster on the ball and seen to be helping or at least trying to help, than some of our Conservative Ward Cllrs. Complacency about future electoral outcomes needs to avoided by the Conservatives in Thanet.

(Please click on the 'hand-out' below.)I have to admit to some astonishment about Cllr Wiltshire's update! " My Road work's Team"? I wonder if KCC Roadworks Manager (an excellent LG officer), David Latham, realises that Cllr Wiltshire has a 'Roadwork's Team' as well as his team.

.

I was under the impression that roads and their works was a KCC Highways responsibility not TDCs? What team is she talking about? Who are they and where are they beavering away at Cllr Wiltshire's direction and management? Or could it be that 'Our Ken' and Cllr Savage each have a 'roadworks team as well?

.

I would love to know, or is this a classic case of 'bull' to poor hardpressed village yokels who don't know quite who does what and are expected to believe what they are told? Can anyone clarify this and if necessary I will apologise to Cllr Wiltshire and 'her team' who are working so hard on TDC's roads.