Knickers!

Oh dear, somebody has got their knickers in a right royal twist. My post on Irene Lucas’s verbal thrashing of opposition leaders drew a caustic post and reply from Curly at the Corner Slop.

http://thenorthernherald.blogspot.com/2008/02/who-really-runs-south-tyneside-council.html
http://curly15.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/dreadful-attack-on-south-tynesides-chief-executive/

Not content with one bite of the cherry, he has had another mouthful today (careful, you might choke on your own vitriol) even demanding that I withdraw and remove remarks.

http://curly15.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/slurs-on-south-tynesides-officers/

If the poor old Headmistress ever needed a Headmaster by her side, she need to look no further than said Mr Curly.

Six months ago I would have risen to the bait and we would have had a good old “turf war” in the regional blog world. I would have replied in triplicate and wallowed in the turmoil of exchanges and insults. Frankly however, things have moved on.

Somebody wants to build a whopping great waste incinerator in the North East region, possibly within this Borough; somebody lost 18 ballot boxes thereby casting a great shadow of conspiracy over the Council’s local elections; somebody needs to oppose the Labour controlling group who are running rough shod over the democratic process in South Tyneside; somebody should actually stand up and speak out against these issues.

Somebody however, should stop defending a Chief Executive and her minions who clearly think they run this Borough, and not the elected representatives who have a public and democratic mandate; somebody should have a look at how the constitution of this Borough is being deliberately manipulated to suit the ends of the ruling elite.

If anybody has a problem with what I have said or even posted under “quotation” marks i.e. Irene Lucas, the Labour Cabinet and even you Curly, as I have said before, sue me. The pleasure will be mine.

However, as to your requests, well let’s just say, err………………….no!