I don’t think she behaved irresponsibly – I just have trouble relating to a mindset that goes “there is something that might be dodgy; call the fire brigade, then switch it off and see if things still seem to be wrong”, rather than “there is something that might be dodgy; switch it off, and if things still seem to be wrong then call the fire brigade”.

If anyone fancies a giggle, the minutes of the confirmation hearing where Coleman’s appointment as chair were discussed are comedy gold:
http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/conf-hearings/2008/may22/minutes/minutes-app3.pdf

I would want him to try and improve his behaviour – or to check his own behaviour – in relation to
those most important people of all, because it does not matter what he says to me behind closed
doors, but what he says to staff and how he says it and how he behaves in the human resources
context is important. Without putting too big an emphasis on it, I would say there are occasions on
which Brian, as we all know, behaves like an unexploded volcano and we can cope with that but I am
concerned that he should always behave properly in relation to staff.

The underlying issue about the whole affair is that nobody takes responsibility and there is no accountability for officials under this Govt.

Oh dear… not only is chavscum reduced to calling MatGB a New Labour patsy, but his only useless contribution (once again) is to ineffectively point towards something else and ask why we haven’t covered that. I know its painful for you to accept this chavscum – but we don’t run along your editorial ideas.

I covered Menezes and other issues a lot when it was a current issue, but frankly, there’s not much more to say.

@John: 10pm at night, both your kids present, replacement cost of house insignificant compared to perceived risk. Fire Brigade dispatcher could’ve talked that through as an option if they thought that was what they should’ve done.

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Here’s another, more reasonable it seems Tory AM member on the Progressive opposition.

(full disclosure: LF’s revolting behaviour over the Baby P case has probably prejudiced me against her to some extent)

Some local parties and areas are very good at organisint and fundraising, other not so much–her area, significantly due to her organisational ability, is incredibly good and acknowledged as such within the wider party.

It’s MatGB.

Lynne Featherstone is perhaps someone we ought to support financially. So says the only admitted SNP member of this site.

Me.

You said:

Full disclosure: I’ve met Lynne Featherstone a number of times since I joined the Lib Dems in 2006; in fact reading her blog and talking to her online was one of the things that persuaded me to do so. I like her and respect her abilities.

On the basis of degrees of separation, do you think there is any chance that she might consider our comments, reduced, on CIC, worth raising in the House?

It seems to me that we should try to use allies wherever we find them. And Lynne Featherstone would seem to me to be a friend of this site.

………hmm.

the fire brigade are capable of doing MANY things- especially accessing situations. it’s what they’re trained for! when my nan was ill, it was the fire department that got to my home first, with oxygen.

so, she puts up something in her blog about how good the fire brigade is, and he just turns it ’round to make it seem it wasn’t worth their time? well, okay. so it’s better to trot on the side of “caution” and let the bloody house blow up- along with the others around, too.

mrrrr!

Thanks for asking. I had no idea what an AM was either.

No surprise to find one of the Tory AMs trying to make political capital out of it though. Twat.