Before I thank people it is worth just mentioning some of the salient points arising from this episode:
1. The leader [sic] of Sandwell Labour Council, Steve "The Milkman" Eling, met me in a pub in Birmingham with Cllr Marshall (as he then was) and they agreed to send me dirt on Eling's rivals - principally Cllr Mahboob Hussain (as was) and Cllr Ian Jones.
2. It should be remembered that Marshall had only been elected in 2014. Eling is is very fond of money and wanted to keep his paid job at another Labour basket case Council, Rotherham, as well as raking in his allowances at Sandwell (he and his wife own two properties and it is said by some of his colleagues that at times he has also claimed disability benefit.) In a monumental error of judgment Milko made the inexperienced jobbing builder Marshall his right-hand man and enforcer in Oldbury whilst he continued to rake in the cash in Rotherham.
3 Following the pub meeting Marshall opened the infamous WhatsApp account (posts passim). It is clear that even though he was Cabinet member for Leisure he was going way beyond his brief with Eling's blessing and was dealing directly with the Council's auditors and others to dig the dirt on those that Eling wanted rid off and, bizarrely, this included employees - with Jan Britton being sidelined in respect of these matters. The whole WhatsApp feed with a few redactions has been put on this blog but some of the worst aspects of Eling and Marshall's despicable activity were:
a. Asking me to give the Assistant Chief Executive a "kicking" and to otherwise abuse her. They encouraged me to publish a completely untrue and scurrilous attack on her which, fortunately, I didn't. They gave be highly confidential information about her employment status and about her departure from the Council.
b. They asked me to try and establish whether a Labour Councillor was living outside the Borough and gave me his vehicle registration number.
c. They alleged that a Labour Councillor had a trans partner or, as they put it "a cock in a frock."
d. Eling and Marshall asked me to make enquiries concerning Adrian Bailey MP who, er, represents Labour but who they wanted to destroy.
e. They wrongly suggested that Cllrs Maria Crompton and Pete Allen were on holiday with Cllrs Ian and Olwen Jones (they were on the same holiday island but at different resorts.) Eling and Marshall suggested that Cllr Jones should "spunk over Maria in her bikini" as this was "just" better than Ian "doing" his wife. I was then encouraged to tweet about these four "twats" to "terrify them". Incidentally, Maria is also employed by Adrian Bailey MP. The Labour Party have yet to take action with regard to this.
4 When Cllr Crompton confronted Eling about this he lied about it. He claimed Marshall had not written anything and that I had invented the entire WhatsApp feed. Later, of course, he changed his tune and claimed that Marshall was 100% responsible for the abuse and he knew nothing about it (I have shown emails and analysis of the WhatsApp feed that give the lie to this.) Eling was very upset about me calling him and Marshall "the Spunk Brothers" and even set Sandwell's highly controversial Monitoring Officer, Surjit Tour, on me. I put on this blog my response to Tour and pointed out that to this day Eling has not expressed a scintilla of remorse for this appalling abuse of staff and fellow Councillors.
5 Eling's incredible lack of judgement was shown again when it was disclosed that Marshall had been taken to Court by his own Council for non-payment of Council Tax. He also hung onto Marshall when Dicky was made bankrupt! He was a chief protagonist on the attacks on Cllr Yvonne Davies when she told her Labour Group colleagues the truth about Marshall but they all decided to back Marshall and shoot the messenger instead.
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Yvonne Davies has been ill recently and at least the comrades have done the decent thing and voted through an extension of time for her to remain on the Council despite being unable to attend meetings. They should hang their heads in shame at their earlier conduct. The Skidder team wish Cllr Davies well with her recovery and hope we will be sparring with her again soon.
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6. We all know that bent West Midlands Police (WMP) are deeply entwined with the corrupt Council. Eling, Marshall and Costigan made complaints to them about me. What is particularly annoying here is that WMP (a) believed every word these liars told them, and (b) decided to waste huge amounts of police time when they could have simply advised the three to take appropriate civil proceedings. Eling is wealthy and could have afforded legal action but he knew he couldn't win a civil action and so it was better to get his mates in blue to sort me out instead. It should be remembered here that, despite everything, the moronic Eling still wanted Marshall to contest the May 2018 election (and it was only intervention by The Labour Party that stopped that outrage happening.) Clearly part of the plan was to silence this blog, especially before the election. A Labour Councillor who gave evidence to the Police told me "we got the distinct impression they (WMP) were out to get you."
7. Eling claimed in his police statement that he had nothing to do with the WhatsApp feed which is, to coin a phrase "bollocks". Thanks to my own work and help from dear readers supplying info I was able to send WMP examples of Eling lying suggesting they should make sure the CPS were aware of all this (just by way of one example, his blatant lie that SMBC have not been using gagging clauses for departing employees.)
8. Marshall's statement was incredible in all senses of the word. His most egregious porky was that he had never committed adultery and that my comments that he had constituted criminal harassment. This from a man who had given a written statement in a High Court Civil Case that, whilst er married, he had indulged in a "sex-only" affair with a woman who he fiddled out of thousands of pounds for 12 MONTHS!
9. Costigan's statement was so crazed it barely warrants comment. But she knowingly made false and untruthful statements about me notably that I had been out in Wednesbury leafleting in opposition to the unlawful Wednesbury BID scheme which she was promoting. Not only was she lying to WMP about this but how was this a criminal offence anyway? Why were WMP putting this nonsense to me as evidence of criminal harassment? Of course, it transpired that WMP were actively involved themselves in, what turned out to be, the unlawful BID process!
10. The other most annoying thing about the WMP action was that two of their officers tried to fit me up at Oldbury Custody Suite on 5th March, 2018 even though I had a solicitor present! Regular readers will know that they told the solicitor five Councillors had complained about me and put that to me in interview by distorting bits of the statements of two of the Councillors. It transpired these two were actually making complaints of harassment against Eling and Marshall and not about me at all! This was outrageous. They then received two further complaints against Eling and Marshall - one from a Labour Councillor and one from a former employee. I am suspecting that as they have let me off the hook they are letting Eling off too......
11. The police seized my phone until after the election. They also interfered directly in the democratic process by bizarrely telling Sandwell Council not to proceed with Standards Complaints against Eling and Marshall. The result of this unwarranted behaviour is that the standards complaint against Marshall cannot now proceed as he is no longer a Councillor.
12. The national Labour Party have yet to take action against these liars (apart from suspending Marshall) and this may well have been due to concerns about them investigating whilst there was an ongoing police enquiry. Well they have no excuse NOW!
Special Thanks to all family, friends, readers and other supporters through this nearly five month long process (why the f*ck did it take this length of time?) Thanks to those who have sent me evidence about Eling's lies which I was able to pass on to WMP. Thanks to Dawn McKeever, the duty Solicitor, who made the right call and who remained coolness personified under fire. And, of course, thanks to Linda.
Unfortunately, I remain under WMP investigation in respect of "Operation Costcutter". When I was interviewed again by WMP they insisted on taking my fingerprints and mugshot. But here is a different mugshot of Eling with his "coffee selfie" enjoying the hospitality of Wates Construction. Who they? The Tory donors ones who have been given the contract to destroy Londonderry Fields for the Commonwealth Games pool without it being put out to tender....
What is it with Eling and the Tories? As soon as a bad deal is in the offing for the poor people of Sandwell Milko is bent over with his trousers down inviting the shaft. Thus he was in love with Interserve at a time when Norman Blackwell was Chair (and was active in ensuring they got a £6m contract without tender). He has been in on the plan to destroy Lion Farm Fields from early on where the developer, Jeremy Knight Adams, is also a Tory donor. Now he is hobnobbing with Wates! Some "socialist" "lol"
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