Breaking News - MP Nicola Barred from Meeting at OCH!

The night before full Council meetings sees the Labour Group gather at Oldbury Council House (OCH) for the "Labour Group meeting". Us taxpayers pay for the heating and lighting of the building plus security staff.

Labour also use their meetings to hold their elections for Leader and so there is, presumably, a further expense to us mugs for someone to clean the blood from the carpet! Thus officials from Regional Office - ie outside Party figures who are not Councillors - troop in carrying a large wooden ballot box.

With this ghastly dictatorship finally collapsing the Conservatives now have 10 Councillors and tonight they claimed their right as an official opposition to hold their meeting at the Oldbury Kremlin. But officials at the bent Labour Council have barred local MP Nicola Richards from attending! 

The Labour Council is vicious and vindictive and say that as Nicola is not a Councillor she cannot attend. So one rule for Labour and another for everyone they hate. I trust this means they will be holding their internal elections elsewhere from now on, or without the Party goons present. Just how pathetic and petty can Labour get?

A press release from the Conservatives about this farce includes the following:

'Nicola was due to meet with the opposition councillors to discuss, amongst other things, the opposition's response to the recent SEND scandals [the tender for taxis etc for special needs residents], potential bin strikes, Covid-19, a 20,000 person festival in Sandwell Valley and the impending departure/hiring of the chief executive.

However she was told by senior Council officials that MPs were not allowed to meet with councillors within the building.

Ms. Richards, who joined the meeting online, said that: "once again they're closing ranks in Sandwell."

"In the recent local elections, it was clear that residents voted for a strong opposition in the Council chamber. But they're again trying to frustrate the democratic process."

It's not unusual of Sandwell Council to try and make it more difficult for me to represent my constituents but given the severity of the state of the Council, this is appalling."

"We cannot do our jobs representing the people of Sandwell properly and talking about the big issues of the day."

Councillor David Fisher, leader of the opposition, said: "this is a reminder that the dark days of the backroom dealings are still here."

"By forcing us out of the Council, it's only strengthens our resolve to hold this Council to account so that they they begin delivering for the communities that rely on them."'

More breaking news:

The full Council meeting is, unusually, next Monday night (it was postponed due to Eid). I am told there will be a small demo before the 6pm start protesting about Labour's attempt to destroy yet more green space in Sadders ie. Brandhall Golf Course. Please come along if you support this protest or even if you are just sick to death of Labour concreting over the green lungs of the benighted Borough. Make your views known folks!

And even more:

At 7.15 on Monday there is an Extraordinary General Meeting of the full Council after the main session in respect of "staff employment matters" which is believed to refer to puppet Labour "Leader" Rajbir Singh's botched sacking of the vile Chief Executive, David Stevens. The Skidder understands that this is being dressed-up as "early retirement", no doubt at considerable expense to taxpayers. He had to be fired but what a fiasco again! And Surjit Tour is still in post!

See you on Monday night my dears?

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