More coverage in The Gazette at which @dariusglaws, @jon_manning and others talked a lot of sense.
I spoke too, and also drew 1-1 with Cllr Manning in a staring-each-other-out competition. Next time victory will be mine Manning…
Cabinet has referred the proposals to reserve the power to ban recordings, and to silence councillors’ tweets, to full council on 20th March.
I’m going to be rolling up with a copy of the petition. Please sign it if you haven’t already.
Great coverage of the #anticocialmedia campaign in today’s East Anglian Daily Times.
Online version here.
Please tell Colchester Council it’s not acceptable for them to keep us in the dark. Sign the petition.
Is the word ‘pikey’ offensive? Racist even?
I don’t know. Neither does the BBC.
But I can’t help but sympathise with the owner of News Plus on Colchester’s Barrack Street. I hate thieves.
Mind you, ‘pikey’ is pretty tame stuff. Back in the 18th Century, when insults were insults and a spade certainly wasn’t a ‘user-operated manual digging solution’, the chief of a gang of Gypsies would be called:
And I bet he revelled in it.
The last time I followed a map that indicated a public right of way, my wife and I ended up in a field full of tetchy bullocks.
“Look big,” was my sage advice as the bovine heavy mob ran en masse from the far side of the field and encircled us.
Thankfully they escorted us from the field without trampling us to death. But I’ve a sneaking suspicion that was no public right of way.
You can avoid mistakes like that – in Essex at least – thanks to a new interactive public rights of way map developed by Essex County Council.
If there are any walkers out there, please give it a try. Before I reach for my walking boots again, I want to make sure it’s not a load of bullocks.
I’ve written an article on Conservative Home about the campaign against #antisocialmedia. It’s for a primarily Tory audience, but it’s really aimed at local politicians of all parties.
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What has happened is a Task and Finish Group which is made up of all political parties looked at all the Technology issues, twitter, facebook, filming Council meetings etc, their recommendation after taking everything into account such as cost etc was sent to Cabinet as per constitution of CBC. I have instructed that the recommendation is sent to Full Council for decision.
Cllr Anne Turrell (source)B
@benlocker … and @yourcolchester Task&Finish Group reporting their findings to Cabinet via Cllr Smith. We can Agree/Amend/Disagree/Refer
Cllr Tina Bourne (source)@benlocker @ColchChronic any change in the Constitution & Code of Conduct resulting from Cabinet mtg must be agreed by 20 Mar Full Council
Cllr Tina Bourne (source)
No, I don’t know who Mr Rock & Roll is either, but if you want to find out you’ve got 24 minutes to haul your butt down the St Johns & Highwoods Community Centre with a stash of your own drink. @edpattle recommends you take a case of this (sadly unavailable from Highwoods Tesco, where this pic was taken. I chose this instead.)
