Category Archives: Council hatred
The people of Staithes DO care
It is a truth universally acknowledged that any article or letter which dares to question the merits of a town or its people will quickly provoke a fierce rebuke from affronted natives in the local paper’s letters page. In this … Continue reading
Filed under Council hatred, Letters to the Editor, Local pride
Hair today, suspended from the Town Council tomorrow
Reasons why Town Councils simply should not be allowed to exist #743: this story. Reasons why Town Councils are an essential part of Our Way of Life #3: this most extraordinary of wigs… The Northern Echo, 14 January 2011 (story): … Continue reading
Filed under Council hatred, Justice, One of our own
Harping back to the parking bays
Why is it that old people are always willing to be locked up? No wonder the prisons are so overcrowded. If nothing else, this story is an important lesson in car dashboard etiquette. The Echo, Southend, 22 November 2010 (story): … Continue reading
Filed under Council hatred, Heartless bastards, Justice
Pavement people
Old people are quick to sneer at youths riding bikes down pavements but, as this story goes to show, they’re no better when it comes to keeping pedestrian areas clear. And they certainly don’t like it up ‘em. Surrey Comet, … Continue reading
Where is the poetic justice?
At first glance, it could have been just any old protest at plans to close a local primary school. But then the affected children publicly unburdened their souls through deeply moving verse. The Staines News was first on the scene. … Continue reading
Filed under Council hatred, Heartless bastards, Upstanding locals
Splayed on South Street
It’s not normally nice to laugh at those suffering pain, but people requiring specially reinforced stretchers are fair game. Romford Recorder, 5 March 2010 (story): Wheelchair man’s fall sparks road chaos A DISABLED man who was injured when his mobility … Continue reading
Filed under Council hatred
Slip John B
Never underestimate the ability of whinging locals to creatively combine the same old anti-Council hysteria about grit shortages with a homage to the Beach Boys. Halifax Evening Courier, 12 March 2010: Dear sir, Please print this song about the grit … Continue reading
Filed under Council hatred, Letters to the Editor
Ring a-ring o’ roses, a pocketful of mucus
A new form of civil warfare is plaguing the streets of Britain: sneezing. Stockport Express, 10 January 2010: Protester cleared in court of sneezing on security guard Jennifer Williams A MAN who held a three-year vigil outside the town hall … Continue reading
Filed under Council hatred, Justice, Sensational headlines
Snow: chaos, pandemonium and Armageddon
The most positive thing about the recent cold snap sub-freezing epoch is that folk who are opinionated and housebound – many of them quite literally prisoners in their own homes – have been left with nothing to do but write … Continue reading
Filed under Council hatred, Letters to the Editor
Another satisfied citizen
It’s difficult to work out what this man is trying to get at. The Shields Gazette (South Tyneside), 31 December 2009: Dear sir, WITH the coming of the new year, I would like to suggest some headlines which I doubt … Continue reading
Filed under Council hatred, Letters to the Editor
