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Friday, March 09, 2007

JANE KENNEDY GET SUPPORT FROM TONY BLARE TO GIVE BOB PAISLEY A KNIGHTHOOD


ONCE AGAIN JANE KENNEDY LABOUR MP FOR WAVERTREE LIVERPOOL, SHOWS US SHE IS PROMOTING THE INTERESTS OF LIVERPOOL PEOPLE.




Jane has highlighted to the Prime Minister that an e-petition has been created by a Liverpool F.C. fan that asks for Bob Paisley to be Knighted.
Tony Blair has agreed he will read it with interest.


to add your name to the petition go to e-petitions http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SirBobPaisley/



Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree, Labour) Link to this | Hansard source


Staying with Europe, did my right hon. Friend have the opportunity to watch the outstanding display of football at Anfield stadium last night? Is it not about time that we marked the memory of the late and great Bob Paisley with an honour? Will my right hon. Friend read early-day motion 1038 signed by Members of the House—both red and blue?



Tony Blair (Prime Minister) Link to this | Hansard source

I look forward to reading that. I did watch the match last night. Congratulations to Liverpool, who did absolutely brilliantly. Congratulations also to Chelsea—we should congratulate the blues as well as the reds on this occasion. Let us hope that we have two other teams going through as well— [Interruption.] As my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary reminds me, there is also Celtic, and we wish it good luck, too.

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

LIVERPOOL LIBERAL DEMOCRATS HAVE CREATED A £29 MILLION DEFICIT IN THE CAPITAL OF CULTURE BUDGET ALREADY!

LAST WEEK WE WERE TOLD THE SUMMER POPS WOULD NOW GO AHEAD AGAIN IN SEFTON THOUGH, AND WOULD NOW ONLY COST US LIVERPOOL £50,000. NOW THE LIVERPOOL LIBERAL DEMOCRATS ARE COVERING UP A £29 MILLION SHORTFALL IN THE BUDGET FOR 2008!
WHAT HYPOCRITES!!


SEE BELOW

£29m saving needed to stop 2008 crisis

Mar 6 2007

by Catherine Jones, Liverpool Echo

Leader of Liverpool City Council, Cllr Warren Bradley

CITY leaders need to find £29m savings in three months to avoid a financial disaster in 2008.

The shortfall in council revenue, outlined in a “budget reconciliation” document given to the ECHO, includes more than £21m earmarked for Capital of Culture itself.

The culture figure is made up of £5.8m deferred from this year, £12m of additional spending already earmarked for 2008 celebrations, and a gap of almost £4m in expected revenue from sponsorship.

The ECHO revealed on Saturday how a detailed plan on ways to fund the shortfall was being drawn up and would be presented in June.

Today we can disclose the scale of deficit the council will have to address.

  • The figures suggest £29.4m shortfall is after assumed efficiency savings and a council tax rise in 2008/9 of 3.7%.

  • Council leader Warren Bradley today insisted the money would be found and Capital of Culture go ahead as planned.

But deputy opposition leader Paul Brant said: “Liberal Democrats have created a financial time bomb set to go off in 2008 with no explanation of how they are going to pay for Capital of Culture year.

“It could destroy the reputation of Liverpool as a city and prevent it getting the benefits we all hoped Capital of Culture could deliver. It’s financial madness what the council is doing.”

Cllr Bradley said he was fed up with “scaremongering” which he claimed did nothing but damage Liverpool’s image.

He said: “What a lot of rubbish. We’ve given an assurance we will deliver Capital of Culture and won’t go back on that .

“We will find the savings as we have year on year on year.
CUTS CUTS CUTS

“There’s nothing being hidden here. We will deliver our forward strategy in June which will deal with the £29.4m that we’ve got to find next year.”

  • Cllr Bradley said the city was looking at brownfield sites which could generate lucrative revenue. One has been identified in Garston.

  • Other potential ideas include borrowing a proportion of the money, to be repaid over several years.

  • But Cllr Bradley said selling buildings and leasing them back was ruled out.

catherinejones@liverpoolecho.co.uk

Saturday, February 24, 2007

THE ROTTWEILLER MCELHINNEY





Gossip Mongers

All the stuff that is just not fit to print in the Echo
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
ITS NOT BOOTIFUL! - THE ROTTWEILLER MCELHINNEY STARTS AN ILLEGAL TURKEY SHOOT!

Liverpool City Council staff have been forced to work on the Bernard Matthews turkey crisis in Suffolk!
Specially trained social work staff who normally handle calls to the council's Careline have been ordered by McElhinney to take calls about bird flu instead!
Liverpool call centre staff have also been instructed to take calls as part of a contract the evil McElhinney has negotiated with DEFRA.
(Christ almighty, no wonder the council's own services are so bad, ed)

Careline is the social services call line for those vulnerable people who cam sometimes be in desperate need of help. It is also used to alert the proper authorities if someone is in an emergency.
(It is NOT for turkeys, ed)
But instead of answering such Careline calls at McElhinney's lair in (Misad)Venture Place, council staff are now taking calls about a mangey turkey outbreak miles away from Liverpool.
Staff are appalled at what they have been ordered to do - but dare not stand up to the evil rottweiller.
His 'yes sir, no sir' sidekick - Councillor Richard 'Inspector Clueless' Marbrow - is well aware of what is going on and has done his best to hush it all up.
Until now.
What makes the lucrative contract with DEFRA (how much is that worth then? ed) even more scandalous is that McElhinney (left) is acting illegally in forcing staff to comply.
(Doesn't it just show everyone that the arrogant **** has still not learnt his lesson and thinks he can get away with murder? ed)
Staff have been denied annual leave so that the LDL contract with DEFRA is covered.
Staff from the One Stop Shops have also been offered overtime to make sure the contract is covered.
Staff have even been taken out of the One Stop Shops during their normal working hours to help take calls.
But there is some good news...
McElhinney is shitting himself because city council Assistant Executive Director Peter Cosgrove has been informed of what has gone on.
Cosgrove is one of the genuinely good guys and although considered weak by some, would love to get McElhinney bang to rights.
Cosgrove has been copied into some damaging email correspondence which McElhinney sent to staff and the rottweiller has now gone off the deep end to try and cover his tracks (again, ed) .
In an attempt to bully and intimidate staff he has launched his own personal investigation into who forwarded what email, to whom and why.
The Head of Human Resources, Collette Hannay, has also become officially involved and is aware of how McElhinney has broken the law (she won't do anything about it, ed).
Not surprisingly, the thieving rottweiller has now enlisted his long-standing accomplice, the smiling assassin Hasitall to try and dig him out of the turkey shit!
It is all very hush hush and in the end, Colin 'Cover Up' can probably be relied upon to sweep up all the turkey shit into his fancy pigeon loft at the back of the MO.
So that's why we are telling you now...
And we would just add:
Isn't it about time that the city council put its own house in order FIRST?

Posted by Tony Parrish47 at 11:19 PM

Labels: Colin Cover-up, Liverpool Direct, Marilyn Fielding, MisAdventure Place, Temple of Doom, The Rottweiller McElhinney, The Smiling Assassin

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

GO Peter GO GO GO

I promise to pay my Council Tax in full and on time if you can help liberate us from Dr Dog
Thursday, February 22, 2007 12:20:00 AM
Anonymous said...

Extraction

I have been informed that you have put your name down for any DEFRA overtime in the contact centre. Can you confirm if this is correct and if so what days (sat, sun or evenings) you would be available to work. Also I need a home or mobile number to contact you on should you be needed.

Thanks
Thursday, February 22, 2007 3:25:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Let's hope cosgrove supplies the stuffing for McElhinney
Thursday, February 22, 2007 5:03:00 PM
Anonymous said...

This is unbelievable and i wouldnt believe it if i didnt know that so many of the other things that you have reported were true.

Its high time these people were stopped!
Thursday, February 22, 2007 11:56:00 PM


Dr mce said...

I never either
Friday, February 23, 2007 12:11:00 AM

Housing Estate said...

Although some people somewhere, are worrying about a stinking turkey spreading disease across the world.
Most of us are more concerned about public services and value for money for those services.
Instead we find that those who are in charge of our council tax spending would rather spend the money and staff time on helping paranoid people from some other town again!
First we have Chas Cole and his Summer pops, taking hard earned money from the tax payer to fund a concert in Sefton, then we have this, helping people who don't even live in Liverpool.

Why do I pay my council tax at all?


I couldn't get through to Liverpool Direct yesterday and it was a really important call, relating to Liverpool.

I wonder now if it was because others were moaning on about their Sunday dinner being ruined?
It's an absolute disgrace, maybe if we all moved to another borough, we may get the services we have already paid for?

Macca, shove the turkey up your arse!
Or is Henshaw still up there?
Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:09:00 PM


Bearded lady said...

LETS HOPE MCELHINNEY, IS STUFFED NOW!
Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:10:00 PM

The DOG said...

Stick a feather up my arse and tell me I'm not Jesus!
Saturday, February 24, 2007 2:12:00 PM


Tori Blare said...

Haven't we got enough Turkey's already in the council?
Maybe it was Macca and co who are really the mangey Turkey's and the Bird Flu is code for The Evil Cabal gang? It truly is a disease the corruption that goes on in the business world!
Saturday, February 24, 2007 3:41:00 PM



HOME

A forum for rumour, complete lies, deliberate falsehoods and unsubstantiated allegations
We want to hear what you have heard. You can post whatever you like about the city council, the Culture Company, the great and the good, aHA's, and peoplewhoyouveneverheardofbefore on this page because, obviously, no-one is going to believe anything they read here, since it is all disgraceful lies and completely made up. Exactly the kind of stuff that our local esteemed organ of record, the Liverpool Echo (shurely some mishtake? ed) would not tolerate in its pages. As well as gossip, you can also send us incriminating, embarrassing or just plain silly pictures, which we will gladly reproduce. So get jangling... NB To any esteemed members of the legal profession wishing to make a quick killing (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE) - if you treat anything here at all seriously, you will need your head seriously examined!

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Liverpool Council Tax Payers are treated with utter contempt again!!!!

HENSHAWS EVIL CABAL




THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM THE LIVERPOOL SUBCULTURE BLOGSPOT.
IT SHOWS US THE COMPLETE AND UTTER CONTEMPT THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS HAVE FOR THE LIVERPOOL ELECTORATE.


DON'T VOTE FOR THIS CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION AGAIN VOTE THEM OUT IN MAY 2007 AND AGAIN IN 2008!!!!



Friday, February 16, 2007

REVEALED: The secret email from millionaire pop promoter, Chas Cole to council leader Warren Bradley, which secured the Summer Pops.


BELOW IS A VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF AN EMAIL FROM CHAS COLE TO WARREN BRADLEY AND COLIN HILTON. THIS IS NOT A HOAX. WE REPRODUCE THE EMAIL HERE IN FULL, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND HAS GRAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL. THE DAY AFTER THIS EMAIL WAS SENT, THE CITY COUNCIL SUDDENLY ANNOUNCED THAT THE SUMMER POPS WAS GOING TO MR COLE.


---------Original Message------------------------
From: Chas Cole
To: Bradley, Warren (Leader of the City Council)
Cc: Hilton, Colin (Chief Executive)
Sent: Thu Feb 15 12:27:00 2007
Subject: Summer Pops 2007

Dear Warren

I am coming under increasing pressure from the Liverpool Echo to go public on the planned rescue of the Summer Pops. They confirmed some days ago their commitment to provide a value in kind contribution and they are aware that I am waiting for the Council and the Capital of Culture's commitment to provide 100K sponsorship for the event.

I had hoped that you would have been able to provide a confirmation by now, so that it could be announced this week.

Time is running out, another week passes by and the agents/acts are making their final plans for summer tours and, frankly, I fear they are losing patience with Liverpool.

In an ideal world, you would be able to provide the requested commitment and a positive quote by mid afternoon today. This would allow me to confirm with acts during the rest of today and tomorrow that Liverpool is back in the game for this summer.

In addition, we can run a positive joint story in tomorrow's Echo of how yourself, the Council and the Echo have saved the event.

If you are not able to provide the confirmation, it will be helpful to at least have a telephone conversation to gain an understanding of the decision making process and timescale.

Please give me a call on my mobile
07770 930728.

Kind Regards.

Chas


Chas Cole


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Posted by Tony Parrish47 at Friday, February 16, 2007

Labels: Bradley, Chas Cole, Colin 'Cover up', the city council couldn't run a piss-up in a brewery, The Echo, the smiling assassin

2 comments:

Aintree Iron said...

whoooooooaaahhhhhh! You've done it again, and it looks as though Warren Bradley has just signed up to full-time membership of the evil cabal...
Friday, February 16, 2007 11:56:00 PM

Anonymous said...

This is absolutely astonishing. Literally gob-smacking.
Unbelievable.
Who do these ****ers think they are? What a cynical little stitch-up!
Friday, February 16, 2007 11:57:00 PM


SO WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS BEEN GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES???
SEND YOUR VIEWS IN?

Thursday, February 15, 2007

WHO ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR IN MAY LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL TAX PAYERS???



.... Who are you going to vote for in May?
taken from comments page on city of the dead blogspot



WITH SO MANY CORRUPTION CLAIMS AND PROVEN ACTS OF ALLOWING BLATANT THEFT OF SERVICES BY B.T./ LDL, LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL LEADERS, THE WET NELLY CLUB, THAT IS THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, YOU NEED TO SERIOUSLY ASK YOURSELF CAN YOU REALLY VOTE FOR THESE PEOPLE AGAIN ????? IF YOU DO THEN YOU DESERVE ALL THE CUTS TO SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO COUNCILLORS SO THEY CAN SET THE BUDGET!

SEE BELOW FOR AN EXAMPLE OF JUST WHAT WARREN BRADLEY AND COLIN HILTON SPEND YOUR COUNCIL TAX ON!
taken from city of the dead blogspot


"HERE IS COUNCIL LEADER WARREN BRADLEY'S BUSY TIMETABLE IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE AFTER HE MAKES £50MILLION WORTH OF CUTS - TAKEN FROM THE OFFICIAL GUIDE"


THE CITY COUNCIL IS PLANNING ON MAKING £50MILLION WORTH OF CUTS TO SERVICES. AT THE SAME TIME COUNCIL LEADER WARREN BRADLEY AND COLIN 'COVER UP' HILTON ARE SWANNING OFF TO CANNES IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. (cost unknown)

Here is the undynamic duo's official timetable (We have drawn attention to some events of particular interest): SEE www.liverpoolmipim.co.uk FOR ALL THE DETAILS

The events programme for 2007 will include the following:-

LIVERPOOL WELCOME - Supporters Only
This is an informal event to help kick start the MIPIM week. All Liverpool @MIPIM supporters are welcome to attend.

Date: Monday 12th March from 19.00
Venue: Liverpool Yacht
Format: Informal drinks reception.
Audience: Sponsors/Partners/Associates


STAND BREAKFASTS - Supporters Welcome
This is an informal continental breakfast served each morning on the Liverpool stand. An ideal way to start the day.

Date: Daily between 9 – 10am
Venue: Liverpool Stand
Format: Continental breakfast
Audience: All welcome

MEET THE CITY - Invitation Only
Our traditional meet the city event will once again take place on the Liverpool yacht and gives supporters the opportunity to meet and network with key representatives from the city. Attendance will be restricted to the agreed supporter allocations.

Date: Thursday 15th March 12.00 – 14.30
Venue: Liverpool Yacht
Format: Buffet lunch and drinks
Audience: Sponsors/Partners/Associates (as per allocation)

LIVERPOOL TEAM DINNER - Invitation Only
The Liverpool team dinner proved to be one of the highlights of MIPIM 2006 and for 2007 we will once again be dining at the excellent La Potinier du Palais. This will be a fairly informal dinner, hosted by Cllr Warren Bradley (Leader, Liverpool City Council) and Colin Hilton (Chief Executive, Liverpool City Council). Invitations will be issued according the agreed supporter allocations.
[Photo]
Date: Thursday 15th March
Venue: La Potinier du Palais 13 Square Merimee (opposite the Palais des Festivals).
Time: 19.00 – 22.30
Audience: Sponsors/Partners/Associates (as per allocation)

LIVERPOOL@MORRISON’S PARTY - Restricted Access
The Liverpool@Morrison’s party is guaranteed to be the best event in town, offering the ideal opportunity to unwind with guests at the end of a busy MIPIM week. We have once again secured private access to the street and as well as live music from the Mersey Beatles, there will be bar facilities both inside and out.

Date: Thursday 15th March
Venue: Morrison’s Irish Pub
Time: 21.30 – ‘til late
Audience: All supporters plus invited guests


OUR MESSAGE TO THE CITY COUNCIL?

BAN THE
CANNES!

posted by Tony Parrish47 at 00:01 on 08-Feb-2007

Anonymous said...

i am speechless....

Thursday, February 08, 2007 12:23:00 AM


Anonymous said...

uTTERLY DISGRACEFUL

Thursday, February 08, 2007 8:53:00 AM


Guido said...

how to save money? Can the Cannes jaunt!

Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:23:00 AM

Anonymous said...

The poor dears have got to cut some slack sometime after all they do such a good job for the City............

Thursday, February 08, 2007 9:37:00 PM


W Bradley said...

Come on lads it was bed baths or junkets, surely you dont blame me? after all what would you do if you were in charge?

Friday, February 09, 2007 8:32:00 AM

Anonymous said...

If only you were Mr Bradley, if only you were in charge and not part of the problem

Friday, February 09, 2007 6:16:00 PM

Professor Stanley Unwin said...

Dear Bloggermoles, Too much speclio gong on, hanky panky, funny buslanes, no no, deep folly. So just a wordytwo here to take the opportuneo to put the record straightmost. Truth be known, tremendous gapoed municipal coffers. Many milliowes caught short. Poor Colonic Hiltio been accusey most new broom sweeper, Bex bissel under the carpetload. But no, not to be. Worry Bradlio, hop on fasty boat all the way Cannes. Deep cuts much folly. Teary bye thinks, May election calamatoast. Must do something. No hesitate, fasty think feet. Top of all this, Halitosis shiny porshe, cover most a pigeon load. Oh no! he criedly-eyed. Birdy business much mess cleary upmost. Hers's some cashie bags, spoke the chef executoad, cover my combustio steery wheels too, most shiny and keep off the dropping splashies all over my windelows. Fifteen trouserpounds, they said! Now, much thought pop the weasel cost. Tuppeny rice? No, if only. Too much waste and Paul McCartnoad no show. Can we get Sonia? No, too busy panto rehearso. Ahh yes, Slappy thigh behind you. No it isn't. yes it is. Ha, Ha. Much joy kiddies faces on the asbo loads. Til Billy Butload that is. Even Petey Priceright dressy up girly dame. Do a funny turn. But not pop load, not for summer. So, keep open the biblio? Thought Bradmoade. Many books, lots of story, funny and sad. Laughy face and teary in the eyeline. Pictures too. Or splashy about all wet. Leisure centrepede. Not in the water though. Purpley dye widdley culprit all red faced. Wring the speedos out though. Quick rinse, never topple in the tumbelow dryer. Much shrinky male soprano load. Definite no. Keep both open hours said Bradlio. Smiley faces deep joy. Scrap the pop and sack of cole. Was cream on top? May never know, finger prints all over wipey that too. Deep folly all round. Gravy train off the rails for this year, so no more gravy, just the laughingmost stock cube. Cant blame the pidgeos for that. But 2008 just around the crooner, Singy Frank Sinatra, ahhh no longer. Deeply sad. But don't forget still kareoke like Sinatra, singsong words he said. "I mind it down way. No regrets just mention a few most." Hope that's all cleary now. Bye load nightly Tuesday, February 13, 2007 4:00:00 AM


Anonymous said...

If only it were a joke....

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1:42:00 PM


A LIVERPOOL COUNCIL TAX PAYER said...

My mother has been told that she doesn't meet the correct criteria for getting a home help every day from the council, despite the fact she can't look after herself without assistance in food preparation and help with her hygiene, yet these cheeky bastards have the gall to attend these up your own arse events at MY expense!!!!

Wednesday, February 14, 2007 6:03:00 PM


Anonymous said...

To Liverpool Ratepayer

Want more bird pooh screens?
Want more executive showers?
Want more Liverpool Direct charges?
Want more junkets to Cannes?
Want more awards ceremonies for the "great and the good"?
Want more payoffs to other city "greats"
Want to be a laughing stock for Capital of Culture?

.... Who are you going to vote for in May?


Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:47:00 PM

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

ASK HENSHAW


NEW BLOG ALERT, ask David Henshaw your questions, Where did you hide the money...
follow link or see below for questions posed to the former Chief Executive of Liverpool City Council, and maybe a word from the mighty one himself??!!!



Sunday, January 14, 2007
YOUR QUESTIONS TO SIR DIDDY HENSHAW AT HIS GREAT GUARDIAN LECTURE....

DISGRACED former chief executive, Sir David Henshaw has been invited to give a lecture on 'public service and trust' by the Guradian.
The diddy man is totally unaware that, in reality, this is a mischievous piss-take dreamed up after a lunchtime of booze by one Grauniad executive.
Specialist staff have been hired to help the high-powered audience stifle their giggles and wipe away their tears of mirth as Sir Diddy, (who blackmailed the city of Liverpool, mounted a coup d'etat against its elected leader and suspended the council's communications chief on trumped up charges, ed) takes the stage to lecture onlookers.
We have even been promised that his bete noire, former communications chief Matt Finnegan, will be at the conference and ready to confront the little dictator.
And now it's your chance to ask greedy Henshaw some searching questions.
Simply send us a comment with your question and we will post them on the blog and make sure he gets all the questions in time for his star appearance at the conference on the 26th of January. There's no time to lose!

Anonymous said...

My first question would be:

What have you got on Mike Storey?
2:19 PM


Roger said...

My question is: Were you really so arrogant that you actually believed you could get away without being exposed for trying to get rid of the Leader of the Council and the council's media chief in your own pursuit of power and personal greed?
7:18 PM


Anonymous said...

What have you done for Tony Blair that he still appointed you as Chair of the North West Regional Health Board despite protests from 7? senior MPs and umpteen Councillors and others and the resignation of a rising star junior Minister Jane Kennedy?
8:45 PM

Anonymous said...

What have you got on Colin Cover up?
8:45 PM


gary t said... Okay then,

my question to Sir Diddy Henshaw, evil being of this parish, is this: 'how does it feel to be the second most hated man on merseyside after former sun editor, sir kelvin mckenzie?'
9:32 PM


Jeremy Paxman said...
My question to Sir Diddy is this: what would you most like to be known for: your blackmailing, your attempted coup, your framing of innocent staff, your greed, your ego, or your failure to be respected, trusted or liked by anyone? Which is it, Sir Diddy?

10:48 AM


Matt Finnegan said...

I would like to set my question in context first by talking about blogs - more and more people are discovering how they can be enormously effective in getting some messages out to a wider public and exciting interest amongst the general public. They have even been known to attract the attention of MP's and leading politicians or a whole city. Blogs enable people who have been prevented by the mass media or gagged by their employers, for example, to communicate very directly with the public and ensure that people know all that they should know.I would like to ask Sir David therefore - have you ever thought of starting a blog?

12:55 PM


Observer said...

What advice would you give to other chief executives to prevent what happened at Liverpool happening again?

3:58 PM

Anonymous said...

what was missing from the liverpoolevilcabal blog?

# 4:01 PM

Trevor McDonald said...

Aside from trying to oust the Leader of the Council and trying to frame your own staff, what was your biggest mistake?

Member said...

Will you be repaying the millions of
pounds which your successor, Colin Hilton, claims your negotiation of the Liverpool Direct deal with BT has cost the people of Liverpool?

12:26 AM

Council employee said...

Of the 42 separate recommendations made by KPMG to try and clean up your deal with BT, which do you think was the most valid? And if I may be permitted a second question: Will you ever offer a public apology to the people of Liverpool for the damage you have done and the millions of pounds you wasted?



12:32 AM

Dr mce said...

to Matt Finnegan

Do you mean this isnt David's blog?
11:07 PM

Tori Blare said...

My question is
Sir Diddy, do you feel the postings on the LIVERPOOLEVILCABAL Blogspot, and all the other blogspots born from this, contain the truth or do you feel the points are untrue and unfair to you and your EVIL friends?
What are you going to do about it?
1:29 PM


Mrs Hilton said...

Mr Henshaw
How much is your house selling for?
Can me and Colin have a private viewing?
Will you hurry up and go?
1:30 PM


Mildred said...

Where do you buy your cuban heels?


6:04 PM


Phil Hasitall said...

You tried to sack me once, but I did your bidding and assassinatated numerous good charectors.
When will I recieve my reward?
You have left me in this shithole, please sir take me with you, the natives are revolting!
My smile is wearing thin!

6:18 PM

Chas Show me the money said...

Where's my money?

Charlie Parker said...

Yes i wuz due sum maw as weill -when can i cowect my share?

9:24 PM

Anonymous said...

Are you planning to grow a long beard and thick moustache any time soon?

9:25 PM

Sir David Henshaw said...

Why are you all so horrible to me?
You all needed a kick up the arse and my cuban heels were nice and pointy just for that reason, what would you have done if you were in my shoes?
I did what I thought was right and mummy told me I deserved all the money and that I should threaten intimidate and generally treat people like the low life that they are.
Mummy broughtme a friend home one day called DOGGY STYLE, I call him Dr David, he has many friends some who smile a lot and others who keep asking me to show them the money.
Mummy told me that I needed these people to get on in the world as I could not do it alone because I am a midget.
Please stop picking on me or I will get mummy onto you all.

3:10 PM

Mike Tall Storey said...

Can I have my job back now???

3:39 PM


Nigel Ponsonby-Smallpiece said...

My question to Sir Diddy. Can you stand up to give your lecture please....oh sorry.

2:44 AM


fellow cowboy said...

Can you get stirrup attachments for those?

10:25 AM

Intrigued said...

This is 11 am on this coming Thursday excuse me Friday right?

http://society.guardian.co.uk/summit/page/0,,1942542,00.html ??

11:07 PM

Prof Yaffle Chucklebutty said...

Extract from the lecture found on laptop.

By Jove, missus! what a tattynefarious day, yes, when I was made Squire of Grotty Cash. Who would have thought it, from those dark days in the Knowsley Jam-butty mines to be elevated to such lofty heights. And that's not just my cuban heels. What a beautiful day for putting a shovel in your underpants and saying how's that for a Big Dig?

Yes when the good burghers and some very silly burghers of Lollypool, put me in charge of Chuckle Chambers I didn't want to leave this wonderful city with tears for souveignirs but to leave you feeling full of mirth and your spirits lighter. Well i was close missus I left full of murk and with your bank balance much lighter. Of course I am now a Knight of the Realm. And what a bloody awful night it was too. Arise Sir Diddy,they said, yes please I said, so I increased my salary.

But I couldn't have done it without good friends. And closest of all was Doc the Marmaliser. He helped me leave a great legacy, LDL. Lotsa Dirty Lucra. Where's all the money gone people ask. Well mostly to Charity to help a dear old lady called Beatty.

A shame I fell out with Dickie Mint over silly things like the Trams and the Cloud but when he tried to offer me a bus pass to go it was only Off- peak, an insult to a man of my standing (4' 10" in my heels) and I was not going to stand at the bus stop until 9.30 missus, not with the cold windy weather whistling round your knighthood. I didn't want my investments shrinking.

So i threatened to report Dickie to the to help the aged standards committee and they were shocked at what they found! Dickie had been trying topple me with his cohort, Mattymail Funniblog.

Dickie had to step down from his high office and finally look me in the eye. A new experience for me! But it was all worth it, i got my pension and my full bus pass. So I think the whole issue about standards in public office that can be learned from my time in charge of the chuckle muscle of merseyside comes down to one thing Happiness!

We all need to be happy and it's good to see that despite all the bigwigs driving around in their posh cars, they stil think of the less fortunate, like the Homeless and have, I believe, just invested some cash in Shelter.

So the Liver Birds still stand proud and so do the pigeons on the roof of the Town Hall and as i said to the pigeons on the day I left, lets stop all this silly coo nonsense. I did what I did to stand up for Diddymen everywhere. Tatty Bye everybody Tatty Bye!!!!

4:02 AM


Posted by Tony Parrish47 at Sunday, January 14, 2007







Matt Finnegan said...

I would like to set my question in context first by talking about blogs - more and more people are discovering how they can be enormously effective in getting some messages out to a wider public and exciting interest amongst the general public. They have even been known to attract the attention of MP's and leading politicians or a whole city. Blogs enable people who have been prevented by the mass media or gagged by their employers, for example, to communicate very directly with the public and ensure that people know all that they should know.I would like to ask Sir David therefore - have you ever thought of starting a blog?
12:55 PM

Tori Blare said...

My question is
Sir Diddy, do you feel the postings on the LIVERPOOLEVILCABAL Blogspot, and all the other blogspots born from this, contain the truth or do you feel the points are untrue and unfair to you and your EVIL friends?
What are you going to do about it?
1:29 PM



Sir David Henshaw said...


Why are you all so horrible to me?
You all needed a kick up the arse and my cuban heels were nice and pointy just for that reason, what would you have done if you were in my shoes?
I did what I thought was right and mummy told me I deserved all the money and that I should threaten intimidate and generally treat people like the low life that they are.
Mummy broughtme a friend home one day called DOGGY STYLE, I call him Dr David, he has many friends some who smile a lot and others who keep asking me to show them the money.
Mummy told me that I needed these people to get on in the world as I could not do it alone because I am a midget.
Please stop picking on me or I will get mummy onto you all.
3:10 PM


Mike Tall Storey said...

Can I have my job back now???
3:39 PM

Nigel Ponsonby-Smallpiece said...

My question to Sir Diddy. Can you stand up to give your lecture please....oh sorry.
2:44 AM

fellow cowboy said...

Can you get stirrup attachments for those?
10:25 AM

Intrigued said...

This is 11 am on this coming Thursday excuse me Friday right?

http://society.guardian.co.uk/summit/page/0,,1942542,00.html ??
11:07 PM


Prof Yaffle Chucklebutty said...

Extract from the lecture found on laptop.

By Jove, missus! what a tattynefarious day, yes, when I was made Squire of Grotty Cash. Who would have thought it, from those dark days in the Knowsley Jam-butty mines to be elevated to such lofty heights. And that's not just my cuban heels. What a beautiful day for putting a shovel in your underpants and saying how's that for a Big Dig?

Yes when the good burghers and some very silly burghers of Lollypool, put me in charge of Chuckle Chambers I didn't want to leave this wonderful city with tears for souveignirs but to leave you feeling full of mirth and your spirits lighter. Well i was close missus I left full of murk and with your bank balance much lighter. Of course I am now a Knight of the Realm. And what a bloody awful night it was too. Arise Sir Diddy,they said, yes please I said, so I increased my salary.

But I couldn't have done it without good friends. And closest of all was Doc the Marmaliser. He helped me leave a great legacy, LDL. Lotsa Dirty Lucra. Where's all the money gone people ask. Well mostly to Charity to help a dear old lady called Beatty.

A shame I fell out with Dickie Mint over silly things like the Trams and the Cloud but when he tried to offer me a bus pass to go it was only Off- peak, an insult to a man of my standing (4' 10" in my heels) and I was not going to stand at the bus stop until 9.30 missus, not with the cold windy weather whistling round your knighthood. I didn't want my investments shrinking.

So i threatened to report Dickie to the to help the aged standards committee and they were shocked at what they found! Dickie had been trying topple me with his cohort, Mattymail Funniblog.

Dickie had to step down from his high office and finally look me in the eye. A new experience for me! But it was all worth it, i got my pension and my full bus pass. So I think the whole issue about standards in public office that can be learned from my time in charge of the chuckle muscle of merseyside comes down to one thing Happiness!

We all need to be happy and it's good to see that despite all the bigwigs driving around in their posh cars, they stil think of the less fortunate, like the Homeless and have, I believe, just invested some cash in Shelter.

So the Liver Birds still stand proud and so do the pigeons on the roof of the Town Hall and as i said to the pigeons on the day I left, lets stop all this silly coo nonsense. I did what I did to stand up for Diddymen everywhere. Tatty Bye everybody Tatty Bye!!!!
4:02 AM

Tony Parrish47 said...


It dewserved to have much attention drawn to it, folks. And yes, intrigued, it is the very same lecture. Are you going?
12:29 AM

Anonymous said...

I have just heard that Henshaw has in fact given his apologies and won't be speaking at the Gurdin conference now. Something about him being called to a beach in Devon. He apparently had some things to pick up....
11:13 PM
syko analyst said...

Was it a VERY unhappy childhood, Diddy?
5:38 PM


COMMENT ABOUT HENSHAW POSTED ON GOSSIP BLOG
Anonymous said... to get serious for a minute...you should know that Sir Diddy has run as fast as his little legs will carry him to his solicitors, following the post on the henshaw evil cabal blog about the Guardian lecture. he is threatening writs, libel actions, injunctions, judiucial reviews and all kinds of other legal jiggery pokery to again try and close the blog down. his solicitors are brabners again. This has all come from a colleague of his wife (who is herself a nice person, given who she lives with). Sir Diddy is also apparently in regular contact with Mceilhenny and halsall and the three of them met for dinner before xmas at a hotel in Cheshire - but i doubt whether Diddy paid! One bizarre thing - he has also been talking to the cops to see if he can persuade them to do something. he says he is being persecuted! The irony of it! He is really worried about the Guardian lecture and whether anyone is going to take the piss out of him publicly in front of the great and the good and has seriously talked to someone from the guardian about improving security or pulling out! christ knows who he thinks he is. but his solicitors have advised him to carry on. He is apparently furious at Finnegan and the Tony Parrish campaign, which appears to have had a big impact at westminster amongst labour mps and in other local councils. according to the girls, henshaw is afraid that he is now regarded as being completely persona non grata and worries constantly about important people snubbing him. which must be true! but the best news is this - they are talking about leaving liverpool and moving somewhere else! hurrah! anyway, watch out for the lawyers lads - even though he is full of the usual bluster, you never know what he will do when he gets in a tizz. and he has got the money. will try to keep you up-dated on any other developments... Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:34:00 PM


What others say about Henshaw

"A man in whom I have no confidence and for whom I have no respect" Jane Kennedy, MP, former Health Minister. "He's a puffed up little bully," Councillor Mike Storey, former leader of Liverpool city council. "Henshaw has an ego the size of the city," Robert Crawford, former chief executive of the Mersey Partnership. "An odious little wretch," Alison Halford. "He did bugger all to get Culture here and then tried to claim all the credit," Sir Bob Scott. "Who?, Tony Blair. "He tried to get me sacked once - it was unbelievable," Executive Director, Phil Halsall. "A horrible man," George Howarth, MP. "Frighteningly insecure, driven by a huge ego and the overwhelming desire to be loved. He's like a little boy lost on the one hand - and on the other, the most vicious, nasty brutish individual you could ever have the misfortune to meet, let alone work for. Motivated by greed and believes in nothing but himself..." Matt Finnegan, former Director of Communications. "Do you want to be in my gang?", Osama Bin Laden. "A puffed up little squirt, poncing about the city as if he owned it," Warren Bradley, council leader "A horrible man, horrible," Rex Makin. "Of course he tried to blackmail the leader of the council and he should have been run out of town as a result," Councillor Richard Marbrow "A nasty little ego-maniac," Mark Dickenson, former editor of the Liverpool Echo. "Henshaw did absolutely nothing to help me in Culture throughout the last year he was here. He was always away in London trying to feather his own nest. He was useless." Jason Harbarrow, acting chief executive of the Liverpool Culture Company. "My hero," David McElhinney. (to be continued...)


LORD SKELMERSDALE'S VERDICT ON HENSHAW'S PROPOSALS FOR THE CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY

"The new scheme has not proved to be working any better than the original one, and the initial administrative reforms suggested by Sir David Henshaw are clearly insufficient to make much of a difference. "


WHAT GREEDY HENSHAW POCKETED FOR his 'insufficient' recommendations on the CSA
James Plaskitt (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions): The Henshaw redesign's estimated total costs between February 2006 and July 2006 will be as follows: Sir David Henshaw's time £54,000 Redesign secretariat staffing (people who will run around for Sir Diddy and jump when he barks, ed) £200,000 Redesign non-staff costs and publication up to £75,000 Redesign research/consultation (Henshaw glancing at his emails to see what people have said about the CSA, ed) £50,000 Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000. The DWP also meets the costs of general office overheads for example accommodation, IT etc. (these will include Henshaw staying in five star hotels all over the place, and having a fancy lap top, ed) These costs are not separately identifiable from DWP running costs. (conveniently, ed) Information on costs to this Department are not yet available. The redesign secretariat is staffed by employees from the Department for Work and Pensions and the Cabinet Office and the costs detailed are an estimate of the direct costs of Sir David Henshaw and his team for both Departments. Sir David Henshaw's report will contain the details of the costs incurred by this Department and representations made to him.

Saturday, January 13, 2007

HENSHAW CACKS HIS KEKS!!!!


This is an article taken from the Liverpool subCulture blogspot.
Someone has written to the blog comment page and this has the merits of a story in its own right.

For more interesting facts on how your council is leaving you without local amenienties and spending your money on their own pleasures, see my previous posts and/or LIVERPOOL SUBCULTURE



AN INTERESTING COMMENT ABOUT SIR DAVID HENSHAW WHICH DESERVES A WIDER AUDIENCE....


Anonymous said...
to get serious for a minute...you should know that Sir Diddy has run as fast as his little legs will carry him to his solicitors, following the post on the henshaw evil cabal blog about the Guardian lecture. he is threatening writs, libel actions, injunctions, judiucial reviews and all kinds of other legal jiggery pokery to again try and close the blog down. his solicitors are brabners again. This has all come from a colleague of his wife (who is herself a nice person, given who she lives with). Sir Diddy is also apparently in regular contact with Mceilhenny and halsall and the three of them met for dinner before xmas at a hotel in Cheshire - but i doubt whether Diddy paid! One bizarre thing - he has also been talking to the cops to see if he can persuade them to do something. he says he is being persecuted! The irony of it! He is really worried about the Guardian lecture and whether anyone is going to take the piss out of him publicly in front of the great and the good and has seriously talked to someone from the guardian about improving security or pulling out! christ knows who he thinks he is. but his solicitors have advised him to carry on. He is apparently furious at Finnegan and the Tony Parrish campaign, which appears to have had a big impact at westminster amongst labour mps and in other local councils. according to the girls, henshaw is afraid that he is now regarded as being completely persona non grata and worries constantly about important people snubbing him. which must be true!
but the best news is this - they are talking about leaving liverpool and moving somewhere else! hurrah!
anyway, watch out for the lawyers lads - even though he is full of the usual bluster, you never know what he will do when he gets in a tizz. and he has got the money. will try to keep you up-dated on any other developments...

Thursday, January 11, 2007 2:34:00 PM

Posted by Tony Parrish47 at 2:35 PM

Labels: Henshaw, It's called Freedom of Speech stupid

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

he disappeared with 350 grand from the council taxpayers of liverpool - he deserves everything he gets.
Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:24:00 PM

Judge John Deeds said...

agreed. i think Sir diddy has escaped extremely lightly so far. If i were Finney/TP i would have pursued him to the ends of the earth. or at the very least punched him smartly on the nose and slapped him across his balding little head. the cheeky little **** has got our money for being a blackmailer!
Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:31:00 PM

very pleased said...

What goes round comes round eh? - even those ghastly evil cabailsts are finding that out
Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:47:00 PM

Tony Parrish47 said...

To judge John - I don't think either Finneg/TP are violent men. I think both prefer just to make it clear to everyone exactly how evil Sir Diddy is and what damage he did.
Friday, January 12, 2007 11:01:00 AM

Tori Blare said...

You reap what you sew Henshaw you reap what you sew. He is worried that the "important people" know EXACTLY what the little squirt is and he can't get away with the puffa fish act with them.
The best form of punishment for this man is for him to totally understand that he is of no importance to anything.
How many blogs is he going to try and ban until he realises that we will just produce another one?
Friday, January 12, 2007 4:19:00 PM

Saturday, December 30, 2006

Sir David Henshaw's Biography Part FIVE

THE UNTOLD STOREY (PART 5):










'MY WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE" -
"I thought he must have been drinking. Henshaw completely lost it."
The Storey so far: in confidential documents, former council Leader Mike Storey describes his war with former chief executive, Sir David - 'Sir Diddy' - Henshaw. This week: how the fall-out began.

Relations between Sir David Henshaw and council leader Mike Storey deteriorated completely over two issues - Merseytram and Henshaw's pension.

Henshaw was 'aggressive' and used 'threatening and abusive language' both to Councillor Storey and the city's Director of Communications, Matt Finnegan.

The man who later succeeded Storey as Council Leader, Councillor Warren Bradley, described Henshaw's behaviour over the tram as "appalling" and admitted: "We should have sacked him on the spot there and then."

Finnegan, who had to deal with the media attention caused by the tram row, described how Henshaw rang him from Scotland where he was celebrating his wedding anniversary.

Henshaw had earlier already argued violently with Storey over his Merseytram comments and Finnegan had been left trying to persuade the media to play down the story.
But Finnegan says:"Henshaw was completely out of control - at first I thought he must have been drinking, he was shouting and swearing and raving like a lunatic. But he was even worse the following morning. It was an astonishing and shocking performance from someone who was supposed to be Liverpool's Number 1 public servant. He totally lost it. It was a bit frightening to hear someone so obviously out of control."
Storey's statement begins by telling how in 1999 Henshaw was 'very keen' to get the job of chief executive and "immmediately made an impact."
"For the first five years, I enjoyed a very effective and successfull professional relationship, although our relationship has always been purely professional and we have never engaged socially," explains Storey.


But the relationship began to change when Henshaw started to demand more media and public attention and tried to claim credit for all the improvements being made in the city.
His manic obsession with trying to control everything that was said about him brought him into direct conflict with both councillors and journalists who were uneasy at the prominence of a public servant.

Storey says:"At times I have felt that David has over-stepped the mark in terms of his own personal media profile.

"In November our relationship deteriorated over the issue of Merseytram.
"I had felt that the issue was being handled badly and the media perception was bad for the city. I gave comments to the press that I would be 'banging heads together'.
"David reacted very angrily and aggressively to this and told me was going to resign, with swearing and abusive language. He also threatened to attack me publicly.
"Things blew over, but our relationship was never the same."

Current Council Leader Warren Bradley, who was a witness to the row between Storey and Henshaw, said:"I shall never forget it - I could not believe what I was hearing.
"Henshaw was absolutely wild - he was effing and blinding at Mike and calling him every name under the sun. I am used to hearing some strong language from people at times, but this was really shocking coming from the chief executive.


"I thought he had lost his marbles to speak to the Leader of the Council in that way. There was no reasoning with him - he was almost foaming at the mouth."

Finnegan who was on the end of phone calls from Storey and Henshaw throughout the row, said: "It was pretty raw and nasty stuff - I was shocked that he spoke to Mike Storey in that way - and then he turned on me too and suddenly started calling me names! It was literally unbelievable. He was like a wild animal just lashing out at everyone, without any reason.


"He kept on threatening to resign, which would have been a disaster for the council at that time
- and then he ordered me to arrange for him to go on to the Roger Phillips programme on Radio Merseyside.
"I asked him what he wanted to say on the radio.
Henshaw said: 'I am going to denounce the Leader of the Council of course and tell Phillips that I am resigning'.
I could not believe my ears, to be honest. I thought he had taken leave of his senses and gone completely mad.

"There was no way that I was going to arrange for him to go and attack his own Council Leader in public.
He semed to have got everything out of proportion.

Then McElhinney also instructed me to get Henshaw on the radio - I treated that with the contempt it deserved. It would have been an absolute public relations disaster for the city of Liverpool to have the chief exec and Leader kicking each other in public.

"It was clear that Henshaw and McElhinney had their own personal agendas and they were not bothered about what was in Liverpool's best interests."

Storey then recounts how a truce was called and he and Henshaw put on a show of sweetness and light for public consumption.

It was not too last.

Storey says: "Over the issue of the pension deal our relationship deteriorated completely to the point where we did not speak...once David publicly announced his intention to retire our relationship became very frosty."
TO BE CONTINUED...

Posted by Tony Parrish47 at Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Labels: Greedy Henshaw, Matt Finnegan, Mike Storey, The Rottweiller

5 comments:

Watcher said...

Really excellent stuff. You can just imagine Henshaw going bonkers. Nasty little creep
8:53 PM

flabbergasted said...

unbelievable!! who does that little wretch think he is?
10:27 PM

Tori Blare said...

WHY OH WHY OH WHY DIDN'T THEY ACCEPT THE LITTLE FARTS RESIGNATION??????????
Storey is as much to blame, He IS ONE OF THE CABAL as far as I am concerned.
6:54 PM

Wirral man said...

Lack of confidence - a typical Scouse trait. Otherwise they would have had Henshaw out on his ear within seconds. PS Since Storey coined the term evil cabal about his three enemies, I fail to see how he can be part of it?
2:20 PM

Tori Blare said...

I could coin any term and still be a part of it all, Storey knew exactly what was going on and allowed it to continue, therefore HE IS ONE OF THE CORRUPT PEOPLE OF LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL THEREFORE PART OF THE GROUP HE CALLS THE CABAL. Can you see it now Wirral Man?
Stay on your own side of the river if you feel you need to attack scousers, it is not lack of confidence that prevented Storey from acting, it was purely because he was terrified of what would come out of Henshaws mouth that may prove to us all that Storey is just as bad.
What other reason could he have????
1:30 PM

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Friday, December 01, 2006

JANE KENNEDY LIVERPOOL LABOUR MP HIGHLIGHTS DAVID HENSHAWS WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY!




LIVERPOOL LABOUR M.P. FOR WAVERTREE, JANE KENNEDY MAKES PHIL WOOLAS AND OTHER LABOUR MP'S KNOW OF THE WASTE OF PUBLIC FUNDS THAT THE EVIL CABAL HAVE COMMITTED THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL TO.

ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE ISSUE OF THE "SERVICE CHARGE", THAT WE HAVE TO PAY AS COUNCIL TAX PAYERS FOR THE COMPUTER SYSTEMS THAT LIVERPOOL DIRECT CHARGE!IS,
JOE ANNDERSON LEADER OF THE LIVERPOOL LABOUR PARTY

THIS DIRECT IN YOUR FACE THEFT OF PUBLIC MONEY, JUST CANNOT CONTINUE!

VOTE THESE IDIOTS OUT IN MAY!




Jane Kennedy (Liverpool, Wavertree, Labour)


When my hon. Friend decided that Liverpool city council should receive a 2.7 per cent. floor uplift, did he take into account a recent report by KPMG which suggests 43 ways in which the council could save money on the external contracts negotiated by its former chief executive Sir David Henshaw? One of them commits the council to a service charge of £11,000 a year per councillor, to be paid to a company called Liverpool Direct for computers supplied to councillors.

Clearly more savings can be made in Liverpool. Will my hon. Friend examine the report to ensure that he and his officials know the background, and to ensure that Liverpool council tax payers receive the best services that can be provided from the significant resources that the council receives?



Phil Woolas (Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government)

I, like my right hon. Friend, want the best for the council tax payers of Liverpool. I am grateful to her for raising the important point about the KPMG survey. Of course, in terms of the allocation of revenue support grant one cannot take into account such specific reports, but Liverpool is subject to the Gershon requirements, as are other authorities, and I would have thought that a consideration of that important report would be a contribution to that agenda in Liverpool

This from the DAILY POST


£20,000 bill to service each councillor's PC


Nov 30 2006

EXCLUSIVE by Rob Merrick Political Correspondent, Daily Post

It's never been repaired, but it's costing £2,000 a year - Cllr Joe Anderson at his computer - Picture: COLIN LANE

LIVERPOOL City Council will spend £2.5m servicing computers for its councillors in a 10-year deal condemned as a "scandalous waste" of taxpayers' money by an MP yesterday.

Just 120 PCs and laptops at the town hall are covered by the maintenance agreement struck with controversial joint venture company Liverpool Direct Ltd (LDL).

At an annual charge of around £250,000, it means council taxpayers are footing a staggering bill of more than £2,000 for servicing each computer for 12 months - costing £20,000 per PC for the duration of the 10-year deal. Last night, Wavertree MP Jane Kennedy attacked the deal, claiming a brand new computer would cost only £600-£700 - one third of the annual service charge. The Labour MP said: "How could they sign such a bad deal for council taxpayers? This demonstrates a chronic lack of rigour in the council's procedures. "This is a service charge that has to be paid by the local authority for every computer, regardless of whether it breaks down or not." And Cllr Joe Anderson, leader of the council's Labour group, added: "It's an absolute disgrace. My computer has never had to be repaired, yet it is costing £2,000 a year." The revelation of the cost of IT support comes hard-on-the-heels of a damning report by external auditors, which found huge failures in the city council's contracts for crucial services. KPMG made 43 recommendations to overhaul two deals worth £520m, including the one with LDL, which operates the city council's call centres. Chief executive Colin Hilton admitted that implementing the changes could save millions of pounds of taxpayers' cash, even though the contracts were signed to cut costs. The Daily Post understands the computer servicing charges were brought to KPMG's attention, although the deal was not mentioned specifically in its report. Signed in July, 2001, it cost £230,359 in that financial year - rising to £251,026 in 2004/05, the last year for which a figure is available. For that fee, the city council receives technical support for just 90 councillors, plus their 30 support staff.
It excludes Blackberrys, carried by some leading councillors, and an unspecified number of new computers, which together cost a further £47,923 for servicing in 2004/05.
However, in a fierce defence of the deal, the city council insisted that it had helped "transform" its computer infrastructure. A spokesman said: "It includes connection to and maintenance of a secure server, unlimited access to broadband for computers used at home and all the technology needed to support the system. "It would not be in the council's interests to purchase computers without proper technical support in place. The service provided is far more comprehensive than that available at a high street electrical store." The spokesman added that LDL had invested £60m in improved technology, helping the city council reduce its annual running costs by £100m. However, he admitted: "A number of recommendations about the contract were made in the KPMG report which we are now in the process of implementing." Liverpool City Council has refused to publish the full report, insisting it must be kept confidential for commercial reasons. It has pledged to implement the recommendations by March next year, including ensuring LDL offers the cheapest deal for any new services it wants to take over.

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