| Topic: | Reply | |
| Posted by: | Gordon Southwell | |
| Date/Time: | 20/10/21 16:59:00 |
Nobody is going to put your question to the meeting because it is asinine. It would be a waste of time if they did because the nature of these 'when did you stop beating your wife' type questions is that they aren't designed to get answers. Thankfully, there will be lots of people in the borough who will take Mr Mason at his word and ask genuinely difficult questions which, if he is true to his pledge to run an open and transparent council then he will have to answer without evasion. These questions must include topics like the Town Hall development, the gasworks development, Victoria Hall, the closure of youth centres, the closure of recycling centres and perhaps other issues such as the relationship between the council and the company Mr Mason works or the large pension fund deficit that Ealing is running. The point about Sir David Amess is that he embodied respect within our political system. That so many Labour MPs have chosen to describe him as a friend including Rupa Huq shows that it is possible to disagree with someone politically and be civil with them. There are good reasons to think that attacks on Nigel Jones, Stephen Timms, Jo Cox and Sir David are not in some way related to coarsening of political debate since the arrival of social media. Too many people are willing to believe that all our politicians are venal, self-serving and opportunistic because commentators on Twitter tell us they are. While most politicians do not reach the levels of Sir David, they nearly all went into politics to try and make the lives of others better. They are nearly all decent people with a sense of public duty. That is not to say if they do behave badly or dishonestly they should not be called out on it but a case should be made for why criticising them is justified. I don't recall Andrew Farmer ever showing that he had any insight into the deficiencies of Ealing Council, of which they are many. To him, it seems, Peter Mason is of the opposite team and therefore he is obliged to give him abuse. All elected politicians will immediately put the kind of green ink communications he sends in the bin. Thankfully there are enough people in Ealing who will civilly engage with the authority but throw a harsh light on its faults. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Mason to be questioned | 19/10/21 10:27:00 | Andrew Farmer |
| Re:Mason to be questioned | 19/10/21 12:42:00 | Tricia Arbuthnot |
| Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 19/10/21 14:13:00 | Andrew Farmer |
| Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 19/10/21 14:16:00 | N V Brooks |
| Reply | 19/10/21 14:41:00 | Gordon Southwell |
| Re:Reply | 19/10/21 16:23:00 | Andrew Farmer |
| Re:Re:Reply | 19/10/21 18:34:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Reply | 19/10/21 20:29:00 | Peter Yale |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 19/10/21 20:36:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 19/10/21 20:58:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 19/10/21 22:42:00 | Keith Iddon |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 19/10/21 22:46:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply | 10/11/21 08:04:00 | P Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 21/10/21 17:55:00 | Simon Wycombe |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 21/10/21 18:00:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 10/11/21 08:19:00 | P Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 10/11/21 15:55:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 10/11/21 08:17:00 | P Taylor |
| Re:Mason to be questioned | 20/10/21 11:10:00 | Paul Scullion |
| Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 20/10/21 13:58:00 | Andrew Farmer |
| Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 20/10/21 14:05:00 | vincent paul wrigley |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 20/10/21 15:04:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 20/10/21 15:36:00 | Paul Scullion |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 20/10/21 16:21:00 | Andrew Farmer |
| Reply | 20/10/21 16:59:00 | Gordon Southwell |
| Re:Reply | 20/10/21 17:13:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 20/10/21 17:04:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 21/10/21 10:38:00 | Paul Scullion |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 21/10/21 11:11:00 | Andrew Farmer |
| Re:Mason to be questioned | 21/10/21 09:42:00 | Andrew Farmer |
| Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 21/10/21 12:17:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 21/10/21 13:30:00 | Andrew Farmer |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to be questioned | 21/10/21 15:16:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to belsee questioned | 22/10/21 15:39:00 | Andrew Farmer |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to belsee questioned | 24/10/21 17:19:00 | vincent paul wrigley |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to belsee questioned | 25/10/21 08:47:00 | Andrew Farmer |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to belsee questioned | 25/10/21 09:12:00 | Raymond Havelock |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to belsee questioned | 25/10/21 11:14:00 | Rosco White |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Mason to belsee questioned | 25/10/21 11:54:00 | Andrew Farmer |