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Topic: Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 2009
Posted by: Andy Jones
Date/Time: 18/03/09 09:30:00

It is a bit of a struggle to work out exactly what the thought processes were in making the decision to attend this conference. On the face of it seems a totally crass decision with the group from Ealing jetting out just as this year's Council Tax demand hits the doormats of the people who are paying for the trip. With the business rate rise coming at the same time this looks very bad.

I don't think the people who run the Council are imbeciles so they must recognise how symbolically important this trip is and how damaging to their election prospects. With 2010 looming the most convincing reason I can think for going on this conference is to get a chance to schmooze Boris Johnson and gain a GLA sinecure. This suggests that the local Conservatives believe they will lose the next election which surprises me because for all of their faults they have been better than the previous administration. The money spent going to Cannes is a tiny proportion of that blown on the tram or the Response project.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200907/03/09 01:11:00 Arthur Breens
   Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200909/03/09 10:41:00 Pat Kingham
      Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200909/03/09 13:52:00 Arthur Breens
      Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200909/03/09 13:56:00 Tony Price
         Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200909/03/09 16:46:00 Peter Chadburn
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200909/03/09 19:01:00 Tony Price
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200909/03/09 22:12:00 Peter Chadburn
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200910/03/09 18:39:00 Tony Price
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200911/03/09 02:05:00 Peter Chadburn
   Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200915/03/09 23:19:00 Tony Price
      Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200915/03/09 23:35:00 Peter Chadburn
         Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200915/03/09 23:48:00 Tony Price
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200916/03/09 00:00:00 Peter Chadburn
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200917/03/09 00:04:00 Ali Khan
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200917/03/09 23:29:00 Ali Khan
   Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200918/03/09 09:30:00 Andy Jones
      Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200918/03/09 14:39:00 Tony Price
         Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200918/03/09 16:47:00 Graham Weeks
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200918/03/09 18:49:00 Tony Price
      Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200918/03/09 23:18:00 Ali Khan
   Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200919/03/09 13:45:00 Niall Connolly
      Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200919/03/09 19:41:00 Tony Price
         Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200921/03/09 00:32:00 Ali Khan
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200921/03/09 05:39:00 Graham Weeks
   Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200924/03/09 09:10:00 Paul Cavanagh
   Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200926/03/09 10:03:00 Alice Jefferson
      Re:Re:Booking Comfirmed  Cannes 200926/03/09 10:25:00 Tony Price

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