Pity your local postman, groaning under the weight of sacks of unwanted paper sent - at YOUR expense - to every household in the county. Somerset County Council has been splashing out again on a deliberate campaign of confusion to try … [Read more...] about COUNTY COUNCIL REFERENDUM “SPOILER”
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Somerset Day?
Before 2015 there wasn't anything called "Somerset Day". In truth the county disappeared as an easily identified place in 1974 when the government of the day chopped it up and neutered its influence. Somerset County Council does not … [Read more...] about Somerset Day?
THE LAWYERS ARE COMING
Our four District Councils have taken the best legal advice, and the answer is clear. There is nothing to stop them holding referendum to give people a decent chance of showing their views on the two plans for reforming local … [Read more...] about THE LAWYERS ARE COMING
ANOTHER GIANT COUNTY COUNCIL BLUNDER
Somerset County Council's latest flat-footed bungling has unleashed extraordinary anger from the Headteachers of Somerset's Secondary Schools. The Heads cite "lack of leadership" and say their relationship with the County Council's … [Read more...] about ANOTHER GIANT COUNTY COUNCIL BLUNDER
“CATCH THE SKANSKA LEAKER”
Somerset County Council has a bee in its bonnet. Actually it is more like a giant hornet. The council is still deeply embarrassed about the original Skanska report which revealed dismal management of a contract by the Highways … [Read more...] about “CATCH THE SKANSKA LEAKER”