Author Archives: Ian

There are characters committed to fiction so treacherous, so deceitful that they have become synonymous with the concept of lying. The one I remember best to illustrate is the Shakespearean villain Iago, who occurs in Othello. Whereas his boss Othello … Continue reading →

…..Or a juxtaposition of “Britishness”. At the recent Neighbourhoods and Health Scrutiny board, “Sandwell’s finest” decided to take “no action” on our petition, a two fingered gesture to those who had campaigned hard to protect the geese and expose the officer … Continue reading →

  An email has been sent to those councillors who are restanding at the local elections in Sandwell on 7th May. Any responses received will be published on this page. The option for any other candidates to comment on this … Continue reading →

  So on May 7th several elected members in Sandwell will be appointed to serve their communities. An email has now been sent to all the current councillors who are standing for election again. In total 24 seats are to … Continue reading →

   Manuel, a character from the BBC sit com Fawlty Towers.  In one episode “communication problems” , his boss Mr Fawlty attempts to make the waiter lie about a bet he has placed. Any similarity between any fictional and real … Continue reading →

    Adrian Scarrott as Head of “neighbourhoods” has replied to the “independent” stage two investigators report following my complaint about the manner in which Sandwell council officers appeared to have lied about “relocating” geese that they knew had really … Continue reading →

    BACKGROUND At the start of this campaign, it was made clear that officers of the council had stated that the geese in 2013 at Victoria Park Tipton had been “relocated to the Sandwell Valley”. This was expressed by … Continue reading →

This is a species conservation alert! I would urge people to be on the lookout for that most aggressive of species The Labou rare idle swine. Please inspect your composts, garden sheds and outside toilets to make sure that there … Continue reading →

The following was supposedly written by Adrian Scarrott and Steve Handley, directors of Neighbourhoods and Streetscene respectively. Both appeared with John Satchwell  to defend Sandwell councils’ actions at the scrutiny meeting. It was quite apparent from the body language that the … Continue reading →

It was with little surprise that the joint Health and Neighbourhoods Scrutiny board decided to take “no action” regarding their council’s clandestine cull of Canada geese, overseen by the loose cannon Parks manager John Satchwell. No surprise because all the … Continue reading →