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Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in for me” – says Joe Anderson

Posted on January 16, 2023 by richardkemp

Don’t feel sorry for Joe Anderson. We will be paying for Joe’s period in control for years to come. Over the weekend the online Liverpool journal, the Post, published a lengthy article based on even lengthier interviews with former Liverpool … Continue reading →

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Another £111,000 of council taxpayers money down the drain

Posted on July 28, 2022 by richardkemp

So, at 10.30 today the Mazars report on the Liverpool Council electricity purchasing debacle was published. I spent the afternoon yesterday talking about it although the Government only let the press see it in advance. However, I already knew enough … Continue reading →

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Motion of ‘No Confidence’ in Liverpool Mayor and Cabinet blocked

Posted on July 20, 2022 by richardkemp

I am not surprised but I am saddened by the fact that my motion to move a ‘Vote of No Confidence’ in the Mayor and Cabinet has been blocked by the Lord Mayor. This is, course, an almost exact mirror … Continue reading →

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Government Commissioners likened to Dads Army

Posted on July 15, 2022 by richardkemp

Today I have likened the role of the Government’s Commissioners in Liverpool to asking Dad’s Army to lead the assault on the Normandy beaches on D Day. I have taken my concerns further in a letter to the new Secretary … Continue reading →

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Mayor Anderson has become the ‘Phantom of the Cunard’

Posted on June 21, 2022 by richardkemp

I have accused Liverpool’s Elected Mayor, Joanne Anderson of becoming the ‘Phantom of the Cunard’ after cancelling the Mayoral & Performance Select Committee on the grounds that it conflicts with the Fazakerley by-election. In a letter to her I point … Continue reading →

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Get the Everton Football Club Report into the Open

Posted on April 13, 2022 by richardkemp

I have reacted angrily today to the fact that the report on the financial relationship between Liverpool Council and Everton Football Club over the potential for council investment in the new Bramley Moore Stadium will be dealt with after the … Continue reading →

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What do we make of Labour as it splits apart in Liverpool?

Posted on March 1, 2022 by richardkemp

So, the expected crunch has come in the Liverpool Labour where a lot of long-time dissidents have been joined by those who joined the Party 4/5 years ago because they were attracted by Corbynism. I’m not crowing about this. There … Continue reading →

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Unmitigated Greed of the Liverpool Commissioners and unmitigated stupidity by the Government

Posted on January 11, 2022 by richardkemp

Today I have asked the House of Commons Select Committee that scrutinises the work of the department for Levelling Up and Housing to investigate the 50% increase in fees charged to the Council for the work of the Commissioners. Let … Continue reading →

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What has 2022 in store for Liverpool?

Posted on December 31, 2021 by richardkemp

Speaking after the Battle of Egypt in 1942 Sir Winston Churchill spoke these oft repeated words, “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning”. At … Continue reading →

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