Greenwich Council has finally come clean and admitted its weekly newspaper, Greenwich Time, is signed off by leader Chris Roberts… “to ensure political neutrality and to protect the borough’s reputation”. Last week, this website revealed how the council’s press office intervened to change the tone of a promotion for the council’s employment agency, despite Roberts […]
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Greenwich Time: ‘Cut unflattering content or we’ll get our P45s’
An ad for street wardens in Greenwich Council’s weekly newspaper removed references to shoplifting and rough sleeping in Woolwich for fear they would prove embarrassing, it has emerged. The promotion for the council’s in-house recruitment agency also cut a reference to a recruit’s six children because the council’s chief executive was apparently “nervous” about mentioning […]
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Greenwich Council bullying: A night in denial at the town hall
Fans of dark comedy would have been richly rewarded by Wednesday night’s torturous meeting of Greenwich Council. In fact, it’s hard to know where to start. But running through the meeting were themes common to anyone who’s read this website over the past couple of years – the lack of transparency and an unwillingness to […]
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Why did the Independent’s Andy ignore Labour’s Annie?
With a second councillor standing down over the bullying culture in Greenwich Council’s Labour group, the battle to be the party’s parliamentary candidate for Greenwich & Woolwich is, in truth, a bit of a sideshow. But for those involved, the chance to succeed Nick Raynsford in what should be a safe seat for years to […]
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Locals win Lovells Wharf fight – but council bullying goes on…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssa-iC4uAl4&w=640&h=480%5D Fantastic news from Woolwich Town Hall last night, as Greenwich Council’s planning board unanimously rejected developer London & Regional Properties’ proposals to pack an extra 246 homes onto the Lovell’s Wharf development, increasing the height of the buildings from 10 to 13 stories. Council leader Chris Roberts was the first on the panel […]
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Council bullying: Wannabe MPs pile in as whitewash feared
The aftermath of Greenwich Council leader Chris Roberts’ bullying voicemail took a new twist over the weekend after hopefuls who want to be the next MP for Greenwich and Woolwich stepped in to demand a full investigation into the email. But they only spoke up after a candidate for next year’s council elections said she […]
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Now we can all hear Greenwich Council’s leader act the bully
“Let me be clear to you, if you do not want to take decisions in the remainder of this administration, I expect you to resign from the cabinet. “I’m not having you playing these games. I will remove your portfolio, you will have no portfolio, and you can be doing nothing. “But we are not […]
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Greenwich Council bullying: London Labour Party investigates
Allegations of bullying against Greenwich Council leader Chris Roberts made on this website are being investigated by the London Labour Party, it’s emerged tonight. Roberts left a voicemail message for one of his cabinet members threatening to sack that individual for suggesting in an email to Labour councillors that a decision about the staging of […]
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