• Ledbury Blog
  • Stuff
  • Who?
  • Let's Talk
  • Here nor There
    • Nature Corner
  • Contact
  • Ledbury Blog
  • Stuff
  • Who?
  • Let's Talk
  • Here nor There
    • Nature Corner
  • Contact
RICH HADLEY

Thinking around.

What about you?

The best laid schemes o' mice an' men

28/3/2018

1 Comment

 
PictureLedbury's Big Day Out.
​Celebratory champagne and a precautionary police presence had been laid on for the council party, sorry Council Meeting on 1 March.
This was the evening following on from Liz Harvey’s judicial review at Bristol High Court.  Councillors and town council staff were all happy expectation leading up to the ‘Big Day’ as they called it. How auspicious that the ‘JR’ coincided with a Council meeting: wouldn’t it be marvellous to announce victory? Police were needed in case protesting members of the public disrupted the party, sorry meeting.


Late to court, the quartet of Ledbury Defenders created a fascinating sight in the smart surroundings of the Bristol Civil Justice Centre. In his trainers, Bob Barnes padded across the polished floor noiselessly, followed by lumbering 'Mucky' Martin Eager looking fresh from some gardening; Town clerk, Karen Mitchell, shone of course, all in brown. Some moments later, the Lynda ‘Your Council’ Wilcox arrived, delayed in the loo by a quick protective coat of fresh lacquer. Was it me or could you hear that perfectly coiffed bob creaking as she hastened to a far corner, trying hard not to disturb the judge who evidently hadn’t noticed her.

It was unfortunate that a late blizzard caused an adjournment of the hearing, especially after they had come all this way.  It also meant the party, sorry council meeting, would also be postponed. Double drat.

Aside from the lurking Beast from the East, optimism for a Ledbury Spring among the merry band of town councillors led by Crowe and Fieldhouse, was always likely to be misplaced: judgements in judicial review are rarely determined on the day of the hearing. Unlike some Ledbury town councillors, judges tend to be cautious, preferring to weigh all the evidence before making a decision. Crowe’s bottle of cheap bubbly will have to stay on ice for a while longer.

The new date for the hearing is April 17 in Cardiff. Pob lwc Ledbury!

​

1 Comment
best ssd link
29/7/2020 01:22:09 pm

thanks bro

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Categories

    All
    Annette Crowe
    Appreciation
    Bill Wiggin
    Car-parking
    Democracy
    Dodgy Minutes
    Economy
    Elaine Fieldhouse
    Freemasons
    HALC
    Heritage
    Importance
    Judicial Review
    Ledbury
    Ledbury Places
    Ledbury Town Council
    Lynda Wilcox
    Mayoral News
    Media Coverage
    Nationalism
    Nature Corner
    Neighbourhood Plan
    Planning
    Poetry
    Positive Values
    Post Truth
    Psychology
    Supermarkets
    Town Centre
    Transport
    Waste Of Money
    Xenophobia

    Archives

    November 2018
    October 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    October 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014

    Rich Hadley

    @RichPossibility 

    RSS Feed

    RSS Feed

Site Visitors to www.richhadley.net
Proudly powered by Weebly