EVERYTHING IS GOOD IN THANET

In his fortnightly address to the people of Thanet, leader of the council Clive 'Bulldozer' Hart addressed the issues of the day. The piece was subtitled "Wot I Did Wiv My Weekend" describing how he spent time with his grand children. His grand children's teachers gave the piece a C- and said it needed work.

There are a number of pressing issues around Thanet at the moment - Manston Airport, the Independent Report, the removal of the Chief Executive, Alan Foole to name a few - and Bulldozer Hart chose to ignore all of them and take the ostrich approach - if you pretend everything is OK people will forget about the issues soon. 

At this weeks full Council meeting, Clive proudly talked about a number of projects the Council were working on. The news for Ramsgate was very good news with a number of projects being put in place. These were all initiated by the Ramsgate Councillors and were a concession to the people of Ramsgate to keep them quiet. But then the list became a little bizarre. Because the silver fox started to take credit for a number of projects that were not his.

He bragged about the Friends of Ellington Park. A grass roots community group that recently won the Peoples Millions. He bragged about the Broadstairs Shed project - another lucky recipient of the funding. Ramsgate Tunnels was his idea. He bragged about the skatepark investment, despite the fact that a contract has yet to be rewarded. 

In his next leaders report, will Clive be claiming that he invented the wheel and that plans are in place for a teleportation device. 

Many local commentators have noted that this is getting beyond a joke. As Clive keeps saying that issues should not be political, people are noting that the current administration is getting desperate.

Keep calm and pretend everything is ok