Iron Angle, comment on Birmingham CC & politics

Car-sharing lane flop just what the council ordered Oct 04 2008

Birmingham’s car sharing scheme on the A47 Heartlands Spine Road has been a disaster.Read

Iron Angle at the Tory conference - Tuesday Sep 30 2008

Horror of horrors, it was suggested that Dave might issue his emergency statement and then cancel the rest of the conference due to the seriousness of the global financial mayhem. Read

Iron Angle at the Tory conference - Monday Sep 29 2008

“I expect you are wondering what this Czech person is doing here?” asked the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic. Read

Iron Angle at the Tory conference - Sunday Sep 28 2008

Public Affairs Editor Paul Dale senses the shadow of history behind the Conservative conference.Read

John Alden mission set to cost the council millions Sep 27 2008

The unexploded bomb that is Tory councillor John Alden has been put in charge of Birmingham City Council’s trusts and charities sub-committee.Read

City council's long wait for planners to see sense Sep 19 2008

Yelps of pain from the bowels of Birmingham Council House as arms are twisted and backbones stiffened.Read

Battle over Birmingham Library about to intensify Sep 12 2008

Alarm bells are ringing at Birmingham Council House over the expectation that Culture Minister Margaret Hodge is on the verge of announcing whether the Central Library is to be listed. Read

Budget write-offs the Birmingham City Council way Sep 05 2008

Financial wizards at Birmingham City Council have invented a new way of accounting which may be useful to us all during these difficult times.Read

Hero Mike has a last-minute attack of modesty Aug 08 2008

Mike Whitby’s florid account of the resumption of production of MG sports cars at Longbridge bore more than a passing resemblance to the efforts of another Tory wordsmith, Lord Jeffrey Archer. Read

Neville trips over the green belt Aug 02 2008

Neville Summerfield, Birmingham cabinet member for regeneration-lite, had a big day last Monday.Read

Civic Society in a muddle over Colmore Row Jul 26 2008

Another embarrassing crisis has rocked the hallowed portals of the Birmingham Civic Society.Read

Council stuck in the bus lane when it comes to decisions Jul 19 2008

It is four years since transportation cabinet member Len Gregory decided to suspend “temporarily” the A38 Tyburn Road bus lanes. Read

Birmingham Labour's talent for talking rubbish Jul 11 2008

Unfortunately, I could not attend last week’s Birmingham City Council meeting. Well, you can only have so much of a good thing.Read

Council warns staff to steer clear of the cannibalism website Jul 05 2008

Jobsworths at Birmingham City Council have compiled a fascinating list of websites that local authority staff are banned from using while at work.Read

John Lines avoids Cairns-like censure over 'scumbag' comment Jun 21 2008

While most Conservatives never forgave Theresa May for describing Tories as the nasty party and still fewer understood why she believed that to be the case, her comments forced a change in attitude among the image-conscious backers of David Cameron.Read

Labour risk losing Ladywood to Ayoub Khan Jun 13 2008

Labour, having split its own ranks with a spectacularly botched selection of a candidate to replace Clare Short MP in Ladywood at the next General Election, is quickly waking up to the fact that this once rock-solid seat could be lost to, of all people, the Liberal Democrats.Read

The wait for that Lib Dem inquiry goes on ... Jun 07 2008

More than two months have passed since Elections Commissioner Timothy Straker QC criticised the character and motives of Birmingham Lib Dem cabinet member Ayoub Khan and the party’s Aston council candidate Saeed Aehmed.Read

Too much information, Keely May 25 2008

I am fascinated to read the latest Facebook entry from Keely Huxtable, who is the prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate for Northfield.Read

Birmingham Labour can't escape the threat of mutiny May 17 2008

Birmingham Labour councillor Yvonne Mosquito has been deposed as vice-chairman of the West Midlands Police Authority.Read

Grundy shows her credentials for leading Birmingham Labour May 10 2008

Don’t you just love it when politicians standing for high office say ’it’s nothing personal’?Read

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