Comparing the District council to FIFA, the football body recently embroiled in corruption claims, Mr Burgess said "This is a Sepp Blatter moment for the council. Where is the accountability? They have admitted big mistakes but nothing ever gets done. They just blame someone else."
Our failed wannabe local politician making headline grabbing statements to the press.
I thought it was rather amusing. But it's not gone down well with the Supreme Leader.
Act 4, Scene 1 [In the Supreme Leader's Office]
The Supreme Leader [for it is he]: "So. Why hasn't Burgess disappeared yet? Wasn't he supposed to fall down a hole in Park Way?" Corporal Jones: "Nick, we're still trying, but we can't be seen to have our fingerprints on this." TSL: "Who is this Blatter he speaks of." Cpl Jones: "A self-important bureaucrat who apparently bends the rules when there's money involved." TSL: "So why isn't he working for me here in Cartergrad?" Cpl Jones: "The people will get restless if we hire even more managers." TSL: "Then we will crush them." Cpl Jones: "We can't do that! There are international observers watching our every move. We have to be subtle." TSL: <<presses button and huge plasma screen comes down from ceiling>> "Our new CCTV system will pick him up. The 51st Green Meanie Division have set up roadblocks. He must not escape!" Cpl Jones (on phone): "Get me Commissar Day. I have a special mission."
Comparing the District council to FIFA, the football body recently embroiled in corruption claims, Mr Burgess said "This is a Sepp Blatter moment for the council. Where is the accountability? They have admitted big mistakes but nothing ever gets done. They just blame someone else."
Our failed wannabe local politician making headline grabbing statements to the press.
Are you User 23 in disguise??
or perhaps you are another of the overpaid idiots of Market Street....
When I want to quickly determine a short list of likely identities of a poster without any other information available. I fall back to personality analysis. The more they post the higher the signal over noise Just saying.
Comparing the District council to FIFA, the football body recently embroiled in corruption claims, Mr Burgess said "This is a Sepp Blatter moment for the council. Where is the accountability? They have admitted big mistakes but nothing ever gets done. They just blame someone else."
Our failed wannabe local politician making headline grabbing statements to the press.
Except I have not seen this as a headline anywhere in the press!
Comparing the District council to FIFA, the football body recently embroiled in corruption claims, Mr Burgess said "This is a Sepp Blatter moment for the council. Where is the accountability? They have admitted big mistakes but nothing ever gets done. They just blame someone else."
Our failed wannabe local politician making headline grabbing statements to the press.
A leader of a smaller "federation" who tried to get elected to FIFA and failed?
Surely this makes Mr Burgess Newbury's very own Mohammed Bin Hamann?
Correct and I don't think Blatter has ever been accused of "big mistakes" (in fact he's done quite a lot for world football) nor the Council of corruption.
The whole thing is an ill thought out analogy and whoever thought it up won't be worrying Max Clifford any time soon.
Correct and I don't think Blatter has ever been accused of "big mistakes" (in fact he's done quite a lot for world football) nor the Council of corruption.
You are joking, aren't you. Blatter sits upon and denies all that is wrong in professional sport. While melodramatic, the analogy is in tact.
You are joking, aren't you. Blatter sits upon and denies all that is wrong in professional sport. While melodramatic, the analogy is in tact.
You don't think his championing of increasing the number of qualification places for the World Cup, for Asian and African teams when he was General Secretary which resulted in a less Euro-centric competition was a good thing? I do.
You don't think his championing of increasing the number of qualification places for the World Cup, for Asian and African teams when he was General Secretary which resulted in a less Euro-centric competition was a good thing? I do.
And that only could have happened with Sepp Blatter?
Using your logic, I presume you agree with him that gay fans should refrain from any sexual activities in Qatar? Or women should "wear tighter shorts and low cut shirts to create a more female aesthetic"? And that he managed ISL well?
You don't think his championing of increasing the number of qualification places for the World Cup, for Asian and African teams when he was General Secretary which resulted in a less Euro-centric competition was a good thing? I do.
That's it then BB must me praising WBC for doing good things. I am glad you have cleared up the confusion
Do you know the answer? It is only on-topic if you can reconcile the NRA with that of a corrupt opaque self-serving organisation. Whether you can or not, what is also true is that the NRA is a self financed lobby group, the council is 'publicly owned'.
I don't think there is a blame culture at WBC. That's because they keep sloping off before they're found out. So Commissar Day is brave to hang around.
Amey back-office outsourcing contract. The officer who pushed this for WBC moved to Bucks County Council shortly before it went live.
Park Way tendering contract. Only 2 of the required 3 (minimum) bids received. Do I need to repeat the issues? (planning app 10% bigger than the brief, breaking the town's building height restrictions, eco-features dropped, affordable housing dropped, s106 dropped). The officer in charge of this moved to a council in Oxfordshire before it started.
Best not to go into leisure centre contracts, we'll be here all day.
User, the thread was about WBC having a "Blatter moment". One would suggest that the topic is WBC and it's conduct, nothing to do with the NRA. It's worrying that User is asking questions about the NRA's validity, because that would suggest the council are too, as he's almost certainly following the council line.
Muddler, there is certainly not a blame culture, but a lack-of-accountability culture.
User, the thread was about WBC having a "Blatter moment". One would suggest that the topic is WBC and it's conduct, nothing to do with the NRA. It's worrying that User is asking questions about the NRA's validity, because that would suggest the council are too, as he's almost certainly following the council line.
Muddler, there is certainly not a blame culture, but a lack-of-accountability culture.
No it's not, I suggest you re-read the title.
It's about the NRA or more precisely it's unpopular chairman making an ill thought out analogy to get his name in the papers.
No it's not, I suggest you re-read the title. It's about the NRA or more precisly it's unpopular chairman making an ill thought out analog to get his name in the papers..
4. OFFICERS The officers of the Association shall be the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer all of whom are to be elected at the Annual General Meeting...
I thought it was rather amusing. But it's not gone down well with the Supreme Leader.
Act 4, Scene 1 [In the Supreme Leader's Office]
The Supreme Leader [for it is he]: "So. Why hasn't Burgess disappeared yet? Wasn't he supposed to fall down a hole in Park Way?" Corporal Jones: "Nick, we're still trying, but we can't be seen to have our fingerprints on this." TSL: "Who is this Blatter he speaks of." Cpl Jones: "A self-important bureaucrat who apparently bends the rules when there's money involved." TSL: "So why isn't he working for me here in Cartergrad?" Cpl Jones: "The people will get restless if we hire even more managers." TSL: "Then we will crush them." Cpl Jones: "We can't do that! There are international observers watching our every move. We have to be subtle." TSL: <<presses button and huge plasma screen comes down from ceiling>> "Our new CCTV system will pick him up. The 51st Green Meanie Division have set up roadblocks. He must not escape!" Cpl Jones (on phone): "Get me Commissar Day. I have a special mission."
Hilarious! One problem though, there are 3 plasmas, not 1.
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