A footnote to yesterday’s post about Brian Coleman, who seems to think he knows better than the Fire Brigade about when people should call them – here is an extract from an email sent by the Fire Brigade Union to their London branches:
The FBU’s regional secretary for London, Joe MacVeigh, said, “Councillor Coleman needs to decide whether he wants to be a serious political figure or whether he wants to continue playing the role of complete buffoon. He holds a position of enormous responsibility, and he should be dignified and statesmanlike in everything he does. Instead, he blunders around, whipping up controversy, and trying to draw attention to himself at every opportunity. Such an attitude does not befit the office of head of the world’s third largest fire and rescue service. His remarks about [Lynne Featherstone] were disgraceful. If an ordinary firefighter had said such a thing to a female colleague, he would almost certainly have been facing disciplinary action.”
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I think Wikipedia has the measure of Mr Coleman about right:
“Brian Coleman FRSA (born 25 June 1961) has a head shaped like a wombat being blown backwards through a traction engine.”
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Brian Coleman (aka Mr Toad) has got to go:
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24061317432
MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/mr_toad_has_got_to_go
And this blogger has a very interesting list of Brian Coleman’s free lunches over the last year, have a look:
http://barneteye.blogspot.com/2008/11/councillor-brian-coleman-free-dinner.html
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha 😀
Leave it to the professionals to tell Mr. Coleman what an utter pillock he is… but what’s the betting that this gets absolutely no play in the press tomorrow?
Depends on the Press I guess Joe. Some might cover it, and some of the locals within London will, but the Mail et al are fanboying him fairly effectively.
Meh. Ping!
http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/2008/12/14/brian-coleman-am-ignorant-incompetent-sexist-buffoon/
Thanks for all the extra links Mark, some of the stuff I’ve quoted would never have been found.
Typical though –
the Grauniad had a headline about “Dizzy MP criticised…” (with picture of Lynne); not ‘Fire Brigade criticize Tory…’
Wasn’t he the man who claimed Ted Heath to be a homosexual?
Yes Doug.
It was Coleman who ‘outed’ Ted Heath. This was subsequent to Ted Heath’s death of course, so he was in no position to respond to Brian ‘Mr Toad’ Coleman. Brave, kind fellow that Mr Toad.
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/brian-coleman/2007/04/gay-member-london-heath