Author Archives: Duncan Macdonald

Duncan Macdonald

Barnet’s DIY war memorials

By Duncan Macdonald | Thu 4th March 2010 - 11:50 am

Tory-run Barnet Council is the home of ‘easy council’, the idea that council tax payers pay extra to get the standard of service they should already be getting by default, and has come up with a new money saving idea!

In a report published last month Barnet Council has decided that it will not be responsible for the update of the borough’s war memorials to include the names of service men and women who gave their lives since the memorial was built. Any proposed additions must be paid for by those who want the names added and there must be no additional maintenance costs.

It doesn’t stop there. Barnet Council …

Continue reading »
Posted in Local government and Op-eds | Tagged and | 4 Comments
Duncan Macdonald

The latest goings on in Barnet

By Duncan Macdonald | Thu 28th May 2009 - 8:10 pm

The Tories running the London Borough of Barnet do not appear to be reading from the same script as Mr Cameron when it comes to spending tax payers’ money. LDV has previously reported on some of the antics of new Barnet Mayor and London Assembly member Brian Coleman.

An update on the Not the Barnet Times blog would appear to indicate that Mike Freer, leader of Barnet Council and Tory PPC for Finchley and Golders Green, has some questions to answer as well.

It is interesting to note that the author of

…

Continue reading »
Posted in News | Tagged , and | Leave a comment
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Chloe
    It's came to the point where adults are not allowed to make a informed choice as regards their own bodies in the privacy of their own homes without being infant...
  • Matt (Bristol)
    Joey, devolution has - even under Labour - tended thus far to go hand in hand with local voting reform, an implicit admission from Labour that FPTP is unreprese...
  • David Raw
    Agree with you, Mark. To quote an old Liberal slogan, 'It's time for a change'...... at the top....
  • Jana
    I notice that no mention of the large numbers of non-smokers - especially young people -taking up vaping appears anywhere in this article. While vaping is less ...
  • David Raw
    A few facts before the few remaining nonconformist radical little blue ribbon temperance Liberals decide to leave this party. I, for one, dislike having vape bl...