Jason Kitcat: update on the councillor facing censure for using YouTube

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Jason Kitcat: update on the councillor facing censure for using YouTube

By Mark Pack | Thu 9th September 2010 - 9:00 pm

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A quick update on my post about Brighton Green councillor Jason Kitcat, who is facing disciplinary action over putting footage of a council meeting up on YouTube. He’s posted the latest news over on his blog, and it is good to see that he is getting support from across the political spectrum:

ConservativeHome’s local government blog had yesterday posted a supportive piece which Local Government Minister Grant Shapps MP then tweeted a link to, adding his own view:

Surely no justification for reporting a Cllr who seeks to promote openness to the Standards Board

Indeed! The comments on the ConservativeHome piece are a fun read too.

Additionally Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming, who has long campaigned on the inadequate councillor Standards Board regime, is supporting me and has helped me in preparing my case. John was a councillor for 17 years and Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council for a time.

You can read his full post here.

UPDATE: Jason Kitcat was subsequently cleared.

Read more by Mark Pack or more about brighton and hove city council, grant shapps, jason kitcat, john hemming or standards board.
This entry was posted in Local government, News and Online politics.

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