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Councillor sacked, councillor arrives, councillor departs

By Mark Pack | Thu 10th March 2011 - 12:25 pm

A trio of local council news:

Andrew Reeves reports on the sacking of a Scottish Labour councillor William O’Rourke over his comments about rape (and credit to Labour, they looked to have moved much more quickly and firmly than the Conservatives did in the recent similar case of Bill Aitken)
Horsham Conservative councillor Keith Shepherd has switched to the Liberal Democrats
Eastleigh councillor Keith Day has quit the Liberal Democrats and is now sitting as an independent

Posted in News | Also tagged horsham council, keith shepherd and william o'rourke | 9 Comments

Meanwhile, in other news…

By Mark Pack | Thu 13th January 2011 - 9:10 pm

Let’s start with some updates on stories we’ve previously covered here on The Voice.

Conservative London Assembly member Brian Coleman has backed down from his attempt to ban questions to him at London Fire Authority meetings.

The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) is to investigate the Daily Telegraph, following complaints from Tim Farron and others that the newspaper had gone on a fishing expedition rather than having the sort of public interest case which justifies journalistic subterfuge. On the substantive policy issue at stake, Ofcom look set to recommend that the Sky bid should be referred to the Competition …

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Posted in News | Also tagged brian coleman, daily telegraph, journalism, press complaints commission, sefton council, tim farron and winchester council | Leave a comment

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