"Geoff is 45 years old, but a freak accident with a pickled gherkin left him with the mind of an American. It's very sad" - John Sainsbury

Dudley – A Year To The Day

For my boy Dudley

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FOI: Swindon Councillor Claims Euro Law makes £300,000 Grant To Local Dial A Ride Charity ‘Illegal’

“Rest assured that a nasty smell is already pouring off this story and this Freedom of information request should give some broad hints as to the direction of travel”

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FOI: The ‘Accidental Director’ – Swindon Council Director who ‘Didn’t Know’ about other Directorship

“freedom of information request relates to the directorship held by Mr HITESH KUMAR PATEL of Company Number:6990831 – DM56 Limited, (now known as ‘Digital City (UK) Ltd’), between the 15th of September 2009 and the 12th of March 2010”

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Swindon Borough Council: Chief Executive Investigates Colleagues Secret Directorship of WiFi Firm

“Something is still rotten in the Borough of Swindon and, (as most honest people know), you can’t bury a bad smell and gangrene doesn’t go away if left untreated”

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But is it art? – Banksy vs Bristol Museum 2009

“If I could write even half as well as Banksy paints….I would feel truly gifted”

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#Swindon WiFi Recovery Is 100% Miraculous

“Similarly impressive is the news that the number of user paying £5.99 a month for the not-time-limited service has increased by 100% in the same period”

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Where’s Our WiFi: 3 Days Until Digital City Tells Us….

“Call me cynical but I know of an entire squadron of Digital Piggies that is fully fuelled and ready to fly”

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A Trough Less Ordinary – The Wiltshire Fire Service Authority

“Today finds me taking a quick peek at which Swindon Councillors have seats at the Wiltshire Fire Service Authority trough.”

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Don’t Mention Cake….

“He increasingly reminds me of the Austrian born Marie Antoinette who initially charmed the French peasants but was eventually despised by them”

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Where’s Our WiFi – August 2010 Update

“The Link magazine stated that the Audit Commission had ‘ratified’ the WiFi decisions taken by the Borough Council – It hadn’t ‘ratified’ anything, it merely stated that it had found no evidence of an illegal act”

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Swindon Council Leader Dreams On As Redundancy Estimates Soar From 1,000 to 2,000 In Just 4 Days….

“In just 4 months Bluh’s crowd have come from denying there was a hole in their budget to now claiming that they must ‘save’ £11m in this financial year and expects to have to save a further £15m a year in future”

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Reservoir Hogs Squeal As Home Secretary Overturns Police Authority Trough

“The reservoir of quango cash is visibly drying up and some of the Hogs don’t like it”

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