WHY IS COUNCIL LEADER ANGUS CAMPBELL PERMITTED TO 'DECLARE AN INTEREST' AND REMAIN SILENT ON THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE TO BE DISCUSSED IN THE WESTERN ISLES COUNCIL FOR YEARS?
Rather convenient I would say. Considering every man and his dog is craning their necks to hear what he has to say on the matter. After all, he's the only councillor who makes his living out of selling fuel. You would think he'd be the first to be summoned - champing at the bit even. But no. Where is he? I get a picture of him at home with his head under the rug hoping it all goes away. Now why would that be? Perhaps he's making too much money out of this fuel scam and if people knew what was going on it would open a whole new can of worms. Well, Angus, it won't go away. Scottish fuels could see the writing on the wall and implemented damage-limiting measures. I would advise you do likewise before it's too late. Perhaps it's already too late.
I have in the past few minutes watched on BBC News the inquiry into the tax affairs of online retail giant Amazon, where one of the bosses was ridiculed by MPs for not being open about the company's finances.
Perhaps he should have 'declared an interest'.
Of course this would be ridiculous. Just as in a court of law or during any inquiry it would be ludicrous to allow someone to hide behind such a plainly stupid rule.
So the Western Isles Council allows people to 'declare an interest' and not be required to give account of themselves.
Sirs, you need to 'wake up and smell the coffee'. This kind of nonsense was supposed to have been done away with when we chopped the head off Charles the I.
Perhaps it's time to 'chop off the council's head' if he doesn't give proper account of himself. Who does he think he is, the king?
If there's one thing I hate it's institutionalized secrecy. We have the same problem in the church - a few individuals who get carried away with their own importance and deem themselves 'above' the rest and start creating rules to suit themselves.
It's not on boys and girls, it's not on.
I, as your employer, wish you to know this.
Rather convenient I would say. Considering every man and his dog is craning their necks to hear what he has to say on the matter. After all, he's the only councillor who makes his living out of selling fuel. You would think he'd be the first to be summoned - champing at the bit even. But no. Where is he? I get a picture of him at home with his head under the rug hoping it all goes away. Now why would that be? Perhaps he's making too much money out of this fuel scam and if people knew what was going on it would open a whole new can of worms. Well, Angus, it won't go away. Scottish fuels could see the writing on the wall and implemented damage-limiting measures. I would advise you do likewise before it's too late. Perhaps it's already too late.
I have in the past few minutes watched on BBC News the inquiry into the tax affairs of online retail giant Amazon, where one of the bosses was ridiculed by MPs for not being open about the company's finances.
Perhaps he should have 'declared an interest'.
Of course this would be ridiculous. Just as in a court of law or during any inquiry it would be ludicrous to allow someone to hide behind such a plainly stupid rule.
So the Western Isles Council allows people to 'declare an interest' and not be required to give account of themselves.
Sirs, you need to 'wake up and smell the coffee'. This kind of nonsense was supposed to have been done away with when we chopped the head off Charles the I.
Perhaps it's time to 'chop off the council's head' if he doesn't give proper account of himself. Who does he think he is, the king?
If there's one thing I hate it's institutionalized secrecy. We have the same problem in the church - a few individuals who get carried away with their own importance and deem themselves 'above' the rest and start creating rules to suit themselves.
It's not on boys and girls, it's not on.
I, as your employer, wish you to know this.
