He is right, we do need to look at the facts, so let’s look at them. Firstly, he implied Labour councillors were somehow responsible for refusing the planning application – only two of the ten members were Labour that night, the rest were Conservative, Lib Dem and Highwoods Independents. Secondly, he implies Essex County Council is withholding information. As a non-elected person, he is not entitled to any information not in the public domain, so if he has such information, it is by definition public and he can reveal it. Thirdly, the decision to sign the contract with Alumno was taken by cabinet on November 21, 2018.
He is right, we do need to look at the facts, so let’s look at them. Firstly, he implied Labour councillors were somehow responsible for refusing the planning application – only two of the ten members were Labour that night, the rest were Conservative, Lib Dem and Highwoods Independents. Secondly, he implies Essex County Council is withholding information. As a non-elected person, he is not entitled to any information not in the public domain, so if he has such information, it is by definition public and he can reveal it. Thirdly, the decision to sign the contract with Alumno was taken by cabinet on November 21, 2018.
He is right, we do need to look at the facts, so let’s look at them. Firstly, he implied Labour councillors were somehow responsible for refusing the planning application – only two of the ten members were Labour that night, the rest were Conservative, Lib Dem and Highwoods Independents. Secondly, he implies Essex County Council is withholding information. As a non-elected person, he is not entitled to any information not in the public domain, so if he has such information, it is by definition public and he can reveal it. Thirdly, the decision to sign the contract with Alumno was taken by cabinet on November 21, 2018.
He is right, we do need to look at the facts, so let’s look at them. Firstly, he implied Labour councillors were somehow responsible for refusing the planning application – only two of the ten members were Labour that night, the rest were Conservative, Lib Dem and Highwoods Independents. Secondly, he implies Essex County Council is withholding information. As a non-elected person, he is not entitled to any information not in the public domain, so if he has such information, it is by definition public and he can reveal it. Thirdly, the decision to sign the contract with Alumno was taken by cabinet on November 21, 2018.
Armchair critic Desmond McCarron (Gazette Letters, January 4, “Changes are needed to avoid gridlock”) had a pop at Sir Bob Russell, asking “what, if any, changes Sir Bob managed to help engineer on the parlous state of Colchester transport during his long stint in public office”. The straight answer is, more than any current politician. I was a parliamentary researcher to Sir Bob. It was thanks to him raising, during Transport Questions in the House of Commons in January 2004, that Junction 28 from the A12 Colchester Northern By-pass was constructed. This allowed the Community Stadium to be built, something else Sir Bob was involved in.