Boro Mayor Meltdown…

[BoroMart]

Maybe he should open an account on here to use as a stage to slag fellow council members off and settle scores in public. That seems to be the professional and mature way things are done in Berwick hills

no chance of that, he'd be torn to shreds intellectually in about 10 minutes

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

Maybe he should open an account on here to use as a stage to slag fellow council members off and settle scores in public. That seems to be the professional and mature way things are done in Berwick hills

Why would he need an account on here to do that when he's got his "does anyone remember wham bars?" page?

 

[Alexander Supertramp]

I do enjoy his Facebook page to be fair

 

[Rofesleg]

Maybe he should open an account on here to use as a stage to slag fellow council members off and settle scores in public. That seems to be the professional and mature way things are done in Berwick hills

He used to post on here and answer questions. Before the election I think it was.

 

[TheLodger]

Whilst not disagreeing or wanting to take anything away from your point. That DBS is only as good as the date it was conducted, if it is from a few years ago there is wiggle room in his point, not sure this is something you should use in this instance if it is not recent.
That being said Preston is crook.

The DBS is dated Feb 2023

 

[TheLodger]

Unless The Lodger works for, or has applied for a job, with whoever applied for the DBS. Then, If not with his permission. Isn’t that a bit dodgy

The DBS was applied for my Job.

 

[SE4 Red]

The Lodger, maybe a public apology and a donation to the local labour party may help with no further action being taken? Just a thought.

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

I do enjoy his Facebook page to be fair

Me too but I've always enjoyed a bit of cringe

 

[boroPE]

Andy Preston did used to post on here. I don’t think he will be litter picking with Rob again anytime soon ?

 

[fmttmadmin]

Andy Preston did used to post on here. I don’t think he will be litter picking with Rob again anytime soon ?

Weird thing to say

 

[1finny]

Is it not also plain wrong for Mr Preston to be labelled a crook then? Unless, of course, he does have a criminal record

A crook is a crook.
If they haven’t been caught or convicted they are still a crook.
The work Private Eye et al have done is compelling.

Preston can, of course, sue for libel if he wishes. He hasn’t; done that to Private Eye.

To be successful he would have to argue it has had an adverse impact on his reputation

 

[johnsmithsno2]

A crook is a crook.
If they haven’t been caught or convicted they are still a crook.
The work Private Eye et al have done is compelling.

Preston can, of course, sue for libel if he wishes. He hasn’t; done that to Private Eye.

To be successful he would have to argue it has had an adverse impact on his reputation

I'm aware of the Private Eye stories about the Tees Valley Mayor, but haven't seen any about the Middlesbrough Mayor. What do they say?

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

I'm aware of the Private Eye stories about the Tees Valley Mayor, but haven't seen any about the Middlesbrough Mayor. What do they say?

A crook isn't necessarily a criminal, it's a word to deceive someone that is dishonest, I.e crooked

Wanting to sit on the board or MDC and having to abstain from the vote because you own property in the area being developed fits that description imo, as does all the money wasted on design changes or claiming to live in Middlesbrough during his campaign and not a mansion 20 miles away

 

[ThePrisoner]

Wanting to sit on the board or MDC and having to abstain from the vote because you own property in the area being developed fits that description imo

An honest person would have recused themselves without having to be told they had such an obvious conflict of interest as being a property developer who owns property in an area that is about to be developed.

Then again why do people think he wants to be mayor in the first place. Love of his fellow humans?

 

[johnsmithsno2]

A crook isn't necessarily a criminal, it's a word to deceive someone that is dishonest, I.e crooked

Wanting to sit on the board or MDC and having to abstain from the vote because you own property in the area being developed fits that description imo, as does all the money wasted on design changes or claiming to live in Middlesbrough during his campaign and not a mansion 20 miles away

Seems strange to me that people find a negative in a local politician wanting to make his hometown successful.
And that they find it so hard to to believe anyone who's not in their favoured party might have honourable motives.

 

[TheLodger]

Seems strange to me that people find a negative in a local politician wanting to make his hometown successful.
And that they find it so hard to to believe anyone who's not in their favoured party might have honourable motives.

No, that'll be his actions over the previous 4 years.

 

[SmallTown]

Explain.

I guess he can't. Funny how quiet some people go when asked to explain their veiked accusations

 

[Benjiboy]

This will end in tears , so many accusations of being a crook etc flying about !!!

 

[ThatFragranceGuy]

Seems strange to me that people find a negative in a local politician wanting to make his hometown successful.
And that they find it so hard to to believe anyone who's not in their favoured party might have honourable motives.

I mean that's definitely an interesting way of looking at it.

Have you seen how much money his unauthorised changes to building plans cost?

Do you think it was a coincidence he forgot about his properties in the MDC development zone?

Campaigning to retain the mayoral role then immediately running for it. Couldn't possibly have had a motive.

 

[FabioPorkpie]

Maybe he should open an account on here to use as a stage to slag fellow council members off and settle scores in public. That seems to be the professional and mature way things are done in Berwick hills

Maybe he has?
Or maybe people close to him have?
We don’t know, do we?