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11 Jul, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Nerves about the game rapidly being replaced by nerves about what’s happening outside Wembley. If it continues in this direction it risks ruining what should be a day of national celebration. More importantly it’s not fair on the team and those wanting to support them responsibly
If kick off is delayed, or worse, due to crowd trouble then we’ll never live it down. It taints the whole experience
And don’t go blaming the late kick off. The tournament schedule isn’t to blame for complete morons with no self control, who care more about ‘bantz’ than the occasion or supporting the side
I’m sure that, like after my last tweet on this subject, my inbox will be full of these so-called fans calling me the C-word, melt, killjoy, etc etc. They don’t give a solitary shit about anything other than how funny it apparently all is

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12 Jul
Local councils up and down the country, already gutted by a decade of austerity, then hammered by Covid, are in the process of budgeting for the coming years. Their plans make for bleak reading. This will be a ongoing thread sharing coverage of our #councilsincrisis
First a look at the big picture, courtesy of the BBC's Data Unit which reports that councils across the UK face £3bn black hole in the wake of Covid. Many were kept afloat by emergency funding but there is huge uncertainty as to what happens next bbc.co.uk/news/uk-577209…
Havering council in London predicts £32m budget shortfall after Covid - which is the equivalent of nearly 20% of its annual spending romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/local-cou…
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11 Nov 20
Exclusive: Croydon Council issues Section 114 notice - effectively the equivalent of bankruptcy - with immediate effect

It's the first local authority to do so since Northamptonshire County Council in 2018
A notice informing councillors was sent out minutes ago by Lisa Taylor, the council's director of finance, investment and risk - and the authority's Section 151 officer
The immediate cause is the financial impact of Covid-19 but, as I explained in the thread below a few weeks ago, the council's financial problems are far more ingrained than that
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9 Nov 20
Surprise surprise - I'm still waiting for @thurrockcouncil to explain why it borrowed £125m of public money last month (or to even acknowledge my Qs). I'm told opposition leader asked but has also been given no response.

This is not how a local authority should conduct itself
I've reported on local authorities for 12 years so no stranger to how they deal with the press. I've been told 'it's not a story', shouted and sworn at, pulled in for meetings, received complaints to editors and even the PCC.

I've never been repeatedly ignored, until now
Even those councils who thought I was a pain in the backside or paid only lip service to transparency and accountability, never just ignored me when given the chance to explain or respond to something.

At the very least they realised it was just bad PR
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26 Oct 20
THREAD: Auditor Grant Thornton has issued a rare 'public interest report' into the crisis at Croydon Council.

It's an indictment of serious financial mismanagement, and a microcosm of the risks, highlighted by @TBIJ's work, taken by an increasing no. of local authorities
For those not aware, Croydon Council is on the verge of financial collapse. It faces a budget gap of £65m, far in excess of its reserves. As such it was hopelessly ill-prepared for Covid-19 and the council has, in effect, sought a bailout from @mhclg
Grant Thornton first raised the alarm about the council's financial position (specifically the rate at which it was burning through reserves) in 17/18. It did so again, in worsening terms, in 18/19 and 19/20.

These warnings were effectively ignored, the report says.
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22 May 20
REVEALED: A council in Essex borrowed £1 BILLION from local authorities across the UK - then invested most of the cash in money-making ventures. Now it refuses to say who it borrowed from and what it invested in thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2020-0…
In the starkest example yet of the commercialisation of local government, a nine-month investigation by @TBIJ & @FT found Thurrock Council borrowed from more than 150 local authorities across the UK - then invested £702 million in attempt to become self-sufficient
Thurrock invested most of the money in the solar industry, including up to £420 million in a single company, that then used the cash to buy more than 50 solar farms across the UK. But there are questions about the business model and the risk to public money
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23 Apr 20
My 4-year-old nearly caused national food shortage this morning. Got hold of mum's phone while she slept and ordered 990 mini Peperamis, and a combined 1,200 bakewell tarts and Fab ice lollies from Tesco. Total order £451.27. Even booked a delivery slot
When asked for comment, he said: "I wanted to have more food than everyone else"
Stopped using Twitter but thought I'd reassure everyone a national crisis had been averted
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