Considering the state of the city versus our peers, and the mountain to climb in order to get back even to parity never mind success, I couldn’t give two hoots whether he spends the rest of his days on bail. Double Manchesters unemployment and half their wages has been our trajectory, against a backdrop of dodgy deathtrap building projects and a never ending stream of dubious construction contracts. Plans for revitalisation left languishing. A period for the city even more fundamentally undermining than the Thatcher years. What a legacy.
All that matters is that he is OUT, and we have a chance to recover.
The lords merely soil themselves with their intervention on his behalf, versus the many worthy causes out there.
You're right to flag up the extraordinarily long times that people can be left in limbo under "RUI", especially in cases involving local authorities. Another one is Lancs Police's Operation Sheridan where there were raids in 2017 which eventually led to charges in August 2022, including against Liverpool CC's former CEO, Ged Fitzgerald, but which have still not gone to trial, as far as I know.
The echo reported that the file of evidence went to the crown prosecution service in June 2023, so if that is true, they have not made a decision. Hard to have sympathy for someone who forced the council into paying 87k towards his employment tribunal against a Sefton school, and none of it recouped.
How remiss of Joe's son to forget to tell his dad that he'd "won" a contract on the demolition of the flyover. Joe must think we were all born yesterday.
Bloody hell though; 21 scuffers to raid and arrest Joe (*derogatory nickname regarding his physique deleted*) Anderson? It's not like he was gonna make much of a run for it was he?
Most people might not know this. Michael Heseltine, with the other two aristocrat 'Tory Micks' I call them( Michael Ancram and Michael Howard) all three of them I have met in the past and they all seemed to have a soft spot for this city (Michael Howard was MP for Edge Hill and still is a staunch LFC fan). Heseltine did a praiseworthy job revitalising Liverpool after the the destruction caused by the militants and the Toxeth riot. Unlike his fellow Tory Boris Johnson who was an overt hater of scousers, Heseltine actually trusted all the Liverpool council officials to carry on with the good work he had started. No one ever told our Mick, after the top layer of the militants were kicked out, the roots and tendrils they left behind were in every level of the council departments and Anderson sure as hell was not going to tell him. Heseltine's comment on the 'plight' of Anderson was to hide his ignorance on what have been going on for years. The police investigators have a very good idea on what have been going on. But to pin anyone down for any wrong doing, someone will have to talk. But for a number of reasons, no one had so far. As our council bills and pot holes on our roads continued to get bigger and they have installed a new council CEO who is not exactly everybody's cup of tea, things will not get better.
What this highlights is that the law in England and Wales gives little protection to suspects where there is little clear evidence. It encourages lazy policing where Inspector Knacker goes on a fishing expedition rather than react to solid evidence. Sadly, MPs no longer seem interested in protecting suspects,so I can’t see this changing any time soon.
I don’t know if Joe Anderson is guilty or not. Or what he is guilty of. Some people may, but not me - and probably not you. If the police can’t construct a case in four years, it’s not looking good for them finishing in forty years. Time to put what they’ve got forward, surely?
Joe Anderson transformed liverpool with his business acumen. But here’s a question: why did Merseyside Police withdraw his bail just days after nominations closed for the Mayoral Election?
Considering the state of the city versus our peers, and the mountain to climb in order to get back even to parity never mind success, I couldn’t give two hoots whether he spends the rest of his days on bail. Double Manchesters unemployment and half their wages has been our trajectory, against a backdrop of dodgy deathtrap building projects and a never ending stream of dubious construction contracts. Plans for revitalisation left languishing. A period for the city even more fundamentally undermining than the Thatcher years. What a legacy.
All that matters is that he is OUT, and we have a chance to recover.
The lords merely soil themselves with their intervention on his behalf, versus the many worthy causes out there.
You're right to flag up the extraordinarily long times that people can be left in limbo under "RUI", especially in cases involving local authorities. Another one is Lancs Police's Operation Sheridan where there were raids in 2017 which eventually led to charges in August 2022, including against Liverpool CC's former CEO, Ged Fitzgerald, but which have still not gone to trial, as far as I know.
The echo reported that the file of evidence went to the crown prosecution service in June 2023, so if that is true, they have not made a decision. Hard to have sympathy for someone who forced the council into paying 87k towards his employment tribunal against a Sefton school, and none of it recouped.
How remiss of Joe's son to forget to tell his dad that he'd "won" a contract on the demolition of the flyover. Joe must think we were all born yesterday.
Bloody hell though; 21 scuffers to raid and arrest Joe (*derogatory nickname regarding his physique deleted*) Anderson? It's not like he was gonna make much of a run for it was he?
Most people might not know this. Michael Heseltine, with the other two aristocrat 'Tory Micks' I call them( Michael Ancram and Michael Howard) all three of them I have met in the past and they all seemed to have a soft spot for this city (Michael Howard was MP for Edge Hill and still is a staunch LFC fan). Heseltine did a praiseworthy job revitalising Liverpool after the the destruction caused by the militants and the Toxeth riot. Unlike his fellow Tory Boris Johnson who was an overt hater of scousers, Heseltine actually trusted all the Liverpool council officials to carry on with the good work he had started. No one ever told our Mick, after the top layer of the militants were kicked out, the roots and tendrils they left behind were in every level of the council departments and Anderson sure as hell was not going to tell him. Heseltine's comment on the 'plight' of Anderson was to hide his ignorance on what have been going on for years. The police investigators have a very good idea on what have been going on. But to pin anyone down for any wrong doing, someone will have to talk. But for a number of reasons, no one had so far. As our council bills and pot holes on our roads continued to get bigger and they have installed a new council CEO who is not exactly everybody's cup of tea, things will not get better.
What this highlights is that the law in England and Wales gives little protection to suspects where there is little clear evidence. It encourages lazy policing where Inspector Knacker goes on a fishing expedition rather than react to solid evidence. Sadly, MPs no longer seem interested in protecting suspects,so I can’t see this changing any time soon.
I don’t know if Joe Anderson is guilty or not. Or what he is guilty of. Some people may, but not me - and probably not you. If the police can’t construct a case in four years, it’s not looking good for them finishing in forty years. Time to put what they’ve got forward, surely?
Joe Anderson transformed liverpool with his business acumen. But here’s a question: why did Merseyside Police withdraw his bail just days after nominations closed for the Mayoral Election?