The Conservative party used to at one time stand for much of what made this country great.
The party had the privilege of having many legendary parliamentarians serve amongst their number, a great many politicians who were strong believers in the democratic process.
Which is why it is with great sadness I am being forced to announce that one of their not so great local Councillors, with lofty ambitions which far exceed his limited abilities, has decided to delete posts made by this voice of dissent and also reintroduce moderation to his self-congratulating blog.
Councillor Paul Scully claims that he has "spent two years offering the only truly open political exchange in the Borough" yet he has once again resorted to stifling freedom of speech, just as he opted to do after he ensured that Eleanor Pinfold was thrown out of the Conservative party. Such censorship took place after Councillor Scully took great exception to 'The Watchman' after he/she dared to post the full details of his role in that disgraceful saga on his own blog.
Yesterday, Scully also claimed: "Part of the problem with getting anything done in politics is that often it is the few that shout loudest that attract the attention to the exclusion of everyone else" which is obviously why Scully set up his very own political blog. He constantly attempts to shout louder than the voices of reason, hence my motivation for setting up an alternative blog to rival his own foghorn of self-promoting propaganda.
Never has the sense of entitlement amongst the Sutton Conservatives been quite so overwhelming as it stands at this very moment in time. I read a brief story on Scully's own blog (shortly before he became so angered by people posting articles criticising his regime that he brought the shutters down and imposed moderation) which had been written by a Councillor who represents the United Kingdom Independence Party.
Apparently a UKIP deliverer had been posting his party's literature through the doors of residents in the Beddington South ward of the Sutton Borough, in doing so he had managed to post some literature through the door of another incumbent Conservative Councillor, Terry Faulds.
It would seem that Councillor Faulds was extremely upset that an opposition party should dare to post their newsletter through the doors of the residents in the ward where he happened to be an elected representative. A shouting match ensued, with Councillor Faulds declaring that the UKIP deliverer's activities were "outrageous" before he finally stormed back into his abode and slammed his front door shut.
Now, does anyone else truly believe that UKIP delivering leaflets in the same ward where a Conservative Councillor resides is particularly outrageous? Well, Scully's Sutton Conservatives clearly seem to think so which goes to show just how much democracy is valued by the hierarchy of the aforementioned Tory elite.
In a final attempt to gag 'The Watchman' Commandant Scully has also attempted to block my ISP address from accessing his blog, which as we all know by now was only intended to be read by residents who do not know Scully personally and do not get to see what is REALLY going on within the Sutton Conservatives. The only other persons that Scully really intended to visit his blog were his dutiful minions who would make appreciative noises at whichever diatribe he spews forth on a regular basis and accordingly leave him comments filled with praise.
The crashing of websites, the blocking of ISP addresses and the re-routing of unwelcome blog visitors are tactics which are usually the hallmark of IT experts who wish to fight dirty. I only mention this as I have heard firsthand accounts of such methods being used by the Sutton Conservatives during the past two years. Then lo-and-behold for the last 24 hours I find that I am not able to access Scully's blog from one particular ISP address without finding myself re-routed to a wikipedia page on "cyberstalking".
(Note: Readers of the Sutton Guardian and visitors to Scully's blog will be quite aware that my frequent criticism of Councillor Scully has seen him label 'The Watchman' as being his on-line stalker, so God help the poor sensitive soul if he should ever become an MP and have to defend his political decisions to a national press pack! Scully would proabaly see them all labelled as "savages" in his usual pretentious and hypocritical style...)
Councillor Scully might be a 'master of the dark arts' but he does not personally possess the technological know-how to aggressively counter my presence on his blog. However, there is a newly elected member for Cheam ward, Conservative Councillor Johnathan Pritchard, that does possess those very useful capabilities. He will no doubt have been instructed to engage 'The Watchman' in a campaign of electronic warfare in a desperate bid to silence this particular voice of dissent.
As I have stated before: The "Paul Scullduggery Watch" blog will continue to broadcast an alternative message, without moderation, as I feel that the electorate of the London Borough of Sutton has a right to hear about the kind of party that the Sutton Conservatives have become under the dictatorial reign of Councillor Paul Scully.
This is one blog which I am determined to keep both democratic and assessable to all.
Thursday 24 April 2008
Saturday 19 April 2008
Don Scully's Sutton Conservative Mafia
How many of us reward our bosses and employers with generous gifts?
If we did choose to do so, would it be out of choice, or would it be because we were coerced into doing so by those of our colleagues who were 'higher up the food chain'?
Only I have to ask after I felt that it was at least of mild interest to the local electorate that the Sutton Conservative group shelled out the minimum of thirty pounds each to send their leader Councillor Paul Scully on a holiday to Italy.
Buying lavish holidays for those higher ranking than oneself used to at one time be the sole preserve of the Italian American Mafiosi. Now it would seem that such sycophancy and excessive tokens of respect have also reached the London Borough of Sutton's shadow opposition.
This peculiar "gift" was co-ordinated by Councillor Tony Shields, who is also Scully's Deputy Leader of the Conservative group. Shields sent out an email to the other Conservative Councillors claiming that Commandant Scully was "overworked and underpaid" and that he "would be collecting thirty pounds off of everyone" so that Scully could go for a family holiday in Rome.
This justification does sound a little bit bizarre to say the least. Scully has a Monday to Friday job working within Portcullis House at the Houses of Parliament where he holds the position of Office Manager (such a position usually has remuneration of £25-30k per annum). On top of this salary he also receives an income of £10k per year as an elected Councillor, whilst receiving an additional £10k per year for being the leader of the shadow opposition party of the London Borough of Sutton Council.
Living in London can at times be very expensive especially for those only receiving the national minimum wage, but surely Commandant Scully is in receipt of a sizable combined income and more than capable of paying for his own holidays? This can surely be taken as fact, especially when you consider the possibility of a spouse's income being added to the family household. It would be fair to assume that Commandant Scully would certainly not be impoverished. So why the need for such grandiose gestures towards one's boss?
I understand from speaking to various people that there were a number of Conservative Councillors who were reluctant to part with what they considered to be an overly generous sum of money, especially after Scully's appalling treatment of Eleanor Pinfold and his successful attempt to topple her then parachute himself into her leadership position. Furthermore Scully then then selected an obedient jury to have Eleanor thrown out of the Conservative party (the bid to wrest power from her grasp was indeed successful, the campaign to have her thrown out of the party has achieved it's objective in the first instance, pending an appeal).
I understand that most of the Conservative councillors who did object to paying out for 'Don' Scully to take his sabbatical to a sunnier peninsula did eventually capitulate as they did not wish to fall out of favour with the new hierarchy and thus find themselves ex-communicated a-la Eleanor Pinfold. Hence the vast majority dutifully coughed up the requested minimum 'donation' with fear being the primary motivational factor for a significant number of contributors.
Let us be clear about he significance of this latest incident. What has taken place is not illegal, nor is it against the rules of office. However it is rather unusual behaviour, especially when you consider that such requested donations for lavish gifts are usually only bestowed upon prolific leaders, campaign managers or electoral agents AFTER a hard fought election campaign. Yet the only campaign that Scully had masterminded up to that point was the overthrowing of his predecessor!
I did also hear that Councillor Scully took the opportunity to visit the villa of one Benito Mussolini whilst he holidayed in "the Boot". Given Scully's past ruthlessness and dictatorial leadership style one can only speculate as to whether this visit was planned out of historical interest, or was it due to 'Don' Scully's own admiration for a man who clearly possessed many of the same personality traits.
"El Duce" is an obvious choice of hero to those now fronting the Sutton Conservative hierarchy...
If we did choose to do so, would it be out of choice, or would it be because we were coerced into doing so by those of our colleagues who were 'higher up the food chain'?
Only I have to ask after I felt that it was at least of mild interest to the local electorate that the Sutton Conservative group shelled out the minimum of thirty pounds each to send their leader Councillor Paul Scully on a holiday to Italy.
Buying lavish holidays for those higher ranking than oneself used to at one time be the sole preserve of the Italian American Mafiosi. Now it would seem that such sycophancy and excessive tokens of respect have also reached the London Borough of Sutton's shadow opposition.
This peculiar "gift" was co-ordinated by Councillor Tony Shields, who is also Scully's Deputy Leader of the Conservative group. Shields sent out an email to the other Conservative Councillors claiming that Commandant Scully was "overworked and underpaid" and that he "would be collecting thirty pounds off of everyone" so that Scully could go for a family holiday in Rome.
This justification does sound a little bit bizarre to say the least. Scully has a Monday to Friday job working within Portcullis House at the Houses of Parliament where he holds the position of Office Manager (such a position usually has remuneration of £25-30k per annum). On top of this salary he also receives an income of £10k per year as an elected Councillor, whilst receiving an additional £10k per year for being the leader of the shadow opposition party of the London Borough of Sutton Council.
Living in London can at times be very expensive especially for those only receiving the national minimum wage, but surely Commandant Scully is in receipt of a sizable combined income and more than capable of paying for his own holidays? This can surely be taken as fact, especially when you consider the possibility of a spouse's income being added to the family household. It would be fair to assume that Commandant Scully would certainly not be impoverished. So why the need for such grandiose gestures towards one's boss?
I understand from speaking to various people that there were a number of Conservative Councillors who were reluctant to part with what they considered to be an overly generous sum of money, especially after Scully's appalling treatment of Eleanor Pinfold and his successful attempt to topple her then parachute himself into her leadership position. Furthermore Scully then then selected an obedient jury to have Eleanor thrown out of the Conservative party (the bid to wrest power from her grasp was indeed successful, the campaign to have her thrown out of the party has achieved it's objective in the first instance, pending an appeal).
I understand that most of the Conservative councillors who did object to paying out for 'Don' Scully to take his sabbatical to a sunnier peninsula did eventually capitulate as they did not wish to fall out of favour with the new hierarchy and thus find themselves ex-communicated a-la Eleanor Pinfold. Hence the vast majority dutifully coughed up the requested minimum 'donation' with fear being the primary motivational factor for a significant number of contributors.
Let us be clear about he significance of this latest incident. What has taken place is not illegal, nor is it against the rules of office. However it is rather unusual behaviour, especially when you consider that such requested donations for lavish gifts are usually only bestowed upon prolific leaders, campaign managers or electoral agents AFTER a hard fought election campaign. Yet the only campaign that Scully had masterminded up to that point was the overthrowing of his predecessor!
I did also hear that Councillor Scully took the opportunity to visit the villa of one Benito Mussolini whilst he holidayed in "the Boot". Given Scully's past ruthlessness and dictatorial leadership style one can only speculate as to whether this visit was planned out of historical interest, or was it due to 'Don' Scully's own admiration for a man who clearly possessed many of the same personality traits.
"El Duce" is an obvious choice of hero to those now fronting the Sutton Conservative hierarchy...
Tuesday 8 April 2008
Scully's Dirty Tricks Department (Status: Active)
It would seem that the hierarchy of the Sutton Conservatives have been so concerned by the continued success of this blog that they have decided to fight even dirtier than usual. As a direct result of this I was forced to delete approximately 15 posts from this blog (posts which suddenly appeared during the early hours of Monday the 6th of April 2008).
But do not worry oh intrepid readers and seasoned political watchers of Sutton, I have not morphed into Commandant Paul Scully and set about stifling your freedom of speech!
Au contrare, I refuse to hide behind litigation like Commandant Scully does.
I will not hold back when it comes to voicing my opinions on any side of the political spectrum. Nor will I refrain from lambasting those politicos who go beyond the realms of credibility and insult the intelligence of the electorate by their hypocrisy and double standards and all the while feathering their nests at the expense of local taxpayers.
Nor will I avoid any questions which refer to the current political climate here in the London Borough of Sutton. All political topics of conversation which relate to the London Borough of Sutton are up for debate right here on this forum.
Scully's henchmen are more than welcome to visit this blog and slag me off (constructively though I hope) any time they so wish. They have the most to hide so naturally I fully expect to see the Vesuvius of bile erupting from 48 Benhill Avenue every time I reveal yet another inconvenient truth about the Sutton Tory hierarchy.
What is unacceptable though is when certain malevolent factions from the Sutton Conservative hierarchy visit this blog at Commandant Scully's behest and leave stupid posts about sherbet, fairies, mouse traps and parties at the bottom of the garden (this blog having been bombarded with posts on these intriguing subjects not even 48 hours ago).
Scully's Dirty Tricks Department went into warp drive during the early hours of Monday morning when a certain Tory Cretin found the need to imitate other Google Blogger members and also to link this particular blog to a male homosexual porn site.
The current powermongers in the Sutton Conservatives clearly have plenty to hide, otherwise they wouldn't be attempting to force this blog into closure.
Is it really too much to expect the Sutton Conservatives to respect democracy and other's freedom of speech? Let us hope that we can now continue debating the Sutton political scene without any more bullying from the leadership of the Sutton Conservatives.
One thing is for certain: This blog is here to stay, regardless of whether Commandant Scully likes it or not.
But do not worry oh intrepid readers and seasoned political watchers of Sutton, I have not morphed into Commandant Paul Scully and set about stifling your freedom of speech!
Au contrare, I refuse to hide behind litigation like Commandant Scully does.
I will not hold back when it comes to voicing my opinions on any side of the political spectrum. Nor will I refrain from lambasting those politicos who go beyond the realms of credibility and insult the intelligence of the electorate by their hypocrisy and double standards and all the while feathering their nests at the expense of local taxpayers.
Nor will I avoid any questions which refer to the current political climate here in the London Borough of Sutton. All political topics of conversation which relate to the London Borough of Sutton are up for debate right here on this forum.
Scully's henchmen are more than welcome to visit this blog and slag me off (constructively though I hope) any time they so wish. They have the most to hide so naturally I fully expect to see the Vesuvius of bile erupting from 48 Benhill Avenue every time I reveal yet another inconvenient truth about the Sutton Tory hierarchy.
What is unacceptable though is when certain malevolent factions from the Sutton Conservative hierarchy visit this blog at Commandant Scully's behest and leave stupid posts about sherbet, fairies, mouse traps and parties at the bottom of the garden (this blog having been bombarded with posts on these intriguing subjects not even 48 hours ago).
Scully's Dirty Tricks Department went into warp drive during the early hours of Monday morning when a certain Tory Cretin found the need to imitate other Google Blogger members and also to link this particular blog to a male homosexual porn site.
The current powermongers in the Sutton Conservatives clearly have plenty to hide, otherwise they wouldn't be attempting to force this blog into closure.
Is it really too much to expect the Sutton Conservatives to respect democracy and other's freedom of speech? Let us hope that we can now continue debating the Sutton political scene without any more bullying from the leadership of the Sutton Conservatives.
One thing is for certain: This blog is here to stay, regardless of whether Commandant Scully likes it or not.
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