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Dogs Dinner: Honoring a Pervert

The http://barryphelps.posterous.com blog has known for some time about the plans for that outrageous dinner held in Phelps' honour last Friday, 25 February 2011, at Whits restaurant in Abingdon Road, W8. We wanted to write something on the blog, even start a campaign, but other commitments from our writers prevented them from launching a campaign to highlight this appalling event and the message it conveys of condoning Phelps' monstrous conduct in sending emails sexualising young boys. However, the blog's failure to campaign on this issue so far should in no way provide any encouragement to Phelps or his supporters. He can say he shouldn't have resigned but there is no way he could have survived the avalanche of complaints and adverse publicity his pervert emails would have caused, let alone Mr Justin Downes' Standards Complaint on that issue, which was only withdrawn because Phelps resigned. There was another Standards Complaint being prepared by a resident in the Borough concerning sexual harassment by Phelps and his breach of the Data Protection Act. The conduct and actions of Phelps was subsequently apologised for by the Council in a formal complaints process, and the complaint about breaches of the Data Protection Act, including personal and sensitive personal data, by Phelps was also upheld by the Information Commissioner. If he had not resigned, Phelps would have been under continuing scrutiny for his misconduct and would have brought the Council into disrepute, something even his former allies, such as Cllr Cockell, would not have tolerated. It is thoroughly unacceptable that somebody of Phelps' misconduct and reprehensible behaviour should seek to rehabilitate himself, raise his public profile, or even possibly seek public office. We believe that it is now necessary to remind residents of the Borough, and the wider public, of the scandal which occasioned Phelps' resignation concerning his disgusting emails sexualising young boys, and that such individuals in public life are unacceptable, unwanted, and should not be given dinners in their honour, and that their past misconduct in public office must be condemned.

More to follow ...

Happy Christmas

The blog would like to wish all the readers of this blog a very joyous Christmas, and a very happy new year.

Apologies for the lack of posts as of late. This has been due to a lack of time.

We've Not Gone Away ...

Still fighting sleaze in K&C, with articles coming up as and when time permits. In the meantime, here's a message to those who think they've got a free pass on sleaze:

Down and Out in Earls Court

The blog has been informed by a resident of what is the first positive sighting in Earls Court of the pervert Barry Phelps since his resignation in July. Our correspondent described Phelps as a much diminished man, nervously shuffling his way out of Sainsbury's on the Cromwell Road, looking around in case anyone should recognise him. Prior to the scandal, Phelps was often to be seen cycling around Earls Court as if it was his domain and he was its lord. He was puffed up, arrogant, and bloated like a tick freshly fed on blood, on the generous allowances and other benefits and freebies, including a laptop, free broadband connection, and Blackberry, all of which facilitated his lascivious boy perving.

Now that his snout is no longer in the Town Hall trough, gorging like an over-sized hog destined for the abbatoir the next day, our correspondent has reported that Phelps appears, although still rotund, to have less quivering flab draped around him. Even his beard is less full, and his chin is less stuck out in prideful arrogance. He looked very crestfallen, or possibly shamed, knowing that people recognise him for the disgusting pervert that he is. As he no longer commands at his disposal the Council resources to illegitimately bully residents, and exact personal vendettas motivated by spite against residents, it is as if his beard has been yanked off and his power removed like the biblical figure Samson. Our correspondent informed us that Phelps looked somewhat scruffy, like a down and out you might charitably give 10 pence to. However, we should remind ourselves that Phelps still has his many properties and a British Virgin Islands trust to console him.

What is of concern is if and when this disgusting man should seek to return to polite society and respectability, perhaps even some role in politics, such as his fellow ex-Councillor, Mark Daley, is now attempting. Phelps is back in town and this blog will keep our readers informed of any facts concerning any attempts he might make to return to public life. This blog will serve as a reminder of his depraved conduct which led to his resignation as a Councillor, and it is hoped that no political party or local societies or Residents Associations would wish to be associated with him or appear to condone his actions in any way.

Coming Soon: Down and Out in Earls Court

Originally posted on 4 October 2010 at: http://barryphelps.posterous.com/coming-soon-down-and-out-in-earls-court

Guess which knuckle walking grub crawled out of a burrow from its dark and dingy basement flat, like pus oozing out of an anal fistula? Looking decidedly dishevelled we can inform our readers that this creature is not the lovable tramp played by Nick Nolte in the film Down and Out In Beverly Hills.

Polly Toynbee Raises Alarm at the ConDem Spending Cuts

The blog would like to recommend a good article by Polly Toynbee which shares the same concerns expressed on this site about the impending disastrous spending cuts, and the dismantling of the welfare state and the NHS. She also shows how nonsensical is the Coalition's notion of the "Big Society".  Her article is particularly good at explaining how these cuts will not just affect the poor, reprehensible though this is, but all of us.  You can see the article here:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/oct/01/conservative-conference-public-sector-cuts