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Rewarding failure

Tower Hamlets Resident | 08.06.2006 13:38 | Social Struggles | London

Cocked up? Don't worry New Labour looks after its own

It comes as not a huge surprise to the resident of Tower Hamlets that the Borough's deeply unpopular Chief Executive Ms Christine Gilbert, wife of Home Office Minister Tony McNulty, has just been appointed head of Ofsted.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/5058684.stm

Do you think the election of a large number of respect candidates, loss of the council leader, deputy-leader and head of housing plus loss of overall control of the council from Labour just might have made things a bit too hot for her?

Tower Hamlets Resident