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'Evil Cabal' Blog Closes...For Now

Dolescum Chomsky | 14.08.2006 17:08 | Social Struggles | Technology | Liverpool

A website containing allegations against senior council bosses has closed...for now.

The blog - which could be read at  http://liverpool-evil-cabal.blogspot.com/ - was seen by thousands of people, and got a great publcity boost when Liverpool City Council blocked the site on town hall computers.

The website, supposedly compiled by 'Tony Parrish', who lists his occupation as 'whistle-blower' and interests as 'victory', had a humorous tone.

The blog was named after a comment by Cllr Mike Storey in a dossier of e-mails between him and ex-media chief Matt Finnegan, which led to him standing down as council leader.

It focused on alleged conduct by three town hall officials, former chief executive Sir David Henshaw, resources director Phil Halsall and Dr David Mc-Elhinney, managing director of Liverpool Direct call centre.

But it also heavily criticised the council's approach to Capital of Culture, the departure of artistic director Robyn Archer and an investigation into council contracts with private firms Enterprise and BT.

Parrish's final entry read: "The blog is signing off for the moment, for reasons which will soon become obvious and public.

"We have been promised that there will now be a proper investigation into the allegations which have been made on this blog.

"As you know, the evidence has already been presented to the new chief executive of Liverpool City Council, Mr Colin Hilton.

"This is a magnificent victory for freedom of speech and for truth, justice and democracy.

"The blog still has a lot more to tell you.

"And, unless we see the promises kept, with decisive and proper action being taken within the next few days, we will be back. Bigger and better than ever."

Dolescum Chomsky

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Is Liverpool City Council the only one with crooks 'ruining' it?

18.08.2006 21:11



What about other councils across Britain?

Why aren't there other honest employees in corrupt town halls/city halls blowing whistles from their patches?

Those of us not within town halls don't have access to the inside facts. If we had, we would have blown our own forms of the whistles.

Can we now hear the whistles from within some big city town halls?

Starting with why ken Livingstone is letting Transport for London insult Londoners by ‘needing’ to use luxury offices at over £7.5 million rental costs to Londoners a year?

justhought


Ethnic cleansing, or plain old Orwellian Ministry of Culture?

14.10.2006 23:21

I learned about the Evil Cabal blog, which I believe would have interested me, far too late. When I have attempted to link to it, I have found that the comments no longer exist. I wondered if 'they' have managed to wipe out freedom of speech and thought in Liverpool as they have already wiped out the culture.
Ten years ago I had pride in being a scouser and now I don't know what defines the Liverpool culture. It seems that all that is left of Liverpool is a haven for retail junkies. Now I feel, as I know many others do, like a foriegner in the city of my birth; no trace of the culture that defines me remains there. I suppose it is true to say that the Capital of Culture 08 will herald the ethnically cleansed Liverpool.

Maurice Miner


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