tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post5379677714329936943..comments2023-06-10T16:05:04.411+01:00Comments on Thanet Press Releases: THANET COUNCIL BANS FILMING AGAIN!Michael Childhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-38924818131711055532013-05-01T16:34:53.566+01:002013-05-01T16:34:53.566+01:00Haqppy to show the full film of the discussion to ...Haqppy to show the full film of the discussion to anyone interested. No-one who was there has argued I that the film distorts what happened.<br />Christine Tongue<br />Thanet WatchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-25099762562756251692013-04-27T21:31:22.350+01:002013-04-27T21:31:22.350+01:00Why have the owners of the Thanet Watch pamphlet c...Why have the owners of the Thanet Watch pamphlet chosen to cynically line thier pockets at a time of great hardship for those worst off, by raising their price by 33%?John Hamilton - talking sense and cutting through bullshithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04286883736579945122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-74510609911880417862013-04-27T21:30:40.590+01:002013-04-27T21:30:40.590+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Hamilton - talking sense and cutting through bullshithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04286883736579945122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-818639405754771802013-04-27T21:28:34.904+01:002013-04-27T21:28:34.904+01:00Interestingly, Parliament is filmed, and broadcast...Interestingly, Parliament is filmed, and broadcast, and i believe that complete video is pretty much available, almost nobody watches. It is certainly not allowed or acceptable to have a 3rd party, 5th rate hack take what video they choose, and edit it in a way to support or prove thier particular agenda. <br /><br />Do I care whether council meetings are filmed, nope, if i want a good laugh I will go there and watch. Is it worth the £1000's to stream live footage of TDC meetings nobody will watch, course not, I would rather they swept the streets a little more often.John Hamilton - talking sense and cutting through bullshithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04286883736579945122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-63580620287862807562013-04-27T14:24:06.646+01:002013-04-27T14:24:06.646+01:00Thanet Watch May issue out today in newsagents and...Thanet Watch May issue out today in newsagents and Michael's bookshop too!<br />Christine TongueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-25410003801839651522013-04-26T21:59:02.524+01:002013-04-26T21:59:02.524+01:00It's the abstainers that sicken me the most. ...It's the abstainers that sicken me the most. At least those that voted against filming weren't afraid to voice their thoughts & opinions. Peter Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283534498743254609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-713280087327959532013-04-26T21:32:11.208+01:002013-04-26T21:32:11.208+01:00Well said Peter. My favourite bit of the video wer...Well said Peter. My favourite bit of the video were several: £80k lawyer Harvey struggling to explain of the BCC was accredkited or not, Campbell calling for censorship but not for accredited organisations which might or might notbe the Gazette and BBC - and then most of the councillors abstaining. Utter idiots desperate not to be held to account through secrecy and waffle. Vote them out and sack a few civil servants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-20721160680201156982013-04-26T17:25:07.899+01:002013-04-26T17:25:07.899+01:00Not sure I agree with you, Michael. For years the...Not sure I agree with you, Michael. For years the vociferous extremists on the left, the trouble makers like Hatton and Scargill, made Labour unelectable. It was a middle of the spectrum politician, Tony Blair, who changed all that giving Labour their longest term in office in the process. Another moderate who changed our modern world was Gorbachev, whilst the troublemakers like Hitler and Pol Pot have given us nothing but death and disaster.<br /><br />Give me a decent, decicated middle of the road type everytime over the rabble rousers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-397400686296439552013-04-26T17:15:21.913+01:002013-04-26T17:15:21.913+01:00Tom I guess I wouldn’t write the blog if I wasn’t ...Tom I guess I wouldn’t write the blog if I wasn’t interested in what makes people tick, hence I wondered about the paradox. <br /><br />I don’t think the change in local politics that you and I would like to see, i.e. councillors getting on with the job, will come about from the actions of people who sit in the middle of the political spectrum.<br /><br />My take is that change is urgent and that historically the catalyst for political change has always come from those seen as a bunch of politically motivate troublemakers. <br />Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-59758233762047969652013-04-26T16:12:04.832+01:002013-04-26T16:12:04.832+01:00Not sure I implied any kind of attitude towards th...Not sure I implied any kind of attitude towards the actually film itself, but simply the utter waste of councillors time, and thus our money, it revealed showing them debating wether or not the film should be made. I really do not care whether they film meetings or not, not really being a subscriber to conspiracy theories behind closed doors, but I do care passionately about them getting on with their job of supporting and providing services to our locality.<br /><br />On a purely personal view, I think I would like to see more responsible councillors getting on with the job they are elected to do and I do not think that end is served either by attention seeking wagon jumpers or some local mischief making group, well known to us in Broadstairs for their antics.<br /><br />Michael, always happy to debate with you, but please do not assume to know what makes me tick. Even I do not know that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-26195309266017093402013-04-26T15:14:12.184+01:002013-04-26T15:14:12.184+01:00Tom, a bit of a mixed message here, you seem to be...Tom, a bit of a mixed message here, you seem to be saying having watched the film showing your money being wasted, you then resent the film, which you didn’t contribute to financing being made. As you comment seems to be based on having seen the film and it seems you are saying it shouldn’t have been made can you clarify what it is you mean. Michael Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09499435016469020417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-6018022976811529582013-04-26T12:38:29.266+01:002013-04-26T12:38:29.266+01:00I agree, which is why ALL council meetings should ...I agree, which is why ALL council meetings should be filmed and then available for viewing uncut & uncensored (and TDC themselves often edit broadcasts of course, when they're not having convenient "technical problems" that is!). I find it incredible that MPs can be filmed in The House of Commons yet nobodies in councils can still debate in privacy! Peter Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283534498743254609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-45546593190531365302013-04-26T11:15:51.555+01:002013-04-26T11:15:51.555+01:00Unbelievable that I am paying nearly £2,000 a year...Unbelievable that I am paying nearly £2,000 a year for a bunch of jokers to engage in this kind of shambles. Frankly I do not give a monkies what they talk about in their meetings as long as they empty my dustbins, look after our local infrastructure, where it is their responsibility, and help to promote local trade and tourism. I certainly do not need the coverage of a bunch of political motivated trouble makers giving me their edited version of events.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1491979293469345296.post-25288179726800658332013-04-26T10:13:42.529+01:002013-04-26T10:13:42.529+01:00"...for the second time in five times."?..."...for the second time in five times."???Peter Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06283534498743254609noreply@blogger.com