Sir Robin Wales of Newham talks about Stratford City

[edrusharry]

Scam artist at work, £547,000 for the in house magazine and £81,000 salary, how many people in Newham earn £81,000 and are they getting their moneys worth out of this charlatan.............

Another "Line my own pockets" merchant!

[joannepsi]

Newham has been Labour controlled council since 1964 and still it's the most deprived borough in London. Something is seriously wrong here. £100m on a useless, unnecessary council building, turning Stratford into even more of a ghetto - why did they grant planning permission to even MORE pawn/high interest loan shops and bookies on the broadway recently? - they HAVE to be voted out!

Would anyone be interested in putting together flyers to encourage residents to vote Labour out in the locals?

[bringbackmydemocracy]

It is so luxurious — fitted out with trendy lights costing £1,800 each — that it won a prestigious design award from the British Council for Offices, beating any bank headquarters.

[bringbackmydemocracy]

The video holds forth about the great achievements of the council — omitting, for some reason, any mention of the £111 million that the council has just spent buying and fitting out its own spanking new waterside HQ

[bringbackmydemocracy]

The London borough of Newham reckons we are all so cross with the Government that we won’t notice its own extravagance. Besides spitting vitriol about the Coalition in its in-house magazine (which costs £547,000 a year to produce) the borough’s £81,000-a-year elected mayor Sir Robin Wales (who rules in tandem with the borough’s £241,000-a-year chief executive) has made a video moaning about the unfairness of his reduced budget.

[snakeeyesss11]

Sir Robin Wales get real Job :-)