tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68793162125312381982024-02-22T13:57:28.459+00:00Brian Coleman (aka Mr Toad) has got to go!Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-50497492192366121492011-10-20T12:53:00.001+01:002011-10-20T13:06:21.942+01:00BREAKING: Barnet forces 'capture Col. Coleman'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGop7TlD5GvD_BjI7HxM6TTqpNeMjK7cmKWy_anTHUMscNqdOLl90efYdoCFWMlnTKIT_uM9Wr3fGoVSlGW_Bo4vB3QljmF6XIqcV5-iimQl1XmI02SNFXe0VnjWEGV81OVKOOl9tcP7zl/s1600/colemancaptured.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 390px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5665544524872171170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGop7TlD5GvD_BjI7HxM6TTqpNeMjK7cmKWy_anTHUMscNqdOLl90efYdoCFWMlnTKIT_uM9Wr3fGoVSlGW_Bo4vB3QljmF6XIqcV5-iimQl1XmI02SNFXe0VnjWEGV81OVKOOl9tcP7zl/s400/colemancaptured.png" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIQrjumJvQAoZeymiaHbQEgI6ZO07jEri0ZB-yOszbHWYWwj3FO0VawLkXXPbxruKY6ez3-VrDfFDW3qGamKNDOZq3fAlNq9VPfvMLAU-X4Dn82fRoTmGS3h00rT4ZuNUeQYIXTT2_Xs5/s1600/colemancaptured.png"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-91328600524935046952011-10-10T15:45:00.003+01:002011-10-10T15:49:47.091+01:00Brian Coleman on the canapaign trail in Camden<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt74VGGMIjtcBzmvQu_uwaf2f867zk3X2ELjE2rpEaWzfGt7uw-v4JsaMc1udcYxykeUsQ26u31_bRf9YOwpqaU8MTV0plYjN7xJ8dTIxJaLI4Gp9RHCBK_IVrqzIn4Kv2MABlt857j7Jg/s1600/ilovecanapes.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 292px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661875771026401650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt74VGGMIjtcBzmvQu_uwaf2f867zk3X2ELjE2rpEaWzfGt7uw-v4JsaMc1udcYxykeUsQ26u31_bRf9YOwpqaU8MTV0plYjN7xJ8dTIxJaLI4Gp9RHCBK_IVrqzIn4Kv2MABlt857j7Jg/s400/ilovecanapes.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1ERUDlAPi4G4Xrzwad2mHg1noPzVBXnWxz_Yhn0_uA46JVy1BL4m3XycMepBYI1-cMkn2ozLhb8RugoK7TF5d-jmjpGwP7lHzx9YSBrBy5DzyN8ivjoI7h-renyqE0UqGh6_SjTrPJU9w/s1600/ilovecanapes.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-72095897710129994022011-03-29T16:37:00.004+01:002011-03-29T16:50:06.421+01:00Brian Coleman gets it 100 per cent right<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The excllent, Camden-based journalist: </span><a href="http://www.richardosley.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Richard Osley</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, recently </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/RichardOsley/statuses/52753641429409792"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">quoted</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Brian 'Mr Toad' Coleman's latest outburst: </span><br /><div><br /><blockquote><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Surely nobody on a public demonstration needs to wear a mask"</span></p></blockquote><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well, unaccustomed as I am to agreeing with the green-skinnned member for Barnet and Camden, I have to say that on this occasion I think he's hit the nail squarely on the head. Let's make it a criminal offence as soon as possible and let them feel the full force of the law. And let's start by making an example of these </span><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366113/Ed-Balls-denial-Labours-legacy-debt-warn-Tories.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">louts</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> who started the trend:</span></p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 299px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589528839755894498" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklSKKcyMN7dyaIHTo8ZWYwFtJbZOv9nm2kNRI2A2avzFILc_OANDl8pY8qdSADfeezx3D9mqbs3D0GEAi8gpeDUY6cXVfPOwavO5rcR8wEeqM0AKZxrWANueZHBdRxXXeMKkOtMWh4vGf/s400/tories+ed+mballs+masks.jpg" /></span> <br /><p></p></div>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-72328683033531374652011-02-22T11:58:00.004+00:002011-02-22T12:12:46.875+00:00Toad Rams Rams<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbkHxdJVzNz2kx4jaVj3awGC9pIu09XTSYgcr0RVrNf3E01loDOc-7cpiqnVTFCWKRtcAmyP1y7RZa403K2lxHxZLtApKSonAvKRZIYx0-TnSOBzsJPBAR04SDfUmpOdw63eST55Jo8fN/s1600/nopoint.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576485163928633090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbkHxdJVzNz2kx4jaVj3awGC9pIu09XTSYgcr0RVrNf3E01loDOc-7cpiqnVTFCWKRtcAmyP1y7RZa403K2lxHxZLtApKSonAvKRZIYx0-TnSOBzsJPBAR04SDfUmpOdw63eST55Jo8fN/s400/nopoint.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I read today in the </span><a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8867692.Councillor_launches_petition_to_expand_bus_route/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barnet Times</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, that Robert 'scourge-of-the-arts' Rams has launched a petition to get the 384 bus route expanded.<br /><br />May I take this opportunity to remind him of his dear, close colleague: Brian 'Mr Toad' Coleman's </span><a href="http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/special_reports/?content_id=6809"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">comments</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> on such a tactic:<br /></span><blockquote><p><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"On the general subject of petitions Politicians of all Parties will tell you they usually ignore petitions, as it is not unusual to have people sign petitions for and against a particular proposal!"</span></em></p></blockquote><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Oh.</span></div>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-49799799984830413372011-02-15T14:47:00.009+00:002011-02-15T15:25:08.340+00:00Olympic snub to Barnet. But why?<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573930753756269218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpr2MmUi1heJ42q7UgHn22vra53mBNdw8ML7cLBvidrJS59DtDLB7eFU5jWXE3d0HZLRk9rLKrvOiqInTRR9KONO_somyeHhJD4htROaOKJXf1HcNDdYc8I88YKaa2ttSbI3gdpMFtV6y/s400/sadolympics.jpg" />The Barnet Times </span><a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8814110.artsdepot_cash_cuts__small_amount__says_councillor/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">reports</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> today about the distress of poor Councillor Robert </span><a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8814110.artsdepot_cash_cuts__small_amount__says_councillor/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">'scourge of history and the arts'</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Rams, who cannot for the life of him understand why the Olympic cycle race would not want to pass through the soon-to-be cultural desert of Barnet. <em>"I find it hard to believe that the organising committee could not find an alternative route which would allow Barnet residents to be involved." </em><br /><br />Hmmm, you don't suppose that the organising committe remember this charming anti-Olympic rant by your close colleague, Brian 'Mr Toad' Coleman do you? <a href="http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/colemanonolympics.png">Click here for bigger and readable.<br /></a><br /></span><div></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 190px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573932042748661186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBkB3AdZ1Oo-CbFwh6SSklt0iD_z2Mt7bznDmBjT9Z5Yke3TJw4P5XVEcFdDRXqim20TCBDtcBGzFIuh07mdf-UuTde2-VKs4fbECOg6u0enlkhzJuhxn7EC2dxkmxo5w3iD3Fo2E8FfJ/s400/colemanonolympics.png" /></span></div><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I suppose its safe to assume then, that Mr Toad will not be competing in the high jump. Shame. If there was a freeloading contest on the other hand....</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Tip of the hat to the </span><a href="http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/2008/08/29/that-brian-coleman-article-in-full/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Boriswatch blog</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> for scanning and uploading the full article.</span></p>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-24910216110764203012011-02-07T11:49:00.005+00:002011-02-07T12:23:04.584+00:00No lollipops at Brian Coleman's banquet<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFh8xMR4UeeJNx34qbvQ0et0CsATAdN_AzDTsvPXwCwGsgN9v_vS_AhrW5c87_WiJYhRBYc8B3hRWNBuoLB8JXGQqoYfGZVpHSLPNuCi9i9QRnSMSgEvecJE3RClTK9A3ASlDKAHFqLxYU/s1600/lollipop.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 261px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570913569357036978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFh8xMR4UeeJNx34qbvQ0et0CsATAdN_AzDTsvPXwCwGsgN9v_vS_AhrW5c87_WiJYhRBYc8B3hRWNBuoLB8JXGQqoYfGZVpHSLPNuCi9i9QRnSMSgEvecJE3RClTK9A3ASlDKAHFqLxYU/s400/lollipop.png" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> The ever-excellent Adam Bienkov has unearthed the detail about </span><a href="http://torytroll.blogspot.com/2011/02/brian-coleman-slammed-for-completely.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Brian Coleman's "completely excessive" £2,338.00 lunch </span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">- paid from Fire Brigade budgets.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Keen toad-watchers will already be aware that the full-bellied, green-skinned councillor plans to </span><a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/topstories/8813827.Funding_for_crossing_patrols_set_to_be_cut/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">axe lollipop crossing patrols for Barnet's children</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So this got me reaching for my righteous calculator of justice and my back-of-a-fag-packet of truth. Hypothetically speaking, just how many school crossing patrols could be paid for with the money Coleman squandered on personal face-stuffing?*</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If we assume that Barnet's lollipop-bearers are on the minimum wage of £5.93 per hour (this <em>is</em> 'EasyCouncil' Barnet we're talking about remember), and if we assume that they work for 1.5 hours a day, we can calculate that they cost a total of £8.90 each day. If we then divide the cost of Coleman's 'free' lunch by the daily cost of a lollipop patrol person we can see that Coleman's lunch excesses would pay for 262 days of lollipoop patrol. Given that they only work in term time, say 200 days per year - that's more than an entire annual post - which Coleman intends to axe - in the name of austerity of course.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">*I am aware that the different budget lines makes this an impossibility</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-8968669559279910232010-12-02T11:45:00.003+00:002010-12-02T11:50:01.087+00:00A loyal Tory writes about Brian 'Mr Toad' Coleman<blockquote><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">"I have recently witnessed Mr Toad's bad behaviour at a meeting. He was reading other unrelated paperwork and playing with his mobiles. Then he chirped up with comments totally unrelated to the topic.<br /><br />When I commented to a council official that he was very badly behaved ...they said that that is how he aways behaves.<br /><br />I am a loyal Tory but this man is an embarrassment."<br /></span></em></blockquote><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This was a comment left yesterday on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24061317432">'Brian Coleman (aka Mr Toad) has got to go' Facebook group page</a>.<br /></span>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-77281474172371156372010-11-25T12:02:00.004+00:002010-11-25T12:18:55.807+00:00Brian Coleman describes the FBU.....<em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"> <blockquote><p><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">"A thoroughly unpleasant and nasty lot...Most are thick, can’t string a sentence together and frankly are incoherent."</span></em><br /></p><p></p></blockquote></span></em><p>These are Brian Coleman's sweet words of conciliation according to Evening Standard journalist: Ross Lydall, who has done some great reporting on the fire dispute in London.</p><p>To keep up to date with his reports, please see his <a href="http://lydall.standard.co.uk/">blog</a> and his <a href="http://twitter.com/RossLydall">Twitter feed</a>.</p>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-8741588790730942152010-11-16T10:38:00.004+00:002010-11-16T11:03:33.299+00:00Brian Coleman Hampered<span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><em><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIVUBlrf2P6ETOaKBAxPQilsuCjLOuFs2Xw17sofp1CtSVsQbS8Ht05QZyDBGatTjXbxM5Sos6ME5Vj9p5_9NvHfVqxogJfFCtP_NXxp-nc1YSZ-LNBTzcRYpm1s_0Ko-RSDrZg5ERiej/s1600/hamper.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 231px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540097434801072018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIVUBlrf2P6ETOaKBAxPQilsuCjLOuFs2Xw17sofp1CtSVsQbS8Ht05QZyDBGatTjXbxM5Sos6ME5Vj9p5_9NvHfVqxogJfFCtP_NXxp-nc1YSZ-LNBTzcRYpm1s_0Ko-RSDrZg5ERiej/s400/hamper.jpg" /></a><a href="http://lydall.standard.co.uk/2010/11/brian-coleman-to-be-questioned-over-freebie-dinners-with-strike-breaking-firm.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ross Lydall has a very interesting article in the Evening Standard today</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> about the fortchcoming Fire Authority meeting on Thursday. I recommend you go and read it, but here are a couple of nuggets of information from it.<br /><br />Outside, there'll be a protest to reinstate the suspended union activist and Queen's Fire Service Medal owner </span><a href="http://www.fbur12.org.uk/2010/11/15/stop-punishing-union-activists-%E2%80%93-re-instate-sian-griffiths-now-fbu-tells-fire-brigade/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sian Griffiths</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.<br /><br />Inside, Councillor Navin Shah will be asking Brian 'Mr Toad' Coleman:<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><blockquote><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"The recent press coverage concerning the hospitality outlined below which was received by you from Asset Co prior to the award of a contract: </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>· Lunch to a value of £25 on 30 October 2007<br />· Dinner to a value of £50 on 23 July 2008<br />· A Harvey Nichols hamper to a value of £350 on 24 December 2008<br />· Dinner to a value of £40 on 19 January 2009 </em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>has been highly critical. Do you now accept that these actions reflect poor judgement and a lack of sensitivity on your part and will you now assure Londoners that such damaging conduct will not be repeated in the future?"</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A good question - but I wouldn't hold your breath for a good answer from slippery Mr Toad.</span></p></span>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-23892491993884407692010-11-08T16:05:00.004+00:002010-11-08T16:17:26.107+00:00Brian Coleman - Fanning the flamesAs the increasingly bitter dispute within the London Fire Brigade rumbles on, fire chief Brian 'Mr Toad' Coleman has proposed cutting 16 per cent of London's fire engines.<br /><br />What hope of any kind of resolution with this pig-headed fool at the helm?<br /><br /><a href="http://torytroll.blogspot.com/2010/11/brian-coleman-says-brigade-has-over.html">As ever, Adam Bienkov has the scoop</a>.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EccouDXhL5k?fs=1&hl=en_GB"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EccouDXhL5k?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-72308035852800089892010-10-11T14:35:00.005+01:002010-10-11T14:57:28.741+01:00Toads Roads Undisclosed<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Keen readers will remember that back in May, when Brian 'Mr Toad' Coleman was chosen as Cabinet Member for the Environment he croaked:<br /></span><a href="http://colemansgottogo.blogspot.com/2010/05/toads-roads.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"My priorities are roads, roads, roads and roads."</em> </span></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.barnet-today.co.uk/News.cfm?id=35324&headline=Tory"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Barnet Press report</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> that further to this, Mr Toad also boasted that all of Barnet's pothole repairs would be completed by the end of October. And moreover, it seems that this very same green-skinned councillor has vetoed the release of pothole repair figures to the press. Even worse, he's 'unavailable' to explain his reasons.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Barnet Press is therefore more than a little cross with the amphibious councillor whom they savage marvellously in their latest editorial:</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 544px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526785663150221474" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmZcv1qrg49l_ej_mpssaZS4G_W16d2f_Zigdf-IsA14ixJvgdMVJkHCm0BLA1YHHd5PTc86pq9Iv7hNfcb2dU8GAnhSU84i2eDDOaymOKv8japkQmh41pJzFsoQtpcAvq5A2J_wwthbC/s400/barnetpresscomment7oct10.jpg" /><br /></span><div></div>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-34834031698921510332010-09-27T11:36:00.003+01:002010-09-27T12:41:57.404+01:00Jokes still allowed at Barnet Council<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHO-_rMPRqhWGyARUU289BQNFwwrdRyq7eq_PYNdzv8e9_gvIHfm7cK7B5GAXqD-RT1kvzEXy09M9zKp5Lom_-76oOBTwTbf8Pso3pHa7y5gCWufWw2Udwb8cOVLhAUJMTTg8d5PzrrgYT/s1600/mokhouse.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521555746307827890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHO-_rMPRqhWGyARUU289BQNFwwrdRyq7eq_PYNdzv8e9_gvIHfm7cK7B5GAXqD-RT1kvzEXy09M9zKp5Lom_-76oOBTwTbf8Pso3pHa7y5gCWufWw2Udwb8cOVLhAUJMTTg8d5PzrrgYT/s400/mokhouse.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">With the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8026003/Council-outlaws-mother-in-law-jokes.html">news today</a> that Barnet council have banned mother-in-law jokes, I feel I should point that Barnet is far from being some sort of humourless place as it is often portrayed in some sections of the media.<br /><br />Indeed, some jokes are positively encouraged at Barnet.<br /><br />Take the recent <a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8377124.Hillan_holds_on_to_leadership/">leadership contest</a>. Without doubt they were just fooling around in staging a leadership contest where some young upstart nearly takes the crown from such an established councillor. We were never really going to believe that of course - but it shows that humour is alive and well at Barnet. And what about the deep irony implicit in the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10635391">massive pay <del>hike</del> joke </a>voted through by Coleman's Conservatives. As if anyone could really be that greedy? How we split our sides. And of course there's the long-running and much-loved comedy partnership of Brian Coleman playing the straight man to Robert Rams' buffoonery that keeps us laughing all the way to the polling booths.<br /><br />So now, in tribute to Barnet Council's comedy genius, and in line with the new policy of the outlawing of mother-in-law jokes, I'd like to present to you a selection of Brian Coleman jokes that I <del>stole</del> adapted from </span><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/life/article181026.ece"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the Sun newspaper's joke page</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. <strong>NB</strong> - that link is NSFW if you work for Barnet council - but these, on the other hand, are perfectly acceptable:<br /><br />LAST week my wife and I went to buy a car and the salesman asked if I wanted an airbag. I said: “No thanks. I already have a Brian Coleman.”<br /><br />WHAT’S the difference between Brian Coleman and a vulture?<br />The vulture waits until you’re dead before it eats your heart out.<br /><br />I TOOK Brian Coleman to Madame Tussaud’s chamber of horrors and one of the attendants said: “Keep her moving sir, we’re stocktaking.”<br /><br />DID you hear about the man who threw Brian Coleman into the lion’s den at the zoo?<br />He’s being sued by the RSPCA for cruelty to animals.<br /><br />WHY did Brian Coleman cross the road?<br />I don’t know, but it was an ugly sight.<br /><br />WHAT are the two worst things about Brian Coleman?<br />His faces.<br /><br />I HAVEN’T spoken to Brian Coleman for 18 months ? I don’t like to interrupt him.<br /><br />I ALWAYS know when it’s Brian Coleman knocking at the door ? the mice throw themselves in the traps.<br /><br />Brian Coleman and I were happy for 20 years.<br />Then we met<br /></span>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-84906027626546218602010-09-24T14:27:00.004+01:002010-09-24T16:00:20.231+01:00Brian Coleman's Freudian projection<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520477249283323410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANIZi6QBFwEEdzOJ3ARdsvFfsxuWM7pFTkYHxywilnr86SzH82E7KzTdHBFnLA-3G4zlFYyJbvqFWOLIisR9WAB3WnN-YC6xMz1I6chSitxwVmW4scFe8Cqpj3S6CRDb-fkJmzjfojjRU/s400/Freud.jpg" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hot on the heels of the enormous fiasco over the Tories voting themselves a massive </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10635391"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">pay-rise</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> (a proposal viciously whipped through by Brian 'Mr Toad' Coleman), and the consequent </span><a href="http://www.barnetbugle.com/journal/2010/9/8/mike-freer-and-matthew-offords-frantic-efforts-keep-their-ga.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">embarrassment</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> caused by the resulting leadership challenge - Coleman's Tories have yet another embarrassment.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">According to </span><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/sep/23/barnet-easycouncil-costcutting-plan-criticised"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Guardian</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, a report to the Audit Committee has just ordered Barnet to come up (finally) with a business case for the savage cuts they are planning to inflict on our services - including selling our libraries and sacking the wardens in our sheltered housing.<br /><br />But hang on a minute, you may be thinking. This is Coleman and Co's flagship policy. Have they really failed to even get a business case for it?<br /><br />I'm afraid so. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In the interests of fairness however, I should point out that although they may not have a business case of any kind, they are in possession of bags and bags of Thatcherite dogma. Will that do?<br /><br />Understandably, the unions and Barnet's residents are more than a little furious about having their services cut simply to satisfy Coleman's Thatcherite urges. They had </span><a href="http://www.barnetunison.me.uk/?q=node/495"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">a successful meeting last night of around 200 angry people determined to mount a campaign against Coleman's monstrous foolishness</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> (Click the link and scroll down for information about the next of these meeting).<br /><br />And yet, in the </span><a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/topstories/8412824.Unions_blasted_for_advertising_BBC_speaker_visit/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Barnet Times</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, Brian 'no business case' Coleman has called <strong>them:</strong> "a complete shambles" and "a group of no hopers".<br /><br />So what has all this got to do with Sigmund Freud and his theory of Freudian projection? Well, Wikipedia helpfully </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">explains</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> that an example of Freudian projection might be </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>"...blaming another for self failure. The mind may avoid the discomfort of consciously admitting personal faults by keeping those feelings unconscious, and redirect their libidinal satisfaction by attaching, or "projecting," those same faults onto another."<br /></em><br />Far be it from me to suggest that Fruedian projection is at the root of Coleman's behaviour of course. Its not as if he's going around accusing other people of being odious toads or anything.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Oh, </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsA2EIVCsPk"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">hang on a minute</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">...</span>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-5961167623204645012010-09-08T16:15:00.003+01:002010-09-08T16:30:12.219+01:00"Boris dislikes Brian intently"<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Who would have thought I'd have so much in common with Boris?<br /><br /></span><a href="http://crerar.standard.co.uk/2010/09/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-brian.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Pippa Crerar has the scoop at the Evening Standard.</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /><br /></span>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-91213892638654036972010-09-07T10:53:00.002+01:002010-09-07T10:59:08.519+01:00The wisdom of Brian Coleman. An open letter to councillors.<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">With Barnet's Tories to vote on the leadership contest tonight, here is an open letter, published in full, from their former Chairman:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">_______________</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Dear Councillors<br /><br />Many years ago, when I was Chairman of Chipping Barnet Conservative Association, I dared to criticise Brian Coleman who was supporting the first of Lynne Hillan’s failed attempts to become leader of the council.<br /><br />Cllr Coleman saw me walking in the street and stopped his car for a quiet chat (this was in the days before his driving ban when taxpayers subsequently had to provide him with taxis). Speaking in the understated manner that we have all come to know and love, and with only the very slightest finger gesticulation, our Brian told me clearly and unequivocally: “In order to rebuild, you must first destroy”.<br /><br />Like Hovis, the words of Brian Coleman are as good for you today as they have always been.<br /><br />As you embark on yet another leadership election, ask yourself this. Are you happy that, save for one notable exception, you have brought the Conservative Party into disrepute? Do you think loyal party members will be impressed that you have reduced Barnet Council to a laughing stock?<br /><br />It is no good blaming inexperience or alleged bullying tactics employed by certain individuals. You are grown adults, not children, and you are all quite capable of thinking for yourself. You know the difference between right and wrong and even if you had only been a councillor for five minutes, you knew that the decision to hike allowances for Lynne Hillan and her cronies was morally wrong and indefensible, yet you voted for it anyway.<br /><br />You have let down the public who elected you to office, as well as all the hard working volunteer members of your associations who gave their time and money freely to support your campaign.<br /><br />Unless you want to see the Conservatives wiped out in 2014 along with your own political ambitions, you have to do what Brian Coleman said all those years ago. Destroy the old and rebuild.<br /><br />Yours sincerely<br /><br />David Miller </span><br />______________Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-57958693022457353902010-09-02T11:24:00.008+01:002010-09-02T12:21:17.499+01:00Brian Coleman's expenses mistake?<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512262888090649026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipV61EafbssB0Jj6YZ1dTS3D36G_1DYuGGUGvIwC6FfR2TXV8l61NlGX1mugYI7i_kSzAFalfQpq6pa-5swe4N2NjGroS4lklMzCJ6qr5d3V0X0-r5o7ZidVk3gfqEmUTwuAsdpj0EiohH/s400/Double-dip.jpg" />No doubt, when you have as many expense accounts as Brian 'Mr Toad' Coleman, it can be tricky to keep track of them all. Doubly so I'm sure, when you're in receipt of as many freebies as he is. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I suspect therefore, that the apparent double-dipping I have been alerted to by a public spirited contibutor is simply a genuine mistake - caused by the genuine difficulties inherent in keeping track of so much freely available cash and so much free feasting. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">First there's this, from the </span><a href="http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/gifts_all.asp"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">LFEPA register of gifts and hospitality</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 99px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512271673740382946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5tvozT63O9-NDvS1o4KZgwnlcGkmj1hsjERuz8aYui1Q8SzRq1MT-tMM0lUWwpMpNY5zutpAd37lxKOd4VTeqyXo3ixHFwH0Kmplne273hXX-cZQLTg9XZLIS9jz7q-uQNHrEjsmyqYry/s400/lfbgiftsandhospitality.jpg" /></span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Then, there's this, from </span><a href="http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/Brian_Coleman_2010_2011.asp"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Brian Coleman's expenses at LFEPA</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">:<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 102px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512271935557386178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfxSIsH02sLoy6QaTg5WQSorKAz9UQihJ3jBjfleqFx73gb7O9dXjXjaz4wdOsj2ZbGeus-zqyS9oRLnQbmzpAY3eBQVe5oHmGNTd8DZjC9S7WCrqY4FPlzpO5djUXDYOnW7eiatpSaDuR/s400/expenses.jpg" /></span> <div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I feel sure that Mr Toad will wish to explain himself at the earliest opportunity. No doubt, if it is a simple mistake, he will croak a heartfelt apology. Perhaps, if that happens, we shall even witness a really extraordinary event - Mr Toad opening his wallet to pay the money back!</span></div>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-82857031741191485992010-08-05T11:18:00.003+01:002010-08-05T11:59:20.734+01:00Big Society Brian<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EGFZRMA7ysTDiQ_y3dhTbcmDUj0hZBgyPelt5pN5-xm2ZfvpJ-huaxZFZNeqs6srvkjT2KmOvFevsZO6ZMTq2rc8th5OUIBaFpiO4m4xJXpBAGbhadR1kjDg4L3AK_F7EvAnk3qw4yhl/s1600/colemanvol.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501877470154006850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5EGFZRMA7ysTDiQ_y3dhTbcmDUj0hZBgyPelt5pN5-xm2ZfvpJ-huaxZFZNeqs6srvkjT2KmOvFevsZO6ZMTq2rc8th5OUIBaFpiO4m4xJXpBAGbhadR1kjDg4L3AK_F7EvAnk3qw4yhl/s400/colemanvol.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />I see from my latest copy of <a href="http://www.norwood.org.uk/Who-we-are/annual-reviews-publications/norwoodnow">Norwood Now</a> magazine that c. £130,000.00pa </span><a href="http://colemansgottogo.blogspot.com/2010/07/brian-coleman-because-hes-worth-it.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Brian 'because-I'm-worth-it' Coleman</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> has been presenting certificates to lucky charity shop volunteers.<br /><br />Next week, I hear he'll be at the Beat Bullying charity, presenting awards to those who have had to overcome bullies </span><a href="http://colemansgottogo.blogspot.com/2010/07/brian-mammon.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">time</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and </span><a href="http://torytroll.blogspot.com/2010/03/more-evidence-of-brian-coleman-cover-up.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">again</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and </span><a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8113499.Mayor_investigated_over__intimidating__phone_call_claims/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">again</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and </span><a href="http://torytroll.blogspot.com/2009/07/phone-call-from-brian-coleman.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">again</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> and </span><a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/topstories/4369609.Coleman_given___10_000_solicitor_to_face_standards_board/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">again</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.<br /><br />And then in the Autumn it seems he's due to give out the 'Conciliation Trophy' at Acas.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BUjx24cBZO0&hl=en_GB&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BUjx24cBZO0&hl=en_GB&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="264"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /></span>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-57150006532624600152010-07-29T10:48:00.007+01:002010-07-29T11:30:07.393+01:00Top Barnet Tory: Coleman and Co are “immoral, disgusting and vile”<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDy-SJeHJ_Zk_7rgRnZnKPPQTHOA65bT4aruLa2kNBoQkplhzuifOTWD1DnktNJx9622HgvI23ZMhPbQHEG_G8VeQnQjFNXCM4lV7ZD8rWFFDAJ1rT1BFr_-y64cH0e_iWJTMWW23Ui2N/s1600/NL21586-AdrianMurray-Leonard--004_jpg_display.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499263202077083026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDy-SJeHJ_Zk_7rgRnZnKPPQTHOA65bT4aruLa2kNBoQkplhzuifOTWD1DnktNJx9622HgvI23ZMhPbQHEG_G8VeQnQjFNXCM4lV7ZD8rWFFDAJ1rT1BFr_-y64cH0e_iWJTMWW23Ui2N/s400/NL21586-AdrianMurray-Leonard--004_jpg_display.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> <em>“immoral, disgusting and vile”</em> - That's the view taken by no less a dignaitary than the Chairman of the Hendon and West Hendon Conservative groups, Adrian Murray-Leonard - who has bravely stuck his head above the parapet on the issue of Coleman and Co's <a href="http://colemansgottogo.blogspot.com/2010/07/brian-mammon.html">naked greed</a>.<br /><br />In a <a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8297992.Conservative_association_member_brands_party_colleagues__greedy_vultures__over_allowance_hike/#commentsList">Barnet Times article</a> this morning he continues:<br /></span><blockquote><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">“Most of them are in it for themselves. They are living under an illusion of grandeur. Most of the people who are getting whipped to make the decision should stand up against it.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p></blockquote><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Mr Murray-Leonard - hats off to you sir. There are loads of decent Conservatives like you around. But, as you rightly point out, Coleman and his cronies are <em>"greedy vultures"</em> with whom you do not want to be associated. Its no wonder that Chief Toad Coleman is such an <a href="http://colemansgottogo.blogspot.com/2009/10/tories-say-knickers-to-brian-coleman.html">embarrassment to the Conservative Party</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></div><ul><li><div align="left"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Sign the Barnet Times' Reject the Rise petition at: </span><a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/reject_the_rise/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/reject_the_rise/</span></a> </div></li></ul>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-71622147410704002522010-07-23T10:48:00.008+01:002010-07-23T11:12:39.423+01:00Brian Coleman - because he's worth it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZu7ZZLad7W5a9q1I8gZXX5RxhyJDxaLQFsp_jqH98zV-y1Sz0YhU9Ge9Li9s98O-22kRoN1LwTcViV5wXiefh_VFAEuWfmZbsMgHZUq_QW_0C2FZJ7TPXKXM3oQH3fJWKy0ZBjybEQgz/s1600/loreal-coleman.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 404px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 196px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497036471692592962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZu7ZZLad7W5a9q1I8gZXX5RxhyJDxaLQFsp_jqH98zV-y1Sz0YhU9Ge9Li9s98O-22kRoN1LwTcViV5wXiefh_VFAEuWfmZbsMgHZUq_QW_0C2FZJ7TPXKXM3oQH3fJWKy0ZBjybEQgz/s400/loreal-coleman.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Brian 'Mr Toad' Coleman has justified the fact that <a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/8286420.Cabinet_members_continue_to_support_widely_criticised_allowance_increases/?ref=mr">the mega pay rise he voted through for himself and his cronies</a> is even bigger than his infamous free lunches, on the basis that he believes he is 'worth it'. As he told the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/7896482/Tory-minister-condemns-bumper-pay-of-Conservative-councillors.html">Daily Telegraph</a>:</span><em> <blockquote><p><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"I don't have to justify what I earn. Councillors are worth every penny they earn."</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></p></blockquote></em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Yes Mr Toad. Of course you are.</span><br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_MXp2Q7qan0&hl=en_GB&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_MXp2Q7qan0&hl=en_GB&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-55054060778681841112010-07-22T10:08:00.002+01:002010-07-22T10:14:20.775+01:00Coleman Balls<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I see Mr Toad is in Private Eye. </span><a href="http://colemansgottogo.blogspot.com/2010/04/coleman-makes-barnet-laughing-stock.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Again</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 403px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 478px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496655515605027602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyu8Wq4FGbWZBEKo8Q2sRe0zFqUbi-a5_wxGQ-HJTyIsaVJIAiepkj2SFeN31QVkxqJJ4-VgQ8VjLjHBFbAD4FJevGD6Fb5CrVoAYn0f8rweBnn9UR13TsmSsSGzICFynf8U0W-9GltqlR/s400/PRIVATE+EYE+COLEMAN+BALLS+07+2010%5B1%5D.jpg" />Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-17143578842562635432010-07-20T11:00:00.008+01:002010-07-20T11:32:38.753+01:00PM launches 'The Big Pariah'<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oIU6pEJlUv4k4Qx-8FVJN_WoURwNADiCScvcw4j1AQa0wTeicPyYg7wljalZpLcd7Aij1XqFeTN127RFvCxyc0sRs7OhPwPDTRzh_m8r6J_ophGGeKUbtODp4UrCD02KoW0CkniDWGlE/s1600/pariah.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495929628826125858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oIU6pEJlUv4k4Qx-8FVJN_WoURwNADiCScvcw4j1AQa0wTeicPyYg7wljalZpLcd7Aij1XqFeTN127RFvCxyc0sRs7OhPwPDTRzh_m8r6J_ophGGeKUbtODp4UrCD02KoW0CkniDWGlE/s400/pariah.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Prime Minister: David Cameron was in Barnet yesterday - responding to the antics of long-time <a href="http://colemansgottogo.blogspot.com/search/label/Embarrassment%20to%20the%20Conservative%20Party">embarrassment to the Conservative Party</a>: Brian Coleman - by launching his concept of the 'Big Pariah'. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here is his speech in full:<br /></span><div><blockquote><p><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It’s great to be here in Barnet. </span></em><em><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Before I get into the details, let me briefly explain who the Big Pariah is and why it is such a powerful idea. </span></em><em><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You can call him Brian. You can call him Coleman. You can call him the king of bling. You can call him Mr Toad. I call him the Big Pariah.<br /><br />The Big Pariah is about a huge freeloading councillor…<br /><br />…where people, in their everyday lives, in their homes, in their neighbourhoods, in their workplace…<br /><br />…don’t bother turning to officials, Barnet Council or the London Assembly for answers to the problems they face …<br /><br />…but instead feel the pain of repeatedly paying out enough for Coleman and his fellow councilllors to <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/davehillblog/2010/jul/19/london-barnet-conservative-councillors-allowances-rise-controversy">help themselves</a>.<br /><br />It’s about people paying for his <a href="http://colemansgottogo.blogspot.com/2010/07/bare-faced-greed-of-colemans.html">massive hikes in pay</a>. Londoners forking out for his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Coleman#Taxi_fares">endless taxis</a>. Constituents coughing up for yet more <a href="http://torytroll.blogspot.com/2010/06/brian-coleman-to-get-austerity-busting.html">hikes in pay</a>.<br /><br />It’s about amphibious liberation –the biggest, most dramatic redistribution of power from the man and woman on the street to the Toad in the council chamber.<br /><br />It’s time for something different, something bold - something that just pours money down the green-skinned throat of the ward councillor for Totteridge.<br /><br />The Big Pariah is that something different and bold.<br /><br />It’s about saying if we want Brian Coleman for the long-term, we need people to come together and hand over the cash together – because we’re all in this together.</span><br /></p></em></blockquote></div>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-77673886801846074222010-07-19T10:47:00.007+01:002010-07-19T11:00:38.780+01:00Daily Express lays into 'Fat Cat' Coleman<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495551827015663282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioHSd77xcRb1xrGY0MVjDdDote6tekzUMSMWh4KfdpQzLGsWJFF1072pGhlYcu4vJrclKAh2MGQPicn2lUf0l7ECD7e4QtQ1z5R4Bph-RNX14fL2d-3QecW1Ct9u2FEWaUqo-HoBtBzbrH/s400/fat-cat.jpg" /><br />The <a href="http://www.express.co.uk/ourcomments/view/187698/There-s-simply-no-place-for-fat-cats-in-our-town-halls">comment piece in the Daily Express today </a>blasts 'fat cat' Coleman and his nose-in-the-trough behaviour. Here are some extracts:<br /><br /><em><blockquote><p><em>"LIKE many people I’ve never been quite sure what David Cameron means by the “Big Society” but I am pretty sure it is not encapsulated by the figure of Conservative councillor Brian Coleman.<br /><br />He is no volunteer giving up his time to serve his community.<br /><br />It was revealed yesterday that Mr Coleman is pocketing £114,322 a year in allowances – more than the salaries earned by junior ministers in the coalition government. He receives £34,000 for sitting on Barnet council, plus £53,439 for sitting in the London Assembly and another £26,883 for being chairman of the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority.<br /><br />While MPs have quite rightly been lambasted over the past year for their greed and excessive expensive claims, local councillors have been quietly feathering their own nests – and getting away with it. In fact, the worst of them are beginning to make MPs look models of self-restraint."<br /><br />"Barnet, which this year increased allowances for its councillors from £17,454 to £27,580 and that of its leader from £40,893 to £47,027, was revealed earlier this year to be one of the lousiest councils in the country for carrying out adaptations so as to allow disabled residents to continue living in their homes – with residents waiting more than five years.<br /><br />The council has also done away with full-time wardens at old people’s homes, instigating instead a system of roving wardens who cover the whole borough. Councillors defended the scheme by promoting it as pioneering and an efficient use of money.<br /><br />But now it seems some of the money saved will simply be disappearing into councillors’ pockets instead. It is extraordinary that at a time of severe financial constraint a council which promotes itself as a super-efficient flagship authority can be awarding itself pay increases.<br /><br />Far from nearly doubling councillors’ allowances a council which truly cared about giving taxpayers value for money would be abolishing them altogether." </em></p><p><em>"Anyone who genuinely cares about how their local community is run does not need to be paid for attending a couple of meetings a month and making decisions."<br /><br />" It is disgusting that public service has been debased by a generation of councillors merely out to line their own pockets."</p></em></blockquote></em>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-40611378714903978892010-07-16T09:51:00.006+01:002010-07-16T10:26:42.367+01:00Brian Coleman Ejected From Club<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavd6lCF4anPfCkQ2Tnh7enUJzxnjaYAp64jIz32clS0t7Qzjfv79JWflVg8-qioFAHzr0CGUGvAx7MkfTUo18MExRwJfUQG2-RivdgSMu11KijwHLKyhTMarOijVYaO4cWMNhPSund6r9/s1600/tufty.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494426952896542882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 323px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavd6lCF4anPfCkQ2Tnh7enUJzxnjaYAp64jIz32clS0t7Qzjfv79JWflVg8-qioFAHzr0CGUGvAx7MkfTUo18MExRwJfUQG2-RivdgSMu11KijwHLKyhTMarOijVYaO4cWMNhPSund6r9/s400/tufty.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Dear readers I hate to tell you this but I'm afraid its true. Brian 'Mr Toad' Coleman has been ejected from and rejected by The Tufty Club.<br /><br />He's brought this shame upon himself by deliberately and repeatedly <a href="http://colemansgottogo.blogspot.com/2010/06/crap-cycle-superhighways-colemans-fault.html">ignoring good sense on road safety issues in Barnet</a> - in favour of keeping the traffic moving at all costs. One presumes its because he's usually in a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/davehillblog/2009/jun/25/london-london">taxpayer-funded taxi</a> somewhere on his way to yet another <a href="http://barneteye.blogspot.com/2009/10/brian-coleman-free-dinner-register-fire.html">free feed</a>.<br /><br />But seems the final straw for Tufty and his chums came at the council meeting on Tuesday when Cllr Jack Cohen raised the suggestion of 20mph zones in Barnet. Tufty of course, is very much in favour of these because, as the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8406569.stm">BBC reported</a> last year:<br /></span><blockquote><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"..they have cut road injuries by over 40% in London, a study claims. In particular the number of children killed or seriously injured has been halved over the past 15 years, the British Medical Journal reported."</span></em></blockquote><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">According to the <a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/topstories/8274830.Council_expenditure_to_be_listed_on_internet_by_end_of_the_month/">Barnet Times</a>, Coleman's reaction was <em>“not in this borough”.</em></span><br /><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And Tufty's reaction to that?: <em>"Not in my club!"</em></span></p><p><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Quite right too.</span></p>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-90072045763138496332010-07-14T10:29:00.012+01:002010-07-14T11:32:05.857+01:00Brian Mammon<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; WIDTH: 418px; HEIGHT: 657px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493693630074474514" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrGozUBkJiEikg8hBLyVfxjrvocnpVnvNAtEYGp5dqeqIjWZrs0hNkGRgeZt4mQu9uL-tFwW6b1bYJb8qeR18ff-j4r679c8YZqJnYVsZmFrlzSVErXbaFzAnHlB5XWWIrVdFyR2CiCq0/s800/coleman+mammon.jpg" width="520" height="795" /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Chief Toad: Brian Mammon forced through <a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/topstories/8270489.Coleman_defends_new_council_allowance_pay_packets/">massive pay rises</a> for himself and his fellow Tory Toads last night. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One Conservative, Brian Salinger was absent through illness. His wife Councillor Kate Salinger abstained from every vote. At the end of the meeting there was an unexpected item as Chief Toad Mammon indulged his <a href="http://torytroll.blogspot.com/2009/09/fire-brigade-accused-of-brian-coleman.html">bullying</a> nature by publicly humiliating Ms Salinger for daring to abstain. She was <a href="http://www.times-series.co.uk/news/topstories/8270970.Opposition_slam_Tories_for_stripping_dissenter_of_posts/">vindictively and publicly removed</a>, with immediate effect, from every chair, vice chair, committee membership and any other official role that she held in the Borough of Barnet.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After the meeting, a visibly delighted Mammon enjoyed bragging to the press about how strong, immediate discipline had been imposed on those who depart from the party line. </span>Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6879316212531238198.post-23056246661643968422010-07-13T10:13:00.005+01:002010-07-13T10:24:15.769+01:00Bare-Faced Greed of Coleman's Conservatives<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The </span><a href="http://www.notthebarnettimes.co.uk/2010/07/self-serving-money-grabbing-parasites_13.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">'Not The Barnet Times' </span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">blog reports this morning that Brian Coleman's Conservatives in Barnet are trying to force through proposals tonight that will see Coleman's <a href="http://colemansgottogo.blogspot.com/2010/07/king-of-bling-ker-ching.html">already-inflated</a> allowances rise to an austerity-busting<strong> £130,000.00+</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Will it be enough to match his inflated ego?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Disgusting!</span><br /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493318138020083410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcNC1ykadkVMVBXKLsNCfgV6CCqS95GhsAMUqZgQaVxqwa0ZIDnceo-tws9BjQQfdyx6gvM36pvxiZtPadVFJvG5TAEUshEVWhGbgCxAuj4FvGYghc-iLmAUBXq6BzlWu1i5lN-mrF5YEs/s400/colemanjackpot.jpg" />Brian Coleman aka Mr Toad has GOT to gohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04404778097850419713noreply@blogger.com2