In my life I have rarely met a good civil servant, council official or little tin-pot local authority ‘enforcer’.
And, one way or the other, I have had to work with them all my life.
It’s not big and clever to go and work for your council and it’s not demanding on your quotion of intelligence… although it does help if you have an ology or two, an ill-fitting trouser suit and dirty flat shoes for the gals, a milky cream shirt, red tie and off-the-peg business suit for the chaps.
Real-life to them can be as wild and untrammelled as a half of lager at Wetherspoon on the way home from work…
Electric cars and dim caring from those who are paid to look after us and support us.
Well, here’s a tale from Canterbury which even Chaucer couldn’t have made up…
The Canterbury council c*nts have told a former soldier to take down his British and Ukrainian flags because of health and safety … yep, health and safety.
Canterbury City Council in Kent want Nigel Hart, aged 33, to take down his 14ft flag pole due to ‘health and safety’ fears.
“It might fall on us heads,” a concerned neighbour said.
But Concerned Neighbour and Canterbury council, do you actually know what is falling on the heads of people in the Ukraine as we talk about World War Three, evidence of mass graves, rape, starvation, devastation, a country blitzed, lives and homes in ruins … the world in anticipation and fear.
And you want to take down a war-torn country’s flag as Putin’s deadly madness pollutes all of our air and soaks blood into all of our God-given land.
All because of health and safety, you idiots.
Despite being told the pole must come down as it is in a communal area, Nigel remains defiant about showing his support for Ukrainians and fallen British soldiers.
He said: “I feel really strongly about what’s going on in the world, being a former soldier myself. What’s going on in Ukraine is like World War Three.
But the city council told Mr Hart to take it down, saying the space is designed to be used by all their tenants and it could injure someone if it fell down.
Leader of Canterbury City Council, Cllr Ben Fitter-Harding, said: “Having watched the images on the television and listened to the harrowing stories and witness testimonies of those directly affected by the war in Ukraine, you cannot fail to be moved by the plight of its people and inspired by their courage.
“We have no doubt Ukrainians living in our district will be desperately worried about the safety of their friends, family and loved ones.
“While Ukrainians focus on the fate of their country and the real human cost of this war, I am proud to say thousands of our residents have been asking what they can do to help despite being 1,500 miles away. I would expect nothing less.”
But you’d expect this Ukraine flag in Canterbury to be taken down, eh mate?
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