Real Old Soldiers at politicians throat

As Simon Blackburn, Blackpool Council leader, has declared his fullest support for the Feslc, it is about time he spent ten minutes and reads some of the evidence that the local police apparently are ignoring and comment on FACTS. Readers of this blog should recall that the full constitution of the FESLC was published on these pages. To aid memory part of the constitution is repeated below with some explanation.

For the FESLC to raise monies, according to their own constitution, they have to levy a fee on the Associations . Nowhere is there a mandate for the FESLC to make applications to Charitable Donors on its own behalf BUT is and was a conduit for charitable funds to be delivered from a donating authority to a legally entitled recipient. This was re-enforced when it took over the role – a role that Blackpool Service caseworkers questioned openly as it made the privacy of applications from cases almost impossible – as go-between or access route to the Blackpool’s Mayor Fund. As such The Fylde Ex Service Liaison Committee has NEVER been formally constituted club or society except to use its subsidiary organisations charitable statuses to increase the voice of smaller Associations such as the Small Boats Patrol units, a much savaged unit of former fishermen who were the minesweepers and channel clearers in dangerous waters.

From the Home Front Recall application there is a clear marker that Jim Houldsworth was making applications on behalf of the FESLC and using Julian Mineur in an official capacity as a pseudo committee member of the FESLC. This position was probably illegal as at that time Julian Mineur was an undeclared bankrupt and not a known representative of any legitimate service organisation and with no authority to act for on behalf of any known Association affiliated to FESLC.

If there is any doubt, where are the minutes with the three signatories to allow the FESLC to act on there behalf for this application believed to be in the region of £30.000? It would be easy to fabricate minutes now, but having spent many hours reading through archive material, something the local police seem remiss to do, it appears that NO such request can be found.

Philtheone did an excellent article on this matter 8 months ago and not a single question was answered. Just as the Government with the Westminster Expenses Scandal who promised the Disinfectant of Openness, the moaning MPs returned and quibbled over their plight, poor thieves. Just because the Local Rag is backing the FESLC it is not excuse for ignoring the plethora of evidence by the council and its new leaders. Afterall, see what a mess Westminster is in because it did not query the over zealous political antics of Murdoch and HIS illegitimate allies?

Since the Storm hit the Works on the Promenade, criminal investigations have resulted in one arrest and growing disquiet as the police appear to be treading water as they have not, as far as any of the protagonist are concerned, examined the mass of literature and minutes available to the investigating office. A letter to the Officer has NOT yet been acted on and, irrespective of whatever Cllr Simon Blackburn wishes to think or write, the matter HAS been raised with the Council Complaints department, CPS and local police. It appears that Yates of the back yard must be advising local detectives as the mass of evidence is still getting heavier, collecting dust. Come on Simon! Like it or lump it, you now have a legal obligation to act on concerns of constituents and if you do not it indicates a clear ambivalence towards matters outside your own agenda. At least Peter Callow acted and handed his correspondence on with the subsequent results.