Tameside Labour have used property owned by the council and paid for by the taxpayer to publicise their party during the local elections which have just gone.
I'm told that there has been complaints made to the Head of Democratic Services, Robert "Jaws" Landon. He chose to ignore the complaints and allowed his paymasters to continue as they please.
Here is what Tameside Council says about fly posting on council street furniture:
(ii) Fly Posting
For the avoidance of doubt, the use of signage, bills, placards and posters attached to street furniture or on any other Authority owned property or property to which you do not have the owner’s express consent for the purposes of advertising your election interests, and/or political campaign is illegal. Anyone who displays an advertisement, or knowingly permits someone else to do so – i.e.: engaging the services of someone to do so, or is aware that a publication giving publicity to his/her interests is displayed without the consent of the Local Authority or due authorisation is acting illegally contrary to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, Section 224 and regulations made there under. The maximum fine on conviction of any offence is presently £1000 for each and every poster; with an additional daily fine of £100 for each and every day that an illegal advertisement remains in place after conviction.
In addition to this offence, attaching signs to street furniture, verges, trees, etc on the highway constitutes a further offence under the Highways Act 1980, Section 132(1). It is an offence under this Act to attach/affix any advertisement to street furniture, for example lamp posts, without the permission of the Highways Authority. You do not and will not have such permission and, if convicted, could face a fine of £2,500.
The Council operates a strict policy on the display of all advertising, in accordance with legislation, fly posting will therefore not be tolerated, and appropriate action will be taken by the Council, on any infringement of these rules.
Source: http://www.tameside.gov.uk/by_hydenewton/nomination
Back in 2008 a Tameside Council jobsworth threatened to fine a pensioner for fly posting for putting up advertisements for her missing cat. So they do take it seriously.
As there are three signs attached to council planters, then it would seem that Tameside Labour Party owes Tameside Council £3,000 in fines. There is also a fine where each sign is charged £100 per day. They have been there since the election was called on the 5th of April and was still there on the 7th of May. That's 32 days, so £3,200 or £9,600 for all three signs. So they owe £12,600 in fines.
Cough up Kieran. We know you have the money tucked up in your Spanish villa.
2 comments:
Did he get his Spanish Villa via Tom Pendry who was/is deeply involved
in Spanish Real Estate business,or maybe Councillor Parker Perry did a favour, another one with VERY CLOSE links to Spain and the Spanish Communities who visit his Constituency as "guests".
Spain and Labour is a very murky business,and Reynolds also enjoys a visit to Spain
Nasty people these socialist gangsters. They think they are above the law and members of the secretariat would appear to be very frightened of them.
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