Cllr accused of "disgraceful" behaviour after confrontation (From Bucks Free Press)

Here we go again, the town councillors acting like a bunch of children arguing over every little thing. Maybe it's time to get rid of all the town councillors and sell the mayors chain and reduce our council tax. We don't need any of them.

fair say wrote:
Here we go again, the town councillors acting like a bunch of children arguing over every little thing. Maybe it's time to get rid of all the town councillors and sell the mayors chain and reduce our council tax. We don't need any of them.

What a ridiculous statement to make - how on earth would this reduce the council tax? If you are from Princes Risborough- consider yourself lucky that you have a Town Council, in Wycombe we don’t even hold that right.

Cllrs are voted for and booted out if they don’t do a good job.

One suspects that Tory Cllr Bill Bendyshe-Brown thinks a mere pleb shouldn't be wearing a chain!

Irritating pompous petty pusillanimous pedantic people are merely irritating pompous petty pusillanimous pedantic people - whether they are councillors or not.
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And just one on the council is one too many.

yog wrote:
One suspects that Tory Cllr Bill Bendyshe-Brown thinks a mere pleb shouldn't be wearing a chain!

I think all councillors should be 'chained' up.
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For the public good , you understand.

J B Blackett wrote:
Irritating pompous petty pusillanimous pedantic people are merely irritating pompous petty pusillanimous pedantic people - whether they are councillors or not.
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And just one on the council is one too many.

Here Here!! ;op

Darren Hayday wrote:

fair say wrote:
Here we go again, the town councillors acting like a bunch of children arguing over every little thing. Maybe it's time to get rid of all the town councillors and sell the mayors chain and reduce our council tax. We don't need any of them.

What a ridiculous statement to make - how on earth would this reduce the council tax? If you are from Princes Risborough- consider yourself lucky that you have a Town Council, in Wycombe we don’t even hold that right.

Cllrs are voted for and booted out if they don’t do a good job.

If i was from Princes Risborough, i would be totally embarrassed that i had a town council like this one.

They have ruined the town, these people should be looked into, they are not councillors, councillors should be people you hold a bit of respect and trust to.

Get rid of this bunch.

Why is the abbreviation for 'Councillor' spelt with a lower-case 'c' in some sentences above and upper-case 'C' in others?

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It was reported
cllr
Bendyshe-Brown questioned cllr Woolf on why he was wearing the mayor's chain, when he was neither Mayor of Princes Risborough (Gary Hall) or deputy mayor (Alan Turner).
He attended on behalf of the town council as
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Hall and cllr Turner could not attend.
Cllr Bendyshe-Brown was not present at Tuesday's meeting but there was an agenda item from the cllr, to discuss and decide on the protocol of wearing the mayor's chain.
Before the discussion got under way Cllr Hall said …

Perhaps Councillors could help punctuatethe local paper

I had a similar confrontation about the wearing of a 'Vice-Prefect' badge in 1968.

I felt a matter of principle was involved – oh btw ‘Vice’ meaning ‘in place of’ not ‘Vice’ as in ‘Vice Squad.’

This has had a positive effect in one way at least - it has shown that Cllr Bill Bendyshe-Brown (Conservative) is not a minor character from 'Decline and Fall' or 'Vile Bodies'.

I hear that that irascible tax-exile Sean Connery has been approached to play the character of Cllr Bill Bendyshe-Brown in a walk-on part in the Shakespearean play 'Much Ado About Nothing'.
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It is only a one-word part but has great potential for a good actor.
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Dogberry asks an on-stage bystander and apparent 'official' " Are you the infamously pedantic William Bendish-Brown ? "
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And for a lot of money, all Sean would have to say is 'Yesh'
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And then exits in a huff , stage left.

I'm on the pompous double barreled surname councillors side. Only the mayor should be wearing the chain. Not even hits deputy should be allowed to wear it. What next, maybe worn by one of their pets. Or even worse - a woman.

I'm on the pompous double barreled surname councillors side. Only the mayor should be wearing the chain. Not even hits deputy should be allowed to wear it. What next, maybe worn by one of their pets. Or even worse - a woman.

Disagree.
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Perhaps they should all be in chains.
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Equality trumps Mysogyny

Wally Woolf and Bill Bendyshe Brown.
Sounds like an episode of Trumpton :))

demoness the second wrote:
Wally Woolf and Bill Bendyshe Brown.
Sounds like an episode of Trumpton :))

'Bendyshe' has - how can I put it an anal and homo-erotic ring to it.

Woolf had no right to wear the mayor's chain. End of story. Bill was right to confront him.

Whiteleaf wrote:
Woolf had no right to wear the mayor's chain. End of story. Bill was right to confront him.

well said whiteleaf... for someone with less than half a brain! As I understand it when Cllr Woolf wore the chain there was no protocol in place and the Mayor could delegate someone to represent him I see no problem there. With your concerns that Bendyshe Brown was right to confront him, let me say there are ways and ways of speaking to someone to correct them especially in such a public place, where he showed himself up for what he is, arrogant and ignorant. By your using his Christian name I take it that you could be of the same "ilke"?

demoness the second wrote:
Wally Woolf and Bill Bendyshe Brown.
Sounds like an episode of Trumpton :))

The episode where they all had a row of the Mayor's chain.

Bill Cubed, as we call him, is a breath of fresh air - just what PR needs. He is a tad brash at times - but if he puts the wind up old duffers like Woolf , more power to him. Bill is an easy target from you dreary snipers, but there are many in the town who are 100% behind him.

ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:

demoness the second wrote:
Wally Woolf and Bill Bendyshe Brown.
Sounds like an episode of Trumpton :))

The episode where they all had a row of the Mayor's chain.

*The episode where they all had a row of the Mayor's chain*

Cllr Reg Orsler: "Like most people around the table I would not support three Bs action at all. It is completely ungentlemanly..."

WOnderful stuff - Cardew the Cad and three B's Bendysh the Bounder.

ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:

ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:

demoness the second wrote:
Wally Woolf and Bill Bendyshe Brown.
Sounds like an episode of Trumpton :))

The episode where they all had a row of the Mayor's chain.

*The episode where they all had a row of the Mayor's chain*

*over the Mayor's chain*

Whiteleaf wrote:
Bill Cubed, as we call him, is a breath of fresh air - just what PR needs. He is a tad brash at times - but if he puts the wind up old duffers like Woolf , more power to him. Bill is an easy target from you dreary snipers, but there are many in the town who are 100% behind him.

No doubt we'll hear from them in his defence - bit surprising 'Cllr Bill Bendyshe-Brown has not yet responded to the Bucks Free Press' request for a comment' though.

Whiteleaf wrote:
Bill Cubed, as we call him, is a breath of fresh air - just what PR needs. He is a tad brash at times - but if he puts the wind up old duffers like Woolf , more power to him. Bill is an easy target from you dreary snipers, but there are many in the town who are 100% behind him.

Sorry to be dreary but there are always people who believe that flamboyant and self-advertising personalities are ‘a breath of fresh air’ or ‘honest’ and ‘not afraid to speak their minds’ rather than just people who have nothing on their minds particularly worth communicating and an inability to realise that before speaking – Woolf doesn’t seem a victim of ‘wind up’ if he is indignant enough to make ‘formal complaints’) and Bendyshe-Brown is unavailable for comment – what great matter of principle was Bendyshe-Brown upbraiding Woolf for on this solemn occasion?
‘Cllr Hall said it was regrettable Cllr Bendyshe-Brown was not there to answer himself but said he insisted it was on the agenda.’ This is ambiguous (Rebecca Cain’s use of English is a bit weak elsewhere in this article) – who is ‘he’? If ‘he’ refers to Bendyshe-Brown and not Councillor Hall then it sounds as though he has refused to let the matter drop but then bottled out of justifying his actions in front of the council.
Apologies (from Mr Bendyshe-Brown) are in order here and the determination to learn from mistakes and not repeat them in the future.

Whiteleaf wrote:
Bill Cubed, as we call him, is a breath of fresh air - just what PR needs. He is a tad brash at times - but if he puts the wind up old duffers like Woolf , more power to him. Bill is an easy target from you dreary snipers, but there are many in the town who are 100% behind him.

Bendyshe the brash bounder! (Though only a tad so.)

Whiteleaf wrote:
Bill Cubed, as we call him, is a breath of fresh air - just what PR needs. He is a tad brash at times - but if he puts the wind up old duffers like Woolf , more power to him. Bill is an easy target from you dreary snipers, but there are many in the town who are 100% behind him.

Councillor Bill - if you are reading this then sack 'Whiteleaf' and hire Perry Mason to defend you.

demoness the second wrote:
Wally Woolf and Bill Bendyshe Brown.
Sounds like an episode of Trumpton :))

mind you demoness, there are 2 "watch with mother" characters on here

Snowcap and Whiteleaf

mind you these 2 give the game away

miccles wrote:

demoness the second wrote:
Wally Woolf and Bill Bendyshe Brown.
Sounds like an episode of Trumpton :))

mind you demoness, there are 2 "watch with mother" characters on here

Snowcap and Whiteleaf

mind you these 2 give the game away

Phew - not been spotted so far!

I think this is better than 'ivor'.

"Month after month... (we) get talked about. I think it makes us look ridiculous. I would like to think we could have a discussion now instead of writing next week's papers."

Discussions are boring - carry on confronting.


BTW why don't ALL the councillors have alliterating names - not just Wally Woolf and Councillor Bill - it would be a small change from Gary Hall to Harry Hall and Alan Turner to Tont Turner.

ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:

"Month after month... (we) get talked about. I think it makes us look ridiculous. I would like to think we could have a discussion now instead of writing next week's papers."

Discussions are boring - carry on confronting.


BTW why don't ALL the councillors have alliterating names - not just Wally Woolf and Councillor Bill - it would be a small change from Gary Hall to Harry Hall and Alan Turner to Tont Turner.

*Tony Turner*

ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:

demoness the second wrote:
Wally Woolf and Bill Bendyshe Brown.
Sounds like an episode of Trumpton :))

'Bendyshe' has - how can I put it an anal and homo-erotic ring to it.

You could be correct. Perhaps he only 'bends' once a year to show his ring (of self importance).
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Once a year should be enough for any pompous 'up-himself' self-appointed oficionado of official archaic pointless (but expensive) Risborough regalia

ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:

ImpeturbableLawrence wrote:

"Month after month... (we) get talked about. I think it makes us look ridiculous. I would like to think we could have a discussion now instead of writing next week's papers."

Discussions are boring - carry on confronting.


BTW why don't ALL the councillors have alliterating names - not just Wally Woolf and Councillor Bill - it would be a small change from Gary Hall to Harry Hall and Alan Turner to Tont Turner.

*Tony Turner*

You were nearly correct the first time - Tonto Turner would be more fitting.
Then he could drive around in his Range Rover looking for his mate - The Lone Lounge Lizard.
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Reptiles will rule the world again - and it apparently has already started in Princes Risborough.
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Where DO they nest / lay their eggs / hang out when it gets cold ? It's murky municipal mystery.
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PS Didn't 'Arry 'All get hanged at Tyburn in the Good Old Days (not the TV show - which was a travesty of real life for ordinary peasants and plebs ) ?

Darren Hayday wrote:

fair say wrote:
Here we go again, the town councillors acting like a bunch of children arguing over every little thing. Maybe it's time to get rid of all the town councillors and sell the mayors chain and reduce our council tax. We don't need any of them.

What a ridiculous statement to make - how on earth would this reduce the council tax? If you are from Princes Risborough- consider yourself lucky that you have a Town Council, in Wycombe we don’t even hold that right.

Cllrs are voted for and booted out if they don’t do a good job.

Ah, such innocent naivety... That's what should happen, of course. In practice, councillors (and MPs) generally get reelected however inept they have been, or voted out based on irrelevant critieria (like how popular their national party happens to be at election time).

I'd have thought you'd have realized this by now.