Comments on: Council in danger of being as outdated as ‘quill pens and gas lamps’

By: caebrwyn

caebrwyn — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:37:25 +0000

“@ChamberlainFile: Council in danger of being as outdated as ‘quill pens and gas lamps’ http://t.co/G0WVXD3Ozn” >Birmingham Council

By: pigsonthewing

pigsonthewing — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 21:29:09 +0000

I commented on “Council in danger of being as outdated as ‘quill pens and gas lamps’” http://t.co/lDWJx9yt0I

By: deborahharries

deborahharries — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 11:04:14 +0000

Council in danger of being as outdated as ‘quill pens and gas lamps’ http://t.co/xedLcwArBv via @@chamberlainfile

By: Politics In Brum

Politics In Brum — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:22:34 +0000

As you know I (Pauline Geoghegan) have been been running “Politics in Brum” reporting news on twitter and attending Birmingham city council meetings for three years. I am therefore not an anonymous “blogger” but sit at the press table alongside Paul Dale (blogger) Chamberlain Files and Neil Elkes who writes for the Bham Mail & the Bham Post.
I will be writing my own account of events that erupted in-necessarily within Birmingham’s council chamber. I can assure you there was not a shred of “temerity” in my actions. In contrast, David Tatlow, the Director of legal services was fully aware that I had written to both himself and Stephen Hughes in July 2013 to clarify that I would want to occasionally take photos and film briefly. He replied in writing that there was no rule forbidding such actions and that HE would notify chairs of committees. I will give my view on his failure to furnish The Lord Mayor with these facts in my own account. I can of course support this statement with his email to me. The event has exposed Bham city council’s obsession with control of information and news, and contempt for the public’s right to know.

By: James_Bird_

James_Bird_ — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 10:20:58 +0000

@ChamberlainFile good article. Cllrs scared of people recording their views need a reality check. Big fuss over nothing if you ask me.

By: ChamberlainFile

ChamberlainFile — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:04:56 +0000

Catch up on The Chamberlain Files calls for a culture change @BhamCityCouncil http://t.co/gPntYcFD7W

By: urbancomms

urbancomms — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 08:06:07 +0000

@ChamberlainFile yesterday on why the filming protocol needs to unleash culture change at @BhamCityCouncil http://t.co/3gtzmehCPT

By: Politics In Brum

Politics In Brum — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:36:26 +0000

Are you allowed to agree being as you are a council officer ? Thought they weren’t supposed to have a political view dot com …….

By: Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:59:06 +0000

I have been asking BCC for /months/ to say what licence their own videos of meetings are under (in other words, whether or not, and under what restrictions, we may reuse them, on blogs, or Wikipedia, or wherever). While they politely acknowledge each time I ask, they have yet to give an answer. I wonder why they won’t tell us?

By: pigsonthewing

pigsonthewing — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:45:01 +0000

@paulmdale @ChamberlainFile I’ve been asking @BhamCityCouncil what licence their own videos of meetings are under, for months. No answer.