BONFIRE Night may commemorate the thwarting of the Gunpowder Plot 402 years ago this month, but this week it was in Sefton’s town halls that the political fireworks were to be seen.
And the comments of Southport’s MP about the impending departure of the council’s chief executive, Graham Haywood, will have certainly lit the blue touch-paper in the borough’s corridors of power. Dr Pugh’s claims of Machiavellian power struggles among senior officers has introduced an extra note of drama – and offers a fascinating contrast to the drab legalese so often associated with council business. But we should beware losing sight of the context of Sefton’s latest political bust-up, which is the Major Review into how the council delivers its vital services to local taxpayers.
With the costs of the recruitment process alone for a new chief executive estimated at £35,000, we must not forget that agonising over making the books balance forms the backdrop to the dispute.
Wherever the truth of the matter lies – we can only hope it all comes out in the wash.
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