Re: Box survives vote of no confidence : Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:36 pm  

Shame bit if he got the boot he’d almost certainly be replaced by Denise Jeffrey and she hates Trinity possibly even more than Box does.

Re: Box survives vote of no confidence : Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:39 pm  

Freedom of information act?
Would details of the vote be revealed?

Re: Box survives vote of no confidence : Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:41 pm  

ricardo07 wrote:

Freedom of information act?
Would details of the vote be revealed?

That would be very interesting!

Re: Box survives vote of no confidence : Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:49 pm  

ricardo07 wrote:

Freedom of information act?
Would details of the vote be revealed?

Maybe like their legal advice, there is no record

Re: Box survives vote of no confidence : Tue Sep 18, 2018 8:52 pm  

ricardo07 wrote:

Freedom of information act?
Would details of the vote be revealed?

The vote was at a Labour party meeting and not a council meeting, so in effect it was a 'private' meeting/debate, 'Freedom of Information' does not apply.

Re: Box survives vote of no confidence : Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:11 pm  

phe13 wrote:

The vote was at a Labour party meeting and not a council meeting, so in effect it was a 'private' meeting/debate, 'Freedom of Information' does not apply.

He avoids more scrutiny again. Need Jeremy Cross on stadium issue again.

Re: Box survives vote of no confidence : Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:18 am  

Any vote of no confidence, especially if it was a tight result, will put the guy under pressure which could be a good thing for Trinity.
We need to keep the pressure on just as much as possible.
Mind you, if he had a resounding win, it would strengthen his position.

Re: Box survives vote of no confidence : Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:26 am  

Sent Jeremy Cross a message this morning, asking if he had heard about the vote of no confidence, and if there was anything on the stadium situation

Re: Box survives vote of no confidence : Sun Sep 23, 2018 7:00 pm  

Having finally got around to reading the Wakefield Article about the city's favourite son Mr Box , the second to last paragraph is typical political spin.

I quote from the article


Labour chief whip Coun. Richard Forster said ' At Monday's meeting of the Labour Group, the group confirmed their continued of Councillor Peter Box in his role as Leader of the Council'.

No mention of the no confidence issue and it's not the Group its a majority of the group, an unannounced majority at that!
Which leads into the intriguing last paragraph, which has not been connected to an individual.


Again I quote from the article

'Labour said they could not confirm the exact number of votes cast either side of the motion


If they have no idea how many voted and how they voted how on earth do they know Box carried the vote?


A show hands in a no confidence vote appears amateurish, some may say unprofessional.

The weak hang back to see how the majority vote and follow them if it's close unless you have appointed tellers to count the votes it can be very confusing

Maybe their is more to come from the sorry saga that is Box

Re: Box survives vote of no confidence : Sun Sep 23, 2018 7:20 pm  

Should the great day arrive when Clr Box does step down (or is forced to step down), then beware his successor. There is every chance he/she could be a Box clone. Just a warning!!