Re: O/T - Allam the terrible ! : Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:49 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Hudgell and Pearson?

Cooke and Windass...

Re: O/T - Allam the terrible ! : Fri Oct 21, 2011 5:59 pm  

Presumably the minutes of the recent meeting between allam and the council should be available under the FOI act? Or maybe uncle harry could post a copy of his notes from the meeting

Re: O/T - Allam the terrible ! : Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:09 pm  

The majority of council meetings are open aren't they?

Decisions that are as far reaching for the people of Hull as this must be held in the open, loads of you lot are old and must be retired, go along.

Re: O/T - Allam the terrible ! : Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:14 pm  

Jake the Peg wrote:

Presumably the minutes of the recent meeting between allam and the council should be available under the FOI act? Or maybe uncle harry could post a copy of his notes from the meeting

it's a commercial discussion, so they wouldn't release any details under FOI.

Re: O/T - Allam the terrible ! : Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:17 pm  

Sandra The Terrorist wrote:

The majority of council meetings are open aren't they?

Decisions that are as far reaching for the people of Hull as this must be held in the open, loads of you lot are old and must be retired, go along.

He's talking about the private meeting between Cllrs Geraghty and Bayes, three senior council officers and the Allam duo. And, it would appear, Blind Uncle Harry as notetaker/fly/tealady. You know, the one after which Allam Snr swore that his final word on the subject had been uttered.

A Freedom of Information Act application should be valid and would take 28 days IIRC.

Re: O/T - Allam the terrible ! : Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:17 pm  

Standee wrote:

it's a commercial discussion, so they wouldn't release any details under FOI.

Surely it would only become a commercial discussion if someone presented a commercial proposal? You'd struggle to fit Allam's Woodbine packet in that criterion.

Mind you, we are getting into the pantomime season

Re: O/T - Allam the terrible ! : Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:21 pm  

cod'ead wrote:

Surely it would only become a commercial discussion if someone presented a commercial proposal? You'd struggle to fit Allam's Woodbine packet in that criterion.

Mind you, we are getting into the pantomime season

true, it would maybe be classed as a private meeting, either way we'll never find out details.

to be honest, I'd find a transcript of a meeting between Tinkerbell and Captain Hook more believeable.

Re: O/T - Allam the terrible ! : Fri Oct 21, 2011 6:50 pm  

Standee wrote:

true, it would maybe be classed as a private meeting, either way we'll never find out details.

to be honest, I'd find a transcript of a meeting between Tinkerbell and Captain Hook more believeable.

Oooh. Do you thing they're the shy senior sports people smiling at Allam out of one side of their head, and the council from the other?

Re: O/T - Allam the terrible ! : Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:28 pm  

WormInHand wrote:

He's talking about the private meeting between Cllrs Geraghty and Bayes, three senior council officers and the Allam duo. And, it would appear, Blind Uncle Harry as notetaker/fly/tealady. You know, the one after which Allam Snr swore that his final word on the subject had been uttered.

A Freedom of Information Act application should be valid and would take 28 days IIRC.

It shows the limit of your knowledge if you have to resort to inventing claims. I've never claimed to have been at the meeting, I simply pointed out the gaping holes in some peoples take on events.

Nice to see the first steps of acknowledging they've handled things badly, but they still can't resist childish barbs just to make sure talks don't go ahead. Any wonder Siemens are looking elsewhere?

Re: O/T - Allam the terrible ! : Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:36 pm  

My Uncle Harry wrote:

It shows the limit of your knowledge if you have to resort to inventing claims. I've never claimed to have been at the meeting, I simply pointed out the gaping holes in some peoples take on events.

Nice to see the first steps of acknowledging they've handled things badly, but they still can't resist childish barbs just to make sure talks don't go ahead. Any wonder Siemens are looking elsewhere?

And your evidence for that claim is???