It seems not a week goes by without a PR stunt from members of Waltham Forest’s Labour administration.
The latest wheeze (forgive us for the carbon emissions pun) involved Loakes the Joke parading 15 trucks full of fly-tipped rubbish in Walthamstow Town Square earlier this week in the hope it would shock people into “thinking twice” about dumping waste in the streets. Even the Waltham Forest Guardian described this act as an unashamed stunt.
The Truth Will Out team agree with the many angry bloggers that Loakes and his Labour cronies have abused taxpayers’ money with this blatantly political stunt. Loakes should spend more time catching the fly-tippers and clearing up our streets, and less time using unwitting council officers to further his Party’s interests.
This stunt clearly demonstrates Labour’s facetious governance style and is an illustration of their commitment to spin over substance.
What was striking was how much better the local Guardian put across the impact of this event (yes, it’s a stunt, but a point well worth making), than our dear Pravda.
The paper had a photo of the Market square with refuse trucks ringed dramatically around Cllr Loakes: the Council’s own paper had a cropped version, showing Cllr Loakes in characteristic If-I-Ruled -the-World posture with arms outstretched at something possibly newsworthy, but invisibly outof the picture!
PS I think you’re unduly charitable in referring to Council officers as ‘unwitting’: they closely resemble the elected representatives in background and aspiration, but are generally much more politically savvy.