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garinda · 15-09-2010, 19:00

Does he need an invitation?

After all he's already gone to the trouble of joining this forum.

Here's his profile.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/m...ffice-hbc.html

He's even made two posts.

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tml#post701192

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tml#post691676

Though sadly his last post was in April 2009, he's recently left this message on his profile, just a few months ago...

Part 1

All current County Councillors for Hyndburn were invited to the Armed Services Day parade, including Graham Jones. All except one at the time (County Councillor Younis) were also members of Hyndburn District Council and their invitations were addressed to them in that capacity. County Cllr Younis was invited in his County Council capacity.

We received replies from all the County Councillors except for Graham Jones. However, we understand that Graham was aware of the parade as, a few days before, we were told by Councillor Pam Barton, the Labour Group Chief Whip, that he would not be attending.

Part 2

The Council’s civic protocol does accord Hyndburn’s MP a place in the order of precedence at civic events. We had been told that Graham Jones would not be attending the parade and the staff marshalling the event were not expecting him to be there. We are very sorry that Graham wasn’t accorded the appropriate priority, but we are very pleased that he was able to attend this important act of remembrance.

The Council did not provide a wreath for the MP, but it has never been our practice to do so. For example, we do not provide a wreath for the MP at events such as Remembrance Sunday. We only provide wreathes for Council representatives, such as the Mayor, the Leader and the Leader of the Opposition. It would be up to the MP's own office to provide the wreath for these occasions.

So you see, he really doesn't need an invite, because he's already here.

He walks amongst us.

15-09-2010, 19:00	#29
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	Re: An Open Invitation to Cllr Britcliffe Does he need an invitation? After all he's already gone to the trouble of joining this forum. Here's his profile. http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/m...ffice-hbc.html He's even made two posts. http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tml#post701192 http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...tml#post691676 Though sadly his last post was in April 2009, he's recently left this message on his profile, just a few months ago... Part 1 All current County Councillors for Hyndburn were invited to the Armed Services Day parade, including Graham Jones. All except one at the time (County Councillor Younis) were also members of Hyndburn District Council and their invitations were addressed to them in that capacity. County Cllr Younis was invited in his County Council capacity. We received replies from all the County Councillors except for Graham Jones. However, we understand that Graham was aware of the parade as, a few days before, we were told by Councillor Pam Barton, the Labour Group Chief Whip, that he would not be attending. Part 2 The Council’s civic protocol does accord Hyndburn’s MP a place in the order of precedence at civic events. We had been told that Graham Jones would not be attending the parade and the staff marshalling the event were not expecting him to be there. We are very sorry that Graham wasn’t accorded the appropriate priority, but we are very pleased that he was able to attend this important act of remembrance. The Council did not provide a wreath for the MP, but it has never been our practice to do so. For example, we do not provide a wreath for the MP at events such as Remembrance Sunday. We only provide wreathes for Council representatives, such as the Mayor, the Leader and the Leader of the Opposition. It would be up to the MP's own office to provide the wreath for these occasions. So you see, he really doesn't need an invite, because he's already here. He walks amongst us. __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.