The Great Oswestry Giveaway: When Scrutiny Left the Building In Oswestry, transparency isn’t so much a policy as a parlour trick. Ask a question, and the Council disappears behind the curtain in a puff of procedural smoke. Take my own letter to the Mayor, dated 7 October 2025, Letter to Mayor setting out very realContinue reading “Oswestry: Where Accountability Goes to Melt”
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Oswestry for Rent: 22 Rooms and No Shame
Sold Out by the Lib DemsOswestry for Rent: 22 Rooms and No ShameIs this town now the HMO Capital of Shropshire? There was a time—quaint and barely remembered—when The Smithfield Hotel in Oswestry offered weary travellers a soft pillow and a cooked breakfast. Now? It’s about to offer 22 lockable doors, each one a taxpayer-fundedContinue reading “Oswestry for Rent: 22 Rooms and No Shame”
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