THE NIGHT OSWESTRY TOWN COUNCIL FORGOT ITS OWN HISTORY There are council meetings that drift quietly into obscurity, preserved only in minutes nobody reads and archived somewhere between ‘apologies received’ and ‘any other business’. And then there are meetings that accidentally reveal how power behaves when it assumes nobody important is watching. The latest OswestryContinue reading “WHEN TRANSPARENCY MEETS REALITY”
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Property Development for Beginners (By People Who Won’t Pay the Bill)
Cornovii in 60 seconds • Shropshire Council owns Cornovii• Shropshire Council lends it money• Those loans are secured on public land• If Cornovii fails, the Council is on the hook• The taxpayer ultimately carries the risk We ask why that arrangement is still described as “arm’s length”. They call it “commercial”.They call it “arm’s length”.Continue reading “Property Development for Beginners (By People Who Won’t Pay the Bill)”
Oswestry: Where Accountability Goes to Melt
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”
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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