The head of the Conservative councils’ innovation unit and leader of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has launched a blistering attack on the competence of the Shadow Cabinet.
In a discussion on increasing efficiency through reforming local government, reported by Public Finance magazine, Stephen Greenhalgh said:
“My mates are all in the shadow Cabinet, waiting to get those [ministerial] boxes, being terribly excited. I went to university with them, they haven’t run a piss-up in a brewery”
“They’re going to get a department of state, in one case running the finances of the nation.”
Earlier this year Mr Greenhalgh was in the news for his secret plans to demolish 3,500 homes in his borough.
12 Responses to “Shadow Cabinet “haven’t run a piss-up in a brewery””
adamdustagheer
Shadow Cabinet have quaffed champers but “haven’t run a piss-up in a brewery” http://viigo.im/1CHp
Lucy Openshaw
RT @leftfootfwd: Shadow Cab "haven't run a piss up in a brewery" says Tory Council chief Greenhalgh http://bit.ly/7roiPT
Richard Blogger
Harry, your comment is irrelevant. The Tory shadow cabinet not only “haven’t run a piss up in a brewery”, they don’t know how the brewery works and have no plans about making the piss up work.
They are policy-lite and what few policies they have are riddled with unworkable half-arsed promises.
Anon E Mouse
Richard Blogger – I’d rather go to a party and get pissed with these guys than Andy Burnham or Liam Byrne or either of the Milibands with their wine spritzers.
And this current government fiddles while Rome burns and the country goes to hell in a handcart… you have had 12 years to fix this gaff and you’ve blown it – the electorate of this country “holds a massive bucket of shit and next year we are going to pour it all over your head”. (I pinched that last line Richard by the way)
Henry
Very profound thinking, Anon E Mouse.