Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Ted Heath's dying wish is 'rejected by Salisbury's Tory-dominated council' but supported by LibDem councillor

The Western Daily Press reports that Ted Heath's dying wish, to have his former home turned into a museum, has been "rejected" by "Salisbury's Tory-dominated local authority".

Local LibDem councillor Paul Sample comes out of this well. Speaking to the WDP, he spoke up for Ted's wish saying:

I think opening this magnificent house, with all of its mementoes, would be a fine testament to Sir Edward. I cannot understand why anyone would want to prevent it happening.

4 comments:

  1. Frightening how Orwellian the instincts of the Tories can be, even with one of their own.

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  2. paul sample wasn't even at the meeting!!! The veto came from the Labour grouping

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  3. Thank you for your comment.

    I didn't say he was at the meeting, nor did the Western Daily Press from whom the Conservative Home story was taken:

    http://tinyurl.com/ysfrd4

    I look forward to the minutes of the 8th March (not published as at 18th March) to see how the voting went. The WDP described it as a decision of a decision of "the Tory dominated authority". I have modified my blog posting to be in line with this, as the "veto" word came from the Conservative Home report.

    Once I see the minutes (or perhaps you could let me know the precise voting) I will, if appropriate, do another posting pointing out if there were any major inaccuracies in the WDP report.

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  4. See: http://paulwalter.blogspot.com/2007/04/did-labour-not-tories-finish-off-ted.html#links

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