Public appointments - tory takeover?

P.S. Still stick by my original thoughts that it was a 3 year contact so she has nothing to complain about .

Come on, Gillybob, you live in Hull. Anybody who isn't labour would not admit it to you, and would not stand for governor.

durhamjen and Anniebach

Why would she be removed by the government?

Chairs of the Select Committees are elected by secret ballot aren't they?. If that is the case I am sure Labours Margaret Hodge is going to continue in her role.

Exactly when did I move to Hull Durhamjen?

....and besides, should a school be allowed to insist that that you must be a member of a particular political party (in this case the Labour Party) to be on the boards of governors?

Polly Toynbee is keeping track. A growing list of female expertise being replaced

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/04/lisa-jardine-woman-tory-bonfire-quangos

Polly Toynbee's list reinforces my argument that all parties play this game .... most of the names are Labour supporters who took on their lucrative roles under the last government and now the tables are turned. Nothing new.

70% were Labour supporters during the Blair/Brown years so perhaps trying to redress the balance

Does anyone take Toynbee seriously?

No.

The problem, Hon. Members, is quite simple - the widespread use of patronage. Successive governments have enormously extended the number of organisations whose senior managements are appointed directly by politicians, often with little accountability. Jobs for the boys, and sometimes even the girls. The practice must stop, before the country collapses into an even deeper morass of political chicanery from all sides.

Sorry, Gillybob, mixed you up with someone else. You live in the north east on the coast. Still Labour councils, unless you live in Northumberland with no overall control, but split between labour and libdems.
I'd be very surprised if a school could insist that governors are members of any party. If that is true, and you have proof, you should report it to the local government ombudsman, who is probably a male member of the tory party.

I take Toynbee seriously now she's supporting Labour again. Didn't at the last election when she told everyone to vote Libdem. We are all allowed to make mistakes, particularly those who vote Tory. I am hopeful that they will not do it again next year, if they value the NHS at all.

No probs Durhamjen I though you must have ! Yes I do live on the North East coast (I am a Geordie). Our council is Labour, always was, always will be. As I have said many times before a monkey could stand in this town as long as it were a Labour monkey!

I have informally challenged the chair of governors at the school only to be told that it is not written policy as that would not be legal however the first thing they do is to check any potential governors name against the members register. I did speak to someone at the Town Hall about this who told me it was probably common practice but could never be proven in a "Labour stronghold town" .

Thought not though!