Oct 17
By Mike Barnes PotteriesEYE is celebrating its third birthday today. Our primary aim throughout that time has been to publish articles that provoke debate; that hold decision makers and politicians to account; that expose the truth and to break stories we believe, without our investigations and publishing them, would be lost or missed. The stories …
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Jun 19
A by-election caused by the resignation of a city councillor, Sarah Hill, over a row about the Council Leader, Mohammed Pervez, being part-time and gagging orders preventing Labour councillors speaking to the press without going through the city council’s press office, has finally been announced two months after the resignation. Mrs Hill had attempted to …
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Apr 27
OPINION The recent resignation of Sarah Hill from the City Council on Tuesday, and her revelations about Labour councillors subject to gagging orders, gives further evidence and concern that the political system and the City council are in the grip of a paranoid struggle to control communication and information, and limit the rights of residents …
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Apr 26
12 months in and PotteriesEYE does an analysis of councillors performance at Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Most interesting stat of all is that Sarah Hill who was sacked by the Labour Leader Pervez was the joint hardest working councillor at the Civic. Crucially, Sarah Hill’s concerns over Pervez’s part time committment is born out by his …
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Apr 23
Mohammed Pervez has shown his displeasure at his disloyal Cabinet colleagues tonight as Sarah Hill and Debra Gratton lose seats on his Cabinet at tonight’s Labour group meeting. Cllr Sarah Hill stood against Pervez at last week’s leadership vote and failed to turn up at the meeting tonight. Debra Gratton failed to vote in the …
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Apr 16
The Leader of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Cllr. Mohammed Pervez, is facing his toughest test tonight as the Labour Group holds its Annual General meeting, where the Labour councillors will decide who will be the Labour Group Leader and ultimately lead the council from May. Part-time leader faces chop Sources from within the Labour Group have …
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Jul 30
By-Election Analysis: Labour on the Rocks
News, Opinion
by PottEye
July 30, 2012
OPINION: Mike Barnes The time 10.20pm. The place: the count Springfields and Trent Vale By-Election, Civic Centre, Stoke-on-Trent. Stoke-on-Trent Labour Party’s by-election team, buoyed by the universal condemnation of the conservative and lib dem coalition on the doorstep, swagger into the count late; laughing and joking, oozing confidence and sensing a job well done, with just …
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