Sir David Henshaw threatened Mike Storey's job as a headteacher during their struggle for power at Liverpool city council.
Henshaw twice threatened Councillor Storey, the elected Leader of the Council, with the sack as a teacher over emails the councillor had written to media chief, Matt Finnegan.
Henshaw was the former chief executive of Labour-run Knowsley Borough Council where Storey, the Lib-Dem leader of Liverpool, was employed as a successful headteacher.
The astonishing allegations against Henshaw are made in a secret account by barrister Paul Clark, the Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 2008.
They are certain to cause shock at the Town Hall and in Whitehall because of the astonishing tactics used by Henshaw to try and get his own way.
Councillor Clark's account tells how in April last year, Henshaw had first used the private emails to blackmail the city council into giving him a huge early retirement pay-off.
But a month later, Henshaw had changed his mind about retiring - he wanted Storey to go, not him.
Councillor Clark's account reveals how on May 17th Henshaw had first confronted four senior councillors with the emails, demanding Storey's (MJS) resignation as Leader.
A shocked Councillor Clark (PC) had then telephoned Henshaw (DH) to find out what was going on.
This is the Clark extract:
PC calls DH - 17th May 2005
No deal on offer. He is staying.
"I have spent three weeks thinking this through."
DH makes threats to MJS's school job. "Just imagine what a labour council in knowsley would do with this."
DH says - "he is stupid."
PH and DMc (Halsall and McElhinney) has been working this through.
Ends
Councillor Clark's then account tells how, unless the elected Leader quit, Henshaw threatened to make an official complaint about Storey's emails to the Standards Board, District Auditor and City Solicitor. Councillor Clark later describes Henshaw again making threats to Storey's livelihood.
This is the Clark extract:
DH says " he is stupid with no guts. I can tip all this into the political arena."
Makes further threats to school career. Also says will stop his chance of getting a peerage. Says he will be suspended immediately and that he has taken soundings from the standards board.
Deadline for me to come back with MJS's response or he would make the complaint...set at 5.00 Thursday.
Ends
For a free copy of Councillor Clark's entire account, email your postal address to tony.parrish@hotmail.co.uk. We shall try to post it on the blog soon, once technical difficulties are ironed out..
Coming soon: How McElhinney cost council taxpayers £500,000.........McElhinney and the Sarah Parr connection.............Halsall's son at the Summer Pops.
Henshaw twice threatened Councillor Storey, the elected Leader of the Council, with the sack as a teacher over emails the councillor had written to media chief, Matt Finnegan.
Henshaw was the former chief executive of Labour-run Knowsley Borough Council where Storey, the Lib-Dem leader of Liverpool, was employed as a successful headteacher.
The astonishing allegations against Henshaw are made in a secret account by barrister Paul Clark, the Lord Mayor of Liverpool in 2008.
They are certain to cause shock at the Town Hall and in Whitehall because of the astonishing tactics used by Henshaw to try and get his own way.
Councillor Clark's account tells how in April last year, Henshaw had first used the private emails to blackmail the city council into giving him a huge early retirement pay-off.
But a month later, Henshaw had changed his mind about retiring - he wanted Storey to go, not him.
Councillor Clark's account reveals how on May 17th Henshaw had first confronted four senior councillors with the emails, demanding Storey's (MJS) resignation as Leader.
A shocked Councillor Clark (PC) had then telephoned Henshaw (DH) to find out what was going on.
This is the Clark extract:
PC calls DH - 17th May 2005
No deal on offer. He is staying.
"I have spent three weeks thinking this through."
DH makes threats to MJS's school job. "Just imagine what a labour council in knowsley would do with this."
DH says - "he is stupid."
PH and DMc (Halsall and McElhinney) has been working this through.
Ends
Councillor Clark's then account tells how, unless the elected Leader quit, Henshaw threatened to make an official complaint about Storey's emails to the Standards Board, District Auditor and City Solicitor. Councillor Clark later describes Henshaw again making threats to Storey's livelihood.
This is the Clark extract:
DH says " he is stupid with no guts. I can tip all this into the political arena."
Makes further threats to school career. Also says will stop his chance of getting a peerage. Says he will be suspended immediately and that he has taken soundings from the standards board.
Deadline for me to come back with MJS's response or he would make the complaint...set at 5.00 Thursday.
Ends
For a free copy of Councillor Clark's entire account, email your postal address to tony.parrish@hotmail.co.uk. We shall try to post it on the blog soon, once technical difficulties are ironed out..
Coming soon: How McElhinney cost council taxpayers £500,000.........McElhinney and the Sarah Parr connection.............Halsall's son at the Summer Pops.
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