Sir David Henshaw tried to remove the elected leader of Liverpool city council in a row over his pension, according to a statement by city councillor David Antrobus, chief whip of the controlling Lib Dem group.The statement tells what happened in May 2005, after Henshaw announced that he was taking early retirement as chief exec because of government pension changes.
Henshaw lured Antrobus and fellow councillors Marilyn Fielding, Paul Clein and Flo Clucas to a meeting on Tuesday May 17th, 2005 using various underhand pretexts and then produced a draft report which had been secretly drawn up.
The report showed emails between the Leader of the Council, Mike Storey and the head of media, Matt Finnegan, about Henshaw's departure after he announced he was retiring on April 17, 2005.
Then Henshaw delivered his ultimatum to the councillors:
Counc
illor Antrobus (pictured LEFT) says: “The chief executive made it very clear that he wished the Leader of the Council to go, if this happened the draft report would go no further.”
He goes on to say that Henshaw used the email report to try and blackmail the councillors to sack Storey.
Antrobus says: “DH (David Henshaw) indicated that if no action was taken (against the Leader of the Council) the information would be sent to the District Auditor…”
The statement provides prima facie evidence that Henshaw hatched a conspiracy to try and remove the democratically elected Leader of the city council.
He used the draft report to threaten and blackmail elected Members of the Council to get rid of their Leader.
Later Councillor Antrobus’s statement tells how the Lib Dem group were actively trying to suspend Henshaw as chief executive as a result of his actions.
Events in Liverpool show that Sir David Henshaw is not fit for public office. He engaged in subterfuge, an attempted coup, intimidation and attempted blackmail.
As an unelected official he sought to remove the democratically elected Leader of a city council from office. He abused his public position, power and public money in pursuit of his own personal and financial interests - his pension money.
It would be wrong if Henshaw got away with this, simply because he is rich, well connected and powerful. It is not for public servants to try and remove elected Leaders, or indeed any councillor, from office.
see also http://society.guardian.co.uk/localgovt/story/0,7890,1490606,00.html
PS Sue if not true
Henshaw lured Antrobus and fellow councillors Marilyn Fielding, Paul Clein and Flo Clucas to a meeting on Tuesday May 17th, 2005 using various underhand pretexts and then produced a draft report which had been secretly drawn up.
The report showed emails between the Leader of the Council, Mike Storey and the head of media, Matt Finnegan, about Henshaw's departure after he announced he was retiring on April 17, 2005.
Then Henshaw delivered his ultimatum to the councillors:
Counc
illor Antrobus (pictured LEFT) says: “The chief executive made it very clear that he wished the Leader of the Council to go, if this happened the draft report would go no further.”He goes on to say that Henshaw used the email report to try and blackmail the councillors to sack Storey.
Antrobus says: “DH (David Henshaw) indicated that if no action was taken (against the Leader of the Council) the information would be sent to the District Auditor…”
The statement provides prima facie evidence that Henshaw hatched a conspiracy to try and remove the democratically elected Leader of the city council.
He used the draft report to threaten and blackmail elected Members of the Council to get rid of their Leader.
Later Councillor Antrobus’s statement tells how the Lib Dem group were actively trying to suspend Henshaw as chief executive as a result of his actions.
Events in Liverpool show that Sir David Henshaw is not fit for public office. He engaged in subterfuge, an attempted coup, intimidation and attempted blackmail.
As an unelected official he sought to remove the democratically elected Leader of a city council from office. He abused his public position, power and public money in pursuit of his own personal and financial interests - his pension money.
It would be wrong if Henshaw got away with this, simply because he is rich, well connected and powerful. It is not for public servants to try and remove elected Leaders, or indeed any councillor, from office.
see also http://society.guardian.co.uk/localgovt/story/0,7890,1490606,00.html
PS Sue if not true
This post first appeared on the now legendary liverpoolevilcabal.blog. It has been reproduced here by kind permission of Tony Parrish Productions (c). We are eternally grateful to him. Below are the original comments made...
3 Comments: