'How is Sir Diddy getting on in the private sector' we hear you ask?It's obviously not as fertile ground for blackmail, bullying and ripping-off public money as Liverpool city council was.
But, according to the latest accounts filed for the misbegotten David Henshaw Partnership (Sir Diddy and his gullible missus, Lady Alison), its far easier than trying to clear up the godawful mess which Henshaw left behind him in Liverpool.
We can reveal that according to Companies House records, greedy Sir Diddy had chalked up a whacking £173,025 at the end of the last financial year.
That was made up of £113,242 in the bank (he has obviously now spent half of the £250,000 he blackmailed out of Liverpool) and another £59,783 that was 'due' to him in fees, etc.
This does not include, of course, the £60,000-a-year Sir Diddy pockets for being Chair of the North West Regional Health Authority - a role which 25 Labour MP's angrily opposed.
So he is still pocketing a quarter of a million a year - enough to keep him in cuban-heeled shoes for a while and lots of nice lunches.
But the crooked little bastard, who has now been condemned to a life of obscurity, also claimed that his 'Partnership' had debts of £165,261 - leaving him with just £7,764 profit.
Ah, diddums for Sir Diddy.
His 'debts' are another tax fiddle to avoid the Inland Revenue coming after him and will probably include the little Welcher's mortgages on his Manchester penthouse and new home at:
Cae Glas Lon Cae Glas
Lanbedr Dyffryn Clywd
Ruthin
Denbighshire
LL15 1US.
After more accountancy jiggery pokery, it finally emerges that the David Henshaw Partnership made £8,882 profit.
So he's still laughing all the way to the bank.
Here's some more inside gen on Sir Diddy.
Did you know that he reads the blog avidly and even posted a comment on the Guradian lecture post? He was 'Intrigued' apparently - check it out.
Anyway, you are right, he was desperate to avoid a scene at the lecture and made special arrangements to swap his appearance, so he could avoid any unpleasantness with Mat Finnigan.
He has also spoken to Councillor Paul Clark about the blog and warned him that Chas Cole has million of pounds to sue. Henshaw is also furious that Storey's evidence to the Standards Board has been leaked so successfully and is now in the public domain, via this blog and the other evil cabal ones. He had a real go at Clark about all that - accusing Storey of leaking it etc, etc, although he says Clark is useless. Clearly he feels a bit vulnerable about what was in Storey's statement.
The stuff from Antrobus and Clark particularly, apparently still worry him as does the accusations of him being a blackmailer and extortionist. You have touched a nerve there Tony, I would keep going if i were you.
He is also desperately worried that all this will continue to follow him to the health service.
The bad news for him is that Hilary Armstrong is on her way out when Brown takes over from Blair, (Henshaw's wife openly talks about his good friends Hilary and her husband Paul!) so he has been trying recently to arrange meetings with the Treasury, presumably to try and ingratiate himself.
He has also set up his own little company called The David Henshaw Partnership, with some of his 'mates'. Have a look at Comnpanies House to see if it is registered.
Hope this helps...
11:33 AM