Yet another of Houchen's fake business schemes has bitten the dust.
This one is the Tees Valley Business Board.
The chair of the TVBB, Siobhan McArdle (aka the invisible women), is due to attend the TVCA Cabinet next Friday
She won't
northeastbylines.co.uk/business/tee...
Yet another of Houchen's fake business schemes has bitten the dust.
This one is the Tees Valley Business Board.
The chair of the TVBB, Siobhan McArdle (aka the invisible women), is due to attend the TVCA Cabinet next Friday
She won't
northeastbylines.co.uk/business/tee...
Anybody fancy a #Teesside local history thread?
Okay, let's go.
It was bitterly cold first thing this morning, but I visited Billingham Beck Valley and took some pics, starting at the path leading from St Columba's Avenue.
The beck is in spate
Anybody fancy a #Teesside local history thread?
Okay, let's go.
It was bitterly cold first thing this morning, but I visited Billingham Beck Valley and took some pics, starting at the path leading from St Columba's Avenue.
The beck is in spate
I was at a meeting on Friday 28 March, at which Tees Valley Mayor called myself and some of my friends idiots.
Here's the full story of that meeting, courtesy of @northeastbylines.co.uk, with additional research by James Waterson
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
I was at a meeting on Friday 28 March, at which Tees Valley Mayor called myself and some of my friends idiots.
Here's the full story of that meeting, courtesy of @northeastbylines.co.uk, with additional research by James Waterson
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
You'll recall that Ben Houchen's TVCA response to the Tees Valley Review paid lip service to public scrutiny.
An example of this is it's refusal to answer questions submitted to the TVCA 'Overview and Scrutiny Committee' the very body which is responsible for this.
A thread:
You'll recall that Ben Houchen's TVCA response to the Tees Valley Review paid lip service to public scrutiny.
An example of this is it's refusal to answer questions submitted to the TVCA 'Overview and Scrutiny Committee' the very body which is responsible for this.
A thread:
What's the worst thing about Houchen.
Is it that he's a bare-faced liar?
Or that he's as dumb as a rock?
In fact, it's both.
Let me explain why, in this thread:
What's the worst thing about Houchen.
Is it that he's a bare-faced liar?
Or that he's as dumb as a rock?
In fact, it's both.
Let me explain why, in this thread:
Want to hear another blatant Houchen lie?
In July 2023 he told a TVCA committee that Teesworks would be almost full within 18 months.
Not one company has signed up since he said that 18 months ago
He was lying then and he's lying now 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Want to hear another blatant Houchen lie?
In July 2023 he told a TVCA committee that Teesworks would be almost full within 18 months.
Not one company has signed up since he said that 18 months ago
He was lying then and he's lying now 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Here's my latest North East Bylines piece - a bio of #BentBen's arch-crony Simon Clarke
2️⃣3️⃣8️⃣ days since #BrexitSlug Michael Gove announced the #TeessideFreeport corruption review
northeastbylines.co.uk/simon-clarke...
Here's my latest North East Bylines piece - a bio of #BentBen's arch-crony Simon Clarke
2️⃣3️⃣8️⃣ days since #BrexitSlug Michael Gove announced the #TeessideFreeport corruption review
northeastbylines.co.uk/simon-clarke...
How about a quick thread on how #Teesside local authorities throw our cash at private developer Jomast?
Okay, lets go....
First of all, former Middlesbrough mayor Andy 'Clown Car' Preston threw £1.4m at Jomast to refurbish Church House
www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teessid...
How about a quick thread on how #Teesside local authorities throw our cash at private developer Jomast?
Okay, lets go....
First of all, former Middlesbrough mayor Andy 'Clown Car' Preston threw £1.4m at Jomast to refurbish Church House
www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teessid...
Would you like to read part 2 of Ben's #Teesworks fiasco?
Here it is, courtesy of myself, James Waterson and North East Bylines
#Teesside
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
Would you like to read part 2 of Ben's #Teesworks fiasco?
Here it is, courtesy of myself, James Waterson and North East Bylines
#Teesside
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
If you read the @nebylines.bsky.social article on the Teesside Airport, I also recommend @leighsus.bsky.social take on his Teesside Lead blog:
#Teesside #TeessideAirport
teesside.thelead.uk
If you read the @nebylines.bsky.social article on the Teesside Airport, I also recommend @leighsus.bsky.social take on his Teesside Lead blog:
#Teesside #TeessideAirport
teesside.thelead.uk
So here's @leighsus.bsky.social reporting on Ben Houchen's latest rip-off of struggling Teessiders:
A £207K pay off for Julie Gilhespie, the worst performing so-called public servant that the Tees Valley has ever seen.
A thread
teesside.thelead.uk/p/tvca-chief...
So here's @leighsus.bsky.social reporting on Ben Houchen's latest rip-off of struggling Teessiders:
A £207K pay off for Julie Gilhespie, the worst performing so-called public servant that the Tees Valley has ever seen.
A thread
teesside.thelead.uk/p/tvca-chief...
so is Ben Houchen a fascist rabble-rouser?
He is, and I'll prove it:
A thread in 2 parts:
First off all, Houchen's ongoing racist dog-whistling over so-called '2 Tier policing' since the Farage riots in Middlesbrough last summer
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
so is Ben Houchen a fascist rabble-rouser?
He is, and I'll prove it:
A thread in 2 parts:
First off all, Houchen's ongoing racist dog-whistling over so-called '2 Tier policing' since the Farage riots in Middlesbrough last summer
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
So, remember a year ago when Ben Houchen lied and said that he was going to spend £40 million on South Bank railway station?
A quick thread....
www.linkedin.com/posts/benhou...
So, remember a year ago when Ben Houchen lied and said that he was going to spend £40 million on South Bank railway station?
A quick thread....
www.linkedin.com/posts/benhou...
He hasn't gone away, you know😂
#TeessideResistance #TruthOnTeesside #UTB
He hasn't gone away, you know😂
#TeessideResistance #TruthOnTeesside #UTB
I've got a bad feeling about this.
Read more here:
#Teesworks #TeessideFreeport
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
I've got a bad feeling about this.
Read more here:
#Teesworks #TeessideFreeport
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
I've written an article for North East Bylines, debunking Ben Houchen's claims about creating thousands of jobs in the Tees Valley over the past 7 years
#Teesside #TeessideFreeport #Teesworks
northeastbylines.co.uk/business/eco...
I've written an article for North East Bylines, debunking Ben Houchen's claims about creating thousands of jobs in the Tees Valley over the past 7 years
#Teesside #TeessideFreeport #Teesworks
northeastbylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Going to any music festivals this year?
Well Ben's team certainly are!
He's just spent £19K of your money sending 2 TVCA staffers to the 'South by South West' music festival in Texas.
I wonder who the lucky people were?😉
Reporting by @leighjones.bsky.social
Going to any music festivals this year?
Well Ben's team certainly are!
He's just spent £19K of your money sending 2 TVCA staffers to the 'South by South West' music festival in Texas.
I wonder who the lucky people were?😉
Reporting by @leighjones.bsky.social
So Ben is throwing hundreds of thousands of pounds of your money at the serially incompetent Siobhan McArdle, who drove the South Tees NHS Trust into the ground
Please read every word of this from @teesvalleymonitor.bsky.social
www.teesvalleymonitor.com/teesside-fre...
So Ben is throwing hundreds of thousands of pounds of your money at the serially incompetent Siobhan McArdle, who drove the South Tees NHS Trust into the ground
Please read every word of this from @teesvalleymonitor.bsky.social
www.teesvalleymonitor.com/teesside-fre...
I've written about the night of the plastic knives at the Tees Valley Combined authority.
You can read about it here courtesy of @nebylines.bsky.social
#Teesside #TeessideResistance #TruthOnTeesside
northeastbylines.co.uk/business/eco...
I've written about the night of the plastic knives at the Tees Valley Combined authority.
You can read about it here courtesy of @nebylines.bsky.social
#Teesside #TeessideResistance #TruthOnTeesside
northeastbylines.co.uk/business/eco...
Teesside Royal Visit latest:
Irony overload as billionaire kleptocrat 'King' Charles visits scrap metal dealers Chris Musgrave and Martin Corney at Teesside Freeport
#Teesside #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022...
Teesside Royal Visit latest:
Irony overload as billionaire kleptocrat 'King' Charles visits scrap metal dealers Chris Musgrave and Martin Corney at Teesside Freeport
#Teesside #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022...
So, metro mayors such as Andy Burnham are finally getting to grips with fixing Maggie Thatcher's disastrous 1986 bus deregulation.
All except one, that is.
Yes, you guessed it.
Katie Weston writes for @northeastbylines.co.uk
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...
So, metro mayors such as Andy Burnham are finally getting to grips with fixing Maggie Thatcher's disastrous 1986 bus deregulation.
All except one, that is.
Yes, you guessed it.
Katie Weston writes for @northeastbylines.co.uk
northeastbylines.co.uk/region/teess...