Amusingly Norwich City Council aren't the only people left red-faced by today's announcements. At around 1.30pm today the BBC led quite clearly with "City Council awarded unitary status" and a quote from Charles Clarke. That headline found its way onto the EDP website. Within an hour, the EDP changed it to "Unitary Bid Fails - For Now". Interestingly their sister paper the Evening News took a very pro-unitary line with "City claims victory in Unitary Bid". The BBC have now changed their line to a much more neutral story. Oh dear. The radio stations have, apparently, been reporting that City Hall have been spinning the story about getting unitary but have been caught out.
I understand from an impeccable source within the local media that everybody is seething over City Hall's spinning. They feel, I am told, that they have been taken in. I await tomorrow's analysis with interest.
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Anthony - I cannot believe the degree to which Ramsay and Cooke have been taken in over this. They must be spitting blood and questions have now to be raised over their leadership. They have been politically mugged by Morph. Once again, only the Conservatives offer any scrutiny at City Hall.
Yet another example of the piss poor leadership of Cooke, I for one won't be voting Lib Dem again while he's in charge!
The media fooled me too.
I notice that Look East are now running the Ipswich Town council story with the Norwich story attached.
The EDP will hammer Norwich hard whilst the EEN will let them off easy. What gets me is how they will wriggle out of their claim that they have been given unitary but are unsure of boundaries. Is this a faith accompli or will our brothers in Broadland etc get a say on this? Another typical government / Norwich cock up.
Cannot believe the BBC went with the original Norwich CC press release. My God they must feel like idiots this morning. EDP pretty scathing today, although as you say I'm sure the EEN will be luke warm at worst.
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