Exclusive Brethren A story of intrigue and less than honest dealing

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Posted on March 18, 2015 by Rik

Some stories we have already published about this cult wanting to expand in our Borough. They enlisted the help of the then Councillor Darren Hughes, to manipulate the situation to their advantage.Darren Hughes then promptly lost his seat due in … Continue reading →

The role of ‘useful idiots’ in Rotherham

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Posted on September 7, 2014 by Rik

Towns like Rotherham, have numerous charities, local groups and clubs that invite on to their controlling boards, people who lend their reputations to these organisations. Rotherham seems to have far more, than it’s fair share of these charities and related … Continue reading →

Needed in every Town?

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Posted on February 7, 2014 by Rik

In a Town like Rotherham there are numerous charities, local groups and clubs that invite on to their controlling boards, people who lend their reputations to these organisations, who then trade on this, as evidence of their bona fides. Such … Continue reading →

Anston’s Green Belt – still under threat, time to get organised!

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Rik

When Rotherham Politics learned of the withdrawal of the planning application to build a Gospel Hall and School for the Exclusive Brethren’s exclusive use, we realised that this withdrawal was strategic rather than permanent. So it has proved to be.

Withdrawing the doomed application was presumably just a cynical ploy to push the next application on to a more favourable legislative framework? The presumption in favour of development, comes to mind.

It has given them also, time to explore amelioration of some of the issues raised by objectors, with planning officers? Remember the Brethren are not short of a ‘bob or two’, so anything that money can pay for, to ‘smooth’ the way is possible!

It must have come as a blow then, for the Brethren to learn of the existence of extensive archaeology, Roman and pre-Roman, if the surveys are correct, extending over most of the proposed site.

Another blow for the Brethren came with the Borough Council Elections in the Anston & Woodsetts Ward this year. The Brethren’s, ‘useful idiot’, Darren Hughes, had lost his seat to the Independent, Clive Jepson! Who, it should be noted, is adamantly opposed! The Brethren appear to have invested their hopes in Darren Hughes. How let down they must now feel?

Current thinking, we believe, is to give up on the School idea for now and push ahead with a Gospel Hall, built on the part of the site with no apparent archaeology underneath it. With the option of coming back for more, when the archaeological situation was sorted out!

This sounds a bit to us, as essentially the same as the ‘Trogan Horse’ of antiquity!

We have also learned that local opinion is resolutely opposed to any development on this green belt site and locals are preparing for the battle to come!

Previously on Rotherham Politics: ‘Cult’ wants to build school on Anston’s greenbelt!

Some sound advice by email:

“One thing always worth remembering is that any “pre-submission” discussions between RMBC people and your Exclusive Brethren friends, must be disclosed under an FoI Request.

I would make the request very general to cover “any communication with …. or their agents, or regarding …. ” or some phrase like that.

Some councils do have a formal system for giving advice and in those cases everything is routinely disclosed in the documentation. Rotherham doesn’t do this as far as I can see, but pulled out everything relevant when I once asked for information on another application.” Rothpol is very grateful to our source.

Rush House Project – New Information

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Rik

Rotherham Politics is grateful to Trambuster for this latest information, which we bring you, to add to the information available of the many ways Rotherham is ‘joined up‘! Mr T thought this link (http://www.homelessuk.org/details.asp?id=HO1009073) should be more widely publicised. Thanks to Google we can also show you it’s location. This appears to be somewhere where Nick Cragg, Dominic Beck and Darren Hughes meet up in close proximity. Trying to establish exactly who is the Landlord of 10 Percy Street?