Tis the season of peace and goodwill to all men except on Simon Moores blogsite.

Following the defection of Cllr John Worrow to the Independants there has been an eruption of bile and vitriol from the direction of Simon Moores on his blog. I could be charitable and put this down to disappointment at losing his Cabinet post and saddness at the Tories losing overall control at TDC, or I could say that it is in fact the true nature of Thanet Tories coming out at last.
Having sat opposite and watched the way they operate in one guise or another more or less continiously since 1979 I think I am qualified to say what their true nature is.
More so than most Tories they seem to think that they are somehow born to rule and the ' we know best ' attitude prevails, this is particularly true of those Tories with an academic or senior management background. It is this superior, supercillious  attitude that particularly gets under the skin of the local proletariat. Despite their alleged higher intellect and ability to see things that other mere mortals miss they have failed to see what was happening under their noses. Cllr Worrow is not the only disaffected Tory and I know that several were quite uneasy about the autocratic manner in which Bob Bayford and co ruled Thanet.
And so to the current situation, reading his blog it seems that Simon Moores either has a crystal ball or a bugging device that anticipates future events. For the record IF Clive Hart was even thinking of offerering John Worrow a Cabinet post he would certainally have to get the Labour Groups approval, no such conversation has taken place, 
also for the record , Tuesdays Labour Group meeting was to discuss the proposed changes to the budget to be presented to Council, and not the offer of a position to any individual Cllr.  In particular parking was discussed and proposals will be put forward at the right time. Some of the figures being bandied about vary wildly and give no confidence in their accuracy. A full and in depth reveiw will be needed with carefully costed proposals that will be fully questioned and scrutinised in depth, unlike the processes that have been followed in the past, Cabinet have been presented with something and just agreed it. The evidence of this is blatantly clear in the reluctance of the Tory Members of Scrutiny Committee to have things investigated in greater depth. Scrutiny Committee also requested additional support to enable it to do its job with greater efficiency. In line with the paranoia that reigned it seemed likely that this request was going to be shunted to one side in case a better resourced Scrutiny found something flawed in a Cabinet proposal.

I know Clive Hart is commited to a more inclusive administration and if that includes Members of other groups well so be it and Simon Moores and others of his ilk should just shut up and get used to life as opposition Councillors and try and be constructive and refrain from the paranoid rantings aimed at those who have found them out.