This is a strange post for me. I studied the story of the Rochdale Pioneers and the foundation of the Co-operative movement as a college project as a student and found myself admiring the way that their retail ethos helped to give generations safe quality foodstuffs and a different sort of banking.
Their big mistake was to go political or at least in recent years that seems so true, in the case of the political selection process that put an under qualified, under experienced, Bradford Labour Councillor into the role of Chairman, at least one of his mistakes was Cocaine and there are others that put his judgement and intent in question.
The other really big mistake is for the Co-op is to sponsor the MP for Morley and Outwood, perhaps they might of been better getting somebody with financial knowledge and management experience for both roles.
Oh but I forget, Ed is the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and it turns out that Flowers authorised a donation of £50,000 to Ed Balls. Flowers was involved in authorising donations to Mr Balls and his Parliamentary office and said: ‘we believe in supporting our political friend’. He also said that it was ‘lovely to have affirmation from senior politicians’.
I suspect Andrea Jenkyns will be aiming to dislodge Ed in 2015 more power to her elbow.
Ed Balls and I have previous, when he was supporting Post Office Closures and I was supporting the people of Upper Altofts
Their big mistake was to go political or at least in recent years that seems so true, in the case of the political selection process that put an under qualified, under experienced, Bradford Labour Councillor into the role of Chairman, at least one of his mistakes was Cocaine and there are others that put his judgement and intent in question.
The other really big mistake is for the Co-op is to sponsor the MP for Morley and Outwood, perhaps they might of been better getting somebody with financial knowledge and management experience for both roles.
Oh but I forget, Ed is the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and it turns out that Flowers authorised a donation of £50,000 to Ed Balls. Flowers was involved in authorising donations to Mr Balls and his Parliamentary office and said: ‘we believe in supporting our political friend’. He also said that it was ‘lovely to have affirmation from senior politicians’.
I suspect Andrea Jenkyns will be aiming to dislodge Ed in 2015 more power to her elbow.
Ed Balls and I have previous, when he was supporting Post Office Closures and I was supporting the people of Upper Altofts
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