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Lutfur Rahman is a Weatherman

October 27, 2013 by trialbyjeory

A couple of years ago I highlighted the the spending by Tower Hamlets council on a fairly useless communications tool called My Tower Hamlets. It was designed by Captive Minds, a company that has had a long and fruitful relationship with the council’s head of communications, Takki Sulaiman, both during his time at the town hall and previously when he worked for Cafcass.

It sends out thousands of text messages to people…at a cost to the people.

This one has just been sent tonight.

Message from Mayor Lutfur Rahman: Take care during the stormy weather.

See [link] for info, contact number and advice on council services.

The link takes you to this message from the Dear Leader on the council’s website:

Weather

Of course, there’s no harm in the council issuing warnings and advice like this…but why does Lutfur feel the need to personalise it?

Can you imagine a Mayor John Biggs have the brass neck, the lack of humility to do something similar?

If there are storms, expect Lutfur out and about in his Merc tomorrow. With an East End Life photographer in tow.

Truth is Lutfur is a bit of a drama queen.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cafcass, captive minds, dear leader, east end life, john biggs, lutfur rahman, met office, storm, takki sulaiman, tower hamlets council | 17 Comments

17 Responses

  1. on October 27, 2013 at 9:18 pm Tim

    The answer is so simple I can only assume the question is rhetorical; Lucifer Rahman wants to be seen as the benevolent, omniscient and omnipotent near-deity who smilingly oversees the torrent of good things that flow from the benefice of LBTH. He smiles with generosity when distributing largesse in the form of council grants (one of the conditions of his recent ‘Faith Grants’ was that the recipient organisation had to display a portrait of the dear leader in a ‘prominent place’) and looks on with kindly concern when his human followers have to do battle with things like nasty weather (the like of which doesn’t trouble minor deities like Rahman.)

    Should the Met Office have made a mistake and the expected storm doesn’t hit London then we can doubtless expect text messages extolling Rahman for personally averting the carnage.

    The sadness of his ego-centricity is matched only by the sadness of those who voted for him. The word ‘despicable’ doesn’t begin to describe it.

    Tim.


  2. on October 27, 2013 at 9:25 pm Snowman

    Ted, joking aside – this is yet again another example of the resources of tower hamlets council being used to publicise the “dear leader”.


    • on November 1, 2013 at 1:47 pm Grave Maurice

      but anyway, who would go to the LBTH website or Lutfur’s blog when wanting information about the weather? Are there any people who use LR’s blog or the LBTH website as their sole source of information… despite my cynicism I think not.


  3. on October 27, 2013 at 9:51 pm Andrew W.

    I got the message at 8.37pm which is a bit late given that the warnings have been available on other news media for days. I wonder why they left it so late? I think if there is real damage in TH that we should ask him why he sent the warning so late that most people would have not had time to prepare or might have even gone to sleep given the clock change this morning. Reckless negligence in my opinion risking the lives of his residents by informing them so late in the day.


  4. on October 27, 2013 at 10:41 pm Bow resident

    This “despicable” drama is working well with certain voters; Just to add, you should know that he was also out in Whitechapel saying he will do everything to help those who got caught and then said the UKBA should not be coming around like this with out proper intelligence! But he did not say why the council officers were there with the UKBA? Sounds like a hypocrite; but hey, again it is working, it seems on the face that Lutfur is standing for those that can’t!!


  5. on October 27, 2013 at 10:50 pm JohnJee (@johnjee1966)

    In fairness they are getting better: My Tower Hamlets used to send me an email telling me about “up and coming” events that had happened weeks before


  6. on October 27, 2013 at 11:32 pm Snowman

    Do you ever wonder how it all works. The internal process.
    1. Big storm coming (been on news for days)
    2. Let’s text people from Tower Hamlets to warn them.
    3. Better put LR’s name on it because he might get annoyed with us.

    Or Ted, his multi million quid PR machine;
    1. Big storm coming.
    2. The hoardings sporting his picture might get blown over. NOW WHAT!?!
    3. How do we use taxpayers money to get his name out (to late for a mail shot or television interviews)
    4. Let’s send out text messages and on the day take pictures of him holding back the mighty storm!
    5. Blame the local Labour Party for bringing the storm to tower hamlets for provoking the EDL into performing the storm dance!


  7. on October 28, 2013 at 12:35 am oldford1

    It’s called the mayoral system.
    Exactly what Blair had in mind.
    Council run by recognisable public figurehead, and policy and operations associated with him/her.
    So if they’re good policies voters know who to reelect and if they’re bad, they know who to boot out.
    I for one reckon that come 2014, those in the latter camp will prove to be a minority.


    • on October 28, 2013 at 1:22 pm Saint1976

      Rubbish. There is a mayor for the whole of London and often posters and messages with a ‘Mayor of London’ logo on it but not even Boris has the audacity to stick his own face on, and try to take credit for, everything the authority does.

      Sadly I fear you’re right on the last point. Thank goodness for postal votes eh.


  8. on October 28, 2013 at 2:40 am Curious Cat

    Ted wrote:-

    A couple of years ago I highlighted the the spending by Tower Hamlets council on a fairly useless communications tool called My Tower Hamlets

    On the contrary it was an extremely useful tool. The entire costs – initial and subsequent operating costs – were and are unknowingly paid by the dumb people of Tower Hamlets. The council tool was designed to increase the council’s ability to mislead, confuse and brainwash the public into believing Tower Hamlets council is astonishingly wonderful.

    No wonder you decided to evacuate your household from the cesspit of corruption, dodgy-deals, frivolous wasting of public dosh and oodles of double-speak.

    Did you miss-out, inadvertently perhaps, the bit about the wonderful mayor offering to all the pensioners and disabled residents his limo to ferry them about during and after the storm ? Surely that was the reason for the last minute helpful announcement from The Mayor ?

    Curious Cat


    • on October 28, 2013 at 3:47 pm Jay Kay

      Not all people in Tower Hamlets are dumb.


  9. on October 28, 2013 at 6:50 am Jeremy Hall

    I feel that using the word DEAR in the phrase “dear leader” is a mistake as it connotes expensive leader.


  10. on October 28, 2013 at 8:27 am Mike Law

    It appears to me that Lutfur and Sir Robin Wales sing from the same songsheet when it comes to self-promotion… you’ve doubled your work-load by moving to Newham Ted!


    • on October 28, 2013 at 3:21 pm stewart rayment

      You don’t have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing (B.Dylan)


  11. on October 28, 2013 at 5:41 pm Grave Maurice

    Perhaps Lutfur has been reincarnated, no, not as the Hidden Imam, but as…

    SUPER UBIQUITOUS TOOL!

    He can do ANYTHING with his infinite and bewildering talents! Always ready to give a friend some cash or dispense crucial advice!

    Super Lutfur says: always tell your mother when you go off somewhere!

    Super Lutfur says: Don’t do stuff that irritates your inner ear!

    Super Lutfur says: Remember to wipe twice!

    Good old Lutfur. What a champ. What a Super Ubiquitous Tool

    We love you


  12. on October 31, 2013 at 6:12 pm Observing Eye

    Lutfurs’ tasked the faithful to recruit at least ten in number residents from each estate under Poplar Harca stewardship, seems the frivolous wasting of public dosh is not a monopoly.


  13. on November 2, 2013 at 4:57 pm Bow-wow

    I thought texting was free after initial setup costs? If it’s cheap or free I don’t see a problem, they should utilise the service more widely.



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