Standish Tory Cllr Ray Whittingham has been told to shut up by the Mayor of Wigan Council. Could it be described as an outreach by him in that singular issue? No. But when we look at the wider issues then you see why this is showing that he is losing it and as one Labour Cllr who told me about him and to watch the video you can see why they are all laughing at him.
When a Cllr myself I was never told to shut up by the mayor but if things where done wrong then I would regularly bring point of orders etc and use the correct procedure. But with Ranting Ray he has now been described and compared to Buffoon Bob Brierley, who regularly disrupts meetings - rightly or wrongly.
But what are the issues here? Well Tory Cllr Ray Whittingham is wanting all Cllrs to have their votes recorded. This is often done to try and embarrass other Cllrs of other political persuasions. But again when I was a Cllr I would often ask for this but the rules are very clear - you need 9 other Cllrs to support your request. The Tory's even voted to have this as a requirement. So when we see Cllr Ray Whittingham ranting at does it matter not having 10? well yes because his party supported the requirement to have 10 Cllrs agree to this. So why is he ranting now after his lot agreed to this? Seems very odd.
As the Tories have had a beating in the polls and only have 2 Cllrs out of 75 and three other independent groups have 9 between them you can see that the Tories will be down to one Cllr next yr and the following local election they will be eradicated altogether in the council chamber.
Have a look at ranting ray complain about does it matter, when his lot agreed to this requirement and then the Mayor letting him to shut up.
The matter that was being discussed was to amend the constitution and Cllr Whittingham is the leader of the Conservatives on the Council and he was invited to the committee meeting to discuss the change even before it came to this full council meeting and he failed to turn up, put his comments into it and even send his apologies. What a joke, what a waste of space. Complaining of things he could have had spoken about and possibly change. This just evidences he is not bothered about trying to change things just rant at Council meetings.
