Week ending 25th September

Our Friday miscellany of the week's news and events
Counting them out ... after our piece on the last minute announcement of last Sunday's service at Boston Stump, we received the following from a reader: "I was interested to read your article about the late publication by the council of the Battle of Britain Flight. Perhaps that would explain why so few councillors bothered to attend the service. In the not so distant past it was almost a full attendance, but by my calculations (and I apologise if I missed any, but my vantage point in the church was not great) there were only eight of the current council in attendance (including Mayor and Deputy) and they were almost outnumbered by ex-councillors. I did wonder whether it was because the council had cut the budget for refreshments afterwards."
X certificate viewing ... When first we read about the performance of Boston Borough Councillor Major (Retired or not, depending) Ramonde Newell at last week's County Council meeting, we couldn't believe that he could have put up such a disastrous performance. Then we watched the webcast of the meeting, and decided that if anything, the account on Councillor Raymond Singleton-McGuire's blog was understated. We recall that Councillor Newell's thumbnail sketch on the borough website declares that he is fluent in Cantonese, and laudable as that may be would feel happier if tries for a better level of English next time he addresses his peers at County Hall. In the meantime, we are grateful after all that he declared his party allegiance as Independent, as at least this keeps Boston's name out of it as much as possible, which makes it less embarrassing for the rest of us.
Good news ... Congratulations to Boston United for hosting the county's first disability football tournament on Sunday. Bad news ... The club's initiative again underlines the failure of the Princess Royal Sports Arena to live up to its multi million pound claims to be THE facility for organising sport for the disabled.
Countdown 1 ... Since he ignores the idea of defeat so obdurately, we've decided to keep note of how much longer Borough Council Leader Richard "Papa Dick" Austin clings to the inaccurate claim on the Lincolnshire Independents' website that he is still the Independent County Councillor for Boston South. It is now 16 weeks since 4th June, when he lost his former seat to Conservative Paul Skinner.
Countdown 2 ... refers to the feature in this week's Boston Standard headed "Countdown to Christmas." For the benefit of the innumerate in Church Lane today is exactly three months away from the festive date -- far too early to be ramming it down our throats!
Picture this ... Not for the first time, letters to the local press bemoan the fact that artworks of local scenes bought by the borough of Boston - often with Boston taxpayers money - are languishing in the basement of the Haven Gallery when once they were on show in the Guildhall. We agree that this is a disgraceful state of affairs, and given the pathetic level of "art" displayed in the Haven can see every reason why they should go on display once again.

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