Jordan river of hyperbole flows on and on....

Once again that master of the spoken word has come up with the mot juste to describe the plight facing the borough.
Deputy council leader Peter Jordan, you may recall, is the man who told us that the by-pass independents "walk on water."
Now he gives us his take on the draft budget problems facing Boston.
According to the Boston Standard he told councillors "It really is Armageddon."
Really?
According the the dictionary, the principal definition of the word is "the place where the final battle will be fought between the forces of good and evil."
We appreciate that the political cauldron of the council chamber often witnesses some frayed tempers .... but Armageddon would appear to be taking things a little too far.
At the same time, Councillor Jordan says of a report on the council's finance: "I have never heard a statement so dire from a S151 officer."
For those not in the know, an S151 officer is a council's finance expert, and given Councillor Jordan's relatively short time in local government, it is quite possible that had he served longer he might have heard as bad or worse.
Ironically, his words of doom and disaster are reported in the same issue of the Standard that records Leader Richard Austin's reassurances that Boston is better placed than most to weather the global economic storm.
Admittedly he appears to be referring to the fact that the local economy is relatively well insulated because of its reliance on the food industry, but that comes as little reassurance in the wake of Councillor Jordan's warning that "if we have to remove services, then that is what we will have to do."
At this time of year it would be nice if both men could rehearse their act and sing from the same hymn sheet.
Don't know about you, but Armageddon a better council at the first opportunity!

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