Now big bruvver Kenny targets Tory free speech

Yaroo you rotters .... the sneak of Labour's lower remove is at it again!
Just as Billy Bunter craved cream cakes, so Boston's prospective Labour Party parliamentary candidate Paul Kenny (see Saturday's lookalike photos below) has an obsessive yearning for the scalps of our local Tory councillors.
A week ago today we told readers that Mr Kenny was behind the disclosures that forced the resignation of Conservative County Councillor Andrea Jenkyns - and also that he'd fired off a letter to the Housing Minister after a BBC report alleging breaches of the Race Relations Act by estate agents was filmed in a private property originally built by a company owned by another Conservative, the county and borough Councillor Raymond Singleton-McGuire.
Now it appears that Mr Kenny is setting his sights on yet another Conservative borough councillor, Myles Larrington.
Until the end of last week, Councillor Larrington was writing a blog, designed to keep electors informed.
Now that exercise in informing the people who count - the voters - is at an end.
In his blog, which you can read in full by clicking here, Councillor Larrington says that several recent articles have been referred to Boston Borough Council’s Standard’s Committee, which handles complaints against councillors.
As a result, he has suspended his blog indefinitely, and withdrawn all previous pieces.
His writings have been erudite, informative and entertaining, and have enhanced local democracy by taking readers beyond the dryness of the council chamber, to give local politics a human face and voice.
Our initial reaction was to blame the Boston Bypass Independents, who, as any fule kno, are not renowned for their love of free speech - but after a few inquiries it soon became clear that the complainant was none other than ... Paul Kenny.
The complaints procedure is an avenue for members of the public to take up cudgels if they feel that they have been wronged by a local councillor.
Until now, Mr Kenny, who was defeated by Councillor Larrington in the June 4 by-election for Boston's Pilgrim Ward, has crowed his triumphs to anyone who cared to listen with his Labour Party political hat on.
After the demise of Andrea Jenkyns, he boasted: "Andrea Jenkyns has been forced to resign as County Councillor for Boston North West after being found to be ineligible to stand ... Being an employee of a council bars membership of the same council. This was revealed by Boston District Labour Party in a letter to the County Council’s Chief Executive."
And when Boston Eye asked for comment on the report that he complained to the Housing Minister about Councillor Singleton-McGuire, he was happy to brag: "As Labour's Parliamentary candidate for Boston & Skegness, I have sent the clip from BBC Look North to the Housing Minister, John Healey MP to alert him to concerns within the private housing sector in Boston raised by the BBC report."
Note in both cases Mr Kenny used the Labour Party as his sword of truth and trusty shield of fair play.
But when Councillor Larrington entered the debate to criticise his actions, Mr Kenny suddenly became just a humble aggrieved citizen being picked on by a 22 year-old newcomer to politics.
Goliath demanding that David gets an ASBO for throwing stones!
It would be funny - if you like pathos.
Mr Kenny has now managed to get one councillor sacked, silenced two of their blogs, and seems to be targeting a third.
Presumably he thinks that this will be seen as shrewd political manoeuvring to destabilise the Tories, when in fact he is enraging the broader electorate by flushing the sewage of politics normally associated with Westminster into the peaceful backwaters of Boston.
Hopefully, the Standards Committee will see his bluster for what it is, and exonerate Councillor Larrington so that he can carry on speaking his mind.
In fact we're not even sure that blogging is something that comes within the committee's remit at this stage, as the rules are not as up to date as they might be - which makes it an even more important political crossroads for free speech.
If the committee does not reject Mr Kenny's complaints, the consequences for Councillor Larrington could be harsh.

What a shame that, instead of shouting his party's policies from the rooftops so that the voters can judge him on them, Mr Kenny has descended to the engine room in the basement to pour sand into the fuel tank that powers the political process.

For a man whose initials are PR (Paul Robert) Mr Kenny has a lot to learn!

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