Storey Should resign from Exec Board

Responding to a report by the Audit Commission to governance of Liverpool Cllr Steve Radford has publically called upon Cllr Mike Storey to resign or be sacked from the Exec Board

Cllr Storey should have been expelled by the Standards Board but true to its blatant double standards they let him off the hook for a token resignation from the Leadership 

So a week later Storey returned to Exec Board as if he had got away with it. Inreality he had got away with breachs of conduct which would have meant the vast majority of councillors would have been expelled

The Liberal Party opposed the appointments of Storey, Clucas and Malbrow to the current Exec Board due to their previous conduct and contempt for the rights of all councillors

The Liberal Party has moved each and every year that the local standards board should have a  majority of independent members - to keep their political control the Lib Dems rejected this. In the words of Malbrow "we can't do this " Well why not?

Now the Audit Commisssion has also called for an independent Chair and more independent members.

The greatest flaw of the audit commission report it fails to tackle the dilemma of any authority having  autocratic or even corrupt Chief Executives and feeble Monitoring Officers who would be happy to supress and obstruct opposition councillors.  

Who would opposition councillors in this scenario be able to appeal to ?, to the ruling group who are happy to welcome and cover up this sort of abuse as it suits their political interest? 

Would opposition cllrs go to the local district audit office ?What good is having a district audit office which does not reply or brushes aside complaints over Officers and Senior Cllrs abuse of authority and their undermining the council's constitution?