Constitutional Dickery at Merthyr Council

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Constitutional Dickery

I came across this terminology in a newspaper article today.

The dictionary definition for the word dickery is reproduced below:


Foolishness, hijinks.

Fussing about ineffectively, sometimes causing damage.

If it weren’t for your dickery the job would be done by now.

I immediately thought that this was a very apt description of the system of governance practised by the Monitoring Officer at Merthyr Council when creating a new Constitution for the Council.

All the other councils in Wales have created new constitutions.

Merthyr Council is the only Council not to have done so, yet.

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There’s a meeting of the Standards Committee on Friday 15th March 2024.

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Democracy Campaigner fighting for the Senior Officers of Merthyr Council, the Chair of Governors and the Head Teacher of Ynysowen Primary School to be made accountable for the cover-up of their failures to follow Safeguarding and Child Protection procedures from February 2016. Also, for the Monitoring Officer to be made accountable for acceding to the demands to sack a Senior HR Officer made by a Cabal of 5 Heads of Primary Schools from the Southern Cluster led by Simone Roden, Head of Ynysowen. Also, for ensuring that the Council complies with the Constitution and the practice of good governance at all times.

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