Leicestershire County Council leader resigns

“Mr Parsons has resigned as Leader because of his actions. I certainly don't want to see him continuing to have any type of influence as a County Councillor. If politicians are found to have acted without integrity etc etc they are not fit for their position. They should be stripped of any influence and not reappear a few months/years later as if nothing has happened.”

“Blake Pain majority 8.

I can't see him surviving politically past next May.”

“IMHO - Blake Pain has ideas and ambitions waaay beyond his IQ level. He should stick to running a taxi firm....”

“Rumours have it that Blake Pain, CC for Foxton is going to be making a challenge”

“Should have been sacked but at least he has finally done the decent thing and resigned. Mind you if the rest of the wrongdoing by our politicians came to light there would be no one left. Makes you wonder if any of themhave an ounce of integrity between them.”

“What good does spending public money on trips to Europe do for our area, can someone advise me if they have noticed any improvements to local spending and services which have come from ideas from europe.
It looks like " Yeah! lets use funding out the public money pot for a week away" Cheers then.
Mr Leicestershire County Council could I have some money out the pot to go and see my sister in Australia, and while i'm there i'll check out the local council for ideas on how to combat, say, Bush fires, that would be a big help if we had a bracken fire at Bradgate Park.... Cheers then...”

“According to telivision news last night, David Parsons said that his wife was handing his money matters and he was unaware of the situation, What right has his wife got handling public money.
If this were a member of the public the council would take the matter to court, and legally slam the accused person and prosecute them.
The Council have had spending cuts thrust upon them, but it seems that the fat Bourgeois members of the Council want to cream off the savings to swell their own bank accounts.
I do hope that the police investigation keeps in place and he gets prosicuted for his actions, for I believe that more findings of a twisted nature will come to light.”

“Not before time this has been a long time coming, he has not done himself or the council any favours and the tories have handled this situation disgracefully.He knew he was about to be removed by his own party so jumped before they could, now lets see what if his collegues have been up to, quiet an handy tool this freedom of information can be.”

“AT LONG LAST, THIS IS A GOOD NEWS DAY!!

Saying he resigned because he had become the story and not the Leicestershire County Council is absolute hogwash. He became the story months ago.

He, surely, had seen the light sometime ago but like all powerful politicians blinded their position he thought he could ride out the storm and effectively become above the law. Sorry Cllr. Parsons it doesn't work like that and I hope you have plenty of time on your hands now to reflect and look at the damage you have caused.”

“Great News! Let's hope he's not the last to go and that a deserving replacement is found...”