When are semantics really not the truth?

 This week in the press we have seen Councillor Nick Oliver of Corbridge, the Tory Councillor who is in charge of the financial portfolio on behalf of the disgraced Councillor Peter Jacksons 'Cabinet of Secrets' and  dysfunctional Council has had complete oversight of a staggering £880m of borrowing over the last three years and hasn't yet come clean about the £350m Advance Northumberland debt currently exposed to the whims of contractors writs.

In an article by Hannah Graham on Chronicle Live Councillor Oliver Coun  "I am not a director or shareholder of this business so it would be inappropriate for me to comment."

Councillor Oliver in his spin is moderately correct but he is the husband of the sole director and listed as the company secretary and the person in significant control of this company at Companies House.

 He has some complex history surrounding insolvency and has been involved with the closure of some high profile companies in the same field as Katie Kerr in the recent past such as Penny Plain a much discussed mess in the press. Does this make him a write off regular?

 In his current position of influence within Northumberland County Council, he oversees the write off of debt and or the choice of the Council to prosecute bad debtors.

 Were sure at Murky that he will choose the former and oversee the write off of Katie Kerr's debts to Northumberland County Council prior to election 2021 but because of the timeline he will probably leave the clear up of the mess Advance and the Council is in to the Labour Party. Time will obviously tell!

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06331841/officers