“Though try Googling this:

"Council has warned",

This seems a much favoured assembly of threatening words used by councils wanting to assert their authority in notices, disguised as news articles with nearly 7 million (6,960,000) exact matches.

Other favourites seem to be:

"council sends a clear message" Giving 6,500 results.

"Council will prosecute" Has a whopping 64,800

"council will not tolerate" Has over 1.2 million hits

"council crackdown" Has gets 35,600

While

"council is sending a clear message" A meagre 1,570

I'd be interested to know what other popular phrases are used by councils, accompanied with the corresponding number of times it's quoted, according that is, to a Google search.”

“'Council clampdown' returns two and a half million results (pages from the UK)

'Council maladministration' returns 370,000 results (pages from the UK)

'Local Council learning Lessons' returns 230,000,000 results (pages from the UK)

This is fun!”

“valvissy123

I can't pretend to approach anywhere near the dizzy heights of your 230 million find, but I feel the following and its variants deserve to be included in the rankings of the most cringiest googled council phases.

"law-abiding council taxpayers"

In the above form it has a negligible score but its variants feature heavily when governments and councillors wish to play one group off against another.

This example in fact reveals Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles using this to effect a play-off of local authorities against residents in a bid to pursued a majority group put pressure on their councils to be more ruthless with debt enforcement.

"Every penny of council tax that isn't collected means higher council tax for the law-abiding citizens who do pay up on time."

This or one of its variants can also be used by councils to effect a play-off between resident to achieve its own ends.”

“"Local Council u-turn on election pledge" returned 648,000 results (results from the uk)”

“"WILL NOT BE TOLERATED by the Council" returned 484,000 results (pages from the Uk)”

“"WILL NOT BE TOLERATED by the Council" returned 484,000 results (pages from the Uk)"

Oh dear!

What I assume was meant to be a bit of fun is turning out to be a bit disturbing.”

“.....What I assume was meant to be a bit of fun is turning out to be a bit disturbing."

"Council" – From Latin concilium "calling together" is defined as a group of people called together for consultation, discussion, advice, etc.

The following collection of quotes suggest the original meaning of the word "Council" has long since been forgotten – the modern day equivalent of this word must surely be "dictatorship".


"COUNCIL bosses are clamping down on unlicensed A-boards......their zero-tolerance stance has angered one....."

"However, the Council will not tolerate any...."

"The Council will not tolerate instances of...."

"Parents who park on double-yellow lines to pick their children up at a school are being targeted in a council clampdown....."

"A COUNCIL is cracking down on dog owners who...."

"WARDENS are aiming to bring irresponsible pet owners to heel with a citywide crack down on...."

"The Council will prosecute all appropriate cases and will use the Councils Legal. Services staff to bring these cases to court...."

"Don't even think about it as we will always prosecute," warned Cllr Robert Benford, the cabinet member...."

"The council will prosecute offenders where possible......"

"THE council will prosecute campaigners if its by-laws are "consistently flouted", a spokesman has said following Saturday's demonstration in...."

"Those who commit permit fraud will be prosecuted and face large fines or imprisonment...."

"If you refuse to accept a caution the Council will prosecute you..."

"Council sends a clear message on tax enforcement By...."

"The council is sending a clear message that it will track down and prosecute those who abuse...."

"Council sends strong message out to those failing to clear up after...."

"Council sends clear message to benefit cheats after convictions..."

"We are sending a clear message: irresponsible dog...."

"The borough council are sending out a clear message to those who litter our streets.... "

"Council will come down on Morrisons like a tonne of bricks…."

"Meaning certain features have to be kept or the council will come down on you like a tonne of bricks. Sure it mainly ..."

"Meaning certain features have to be kept or the council will come down on you like a tonne of bricks...."”

“That an adult would go to such childish lengths to make a point .. is really very worrying.”

“Dont bother.
I only buy it on Wednesday for the 'job pages' because I have to as part of my jobseekers agreement otherwise I wouldnt bother. (I use the term 'pages' as I am an optimist.)
would the jobcentre know if I stopped buying it?????? hmmm....could save myself 40p there ;-)”

“40p a day on such fripperies, carrots!
You'll have the benefit-bashers down on your head like a ton of bricks if you don't stop indulging in such luxuries!
(grin)”

“jimker

I'm impressed! You make a good point, well probably around 4,000 if you bothered to count them, but will you do whatever it takes to get this post removed and make your point in a less destructive way.

I'm sure I could activate this by pressing the "Report" button myself, but dobbing someone in kind of goes against my principles, no matter how much of a Richard head they are.”

“Mini Ha Ha is still following me I see. Come on shuffle along quicker and don't slow me down.

Crayon, what do you mean by 'Richard head'? It's not a profanity is it? Please explain yourself.”

“Jimster said - "Mini Ha Ha is still following me I see".

Don't flatter yourself .. I don't 'follow' anyone.”

“valvissy123 -
its 40p a week. I only buy wednesdays and its not a luxury - I recycle the paper to wrap my crust of bread and dripping in for my lunch as I sit in the library keeping warn as they have heating ;-)”

“ha ha ha ha ha

Nice one Carrots.”

“How about " council will save money "

About 99,800,000 results (0.23 seconds)”

“by carrots14,

I used to be told the black stuff at the bottom of the dripping bowl had all the goodness in it.”

“The OP probably has a valid point here but describing googling various phrases that feature the word 'council' as fun is frankly bizarre !!
Good luck in your search for an 'independent' media source.”

“Allun that black stuff at the bottom of your dripping bowl is what now plagues your windowsills – coal dust and we've all been bored about it ever since!”

“"Council: Clean up your alleyways or pay a penalty

CLEAN up or cough up.

That's the message North East Lincolnshire Council is sending out to those living next to rubbish-filled alleyways, who could be fined for failing to clear up waste – even if it isn't theirs."”

“"It cited one case where an alley backing on to Harold Street, Grimsby, had been cleared by the council 17 times in two years – at a cost of £500 to £1,000 each time – adding it was "unsustainable" to continue clearing alleyways free of charge."”

“Last week I saw comments on a thread from a reporter, obviously working for the GT – provoking reaction from another contributor. The GT employee, it seemed, couldn't help himself from letting the cat out of the bag about his employer's policy on what articles it does or doesn't print regarding certain issues surrounding the council.

I wonder if bosses at the GT think it a good idea that employees contribute in these forums, when clearly they expose the GT is far from impartial. Maybe if they are allowed to comment they should so anonymously?”

“Which thread was this?”

“http://tinyurl.com/827mwtx”

“I stopped buying the GT when it turned into the Daily Micklegraph but point taken.”

“Quote/
If the Grimsby Telegraph continues allowing its strings to be pulled by the council to peddle its wares; like many comments critical of the council, my £2.40 weekly spend will very likely be pulled. /

You can see – with the help of the GT – where this is heading can't you.

EXPLOSION IN REFUSE LORRY PROMPTS WARNING THAT BINS ARE ONLY FOR HOUSEHOLD WASTE

http://tinyurl.com/88c2k3n”

“Re; EXPLOSION IN REFUSE LORRY PROMPTS WARNING THAT BINS ARE ONLY FOR HOUSEHOLD WASTE

Spokesman said:

"It serves as a strong reminder to residents that their refuse bins should only be used to dispose of general household waste."

For further details about what to place in your household bin, visit http://tinyurl.com/82pxnoq or call the waste hotline on 01472 325841.

It seems there's never an absence of spokesmen wishing to exploit these situations whenever the opportunity arises.

The HMRC's spokesman in Redknapp's case for example couldn't resist a plug for the Inland Revenue.

Chris Martin, of HMRC, said in a statement: "We have no regrets about pursuing this case because it was vitally important that the facts were put before a jury for their consideration.

"We accept the verdict of the jury but I would like to remind those who are evading tax by using offshore tax havens that it always makes sense to come forward and talk to us before we come to talk to you."”

“Interesting too, that the article in today's issue reporting the suspension of one certain councillor for 'questionable' practices, is disallowing comments.

Why is there always one rule from them, and another for the rest of us?”