Ben Grower (Labour Clr) - Caught praising himself.

Now spin is onething, but its quite a different matter when one praises your own work upto the skies.

And so we have the sorry saga of one Ben Grower who has been caught doing just that in the independent.

A councillor came under fire today for using a pseudonym to praise his own work.

Ben Grower posted comments under several aliases on the Daily Echo's website.

But the newspaper in Bournemouth, Dorset, decided to name and shame the councillor after he posted praise for himself under the name Omegaman.

In one post about plans to build Europe's first artificial surf reef in Boscombe, the Labour councillor wrote: "At least two councillors seem to be concerned about this mess. Well done Cllrs Ratcliffe and Grower."

Other comments praised him for fighting a housing plan and, concerning the expansion of a dentist's surgery, he wrote: "Just shows that the area does have councillors who care about their residents.

"Well done Ted Taylor, Ben Grower and Beryl Baxter."

The self trumpet blowing Clr stated "As far as I am concerned this has and always will be a legitimate means of making comments. "It is perfectly legitimate to use pseudonyms as indeed many others do."

I am sure that many people in his ward will consider him a total arsehole and I am sure he will be looking for alternative employment come the next election.

And so I felt it was quite apt to post a classic bit of poetry:

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains: round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,

The lone and level sands stretch far away"

New Labour a huge "gold standard cock-up", amoral, corrupt and evil to the core. Run by nomenklatura supporting a leader out of touch with reality.

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