BASW unfit for purpose..........

Community Care have now picked up on the news of Tim Chittleburgh which confirms the sense of chaos in BASW . See article here: http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2010/05/05/114421/BASW-39lost-credibility39-over-college-ballot.htm

The CC article only briefly mentions Chittleburgh to confirm Wilt’s insider report of him resigning. And, who can blame him given the other revelations here:

http://regulatorwatch.co.uk/2010/05/and-then/

Another BASW insider has picked up on a similar theme and written to Regulator Watch:

Hi Wilt,

Here's a question. How much did it cost BASW (in every sense of the word) to
hold a referendum asking members what they thought should happen with the
college, ignore the result, precipitate the Chair's resignation and after
all that, manage to do no more and no less than get back to where they
started from? I know this is a question that Com Care is keen to get
answers to...

It does seem very odd to Wilt that BASW would hold this referendum and then not so much Dawson claims) as ignore it but have a complete turnaround – it is also as pointed out a rather expensive fiasco and one could think of better things BASW might spend money on. It is embarrassing and Hilton Dawson needs to go lie down in a dark room somewhere and reflect, I think.

And like a number 72 bus the correspondents turn up in groups of three. In a further twist to the story Tim Chittleburgh ‘s competence is queried by another visitor to Regulator Watch. Remember, these are allegations Wilt cannot verify. The correspondent states:

Private Eye did see court papers that confirmed Chittleburgh as a sole director of a company had a court order against him. What they reported was accurate.



Further more Private Eye also saw documents confirming that TC stated under oath that  his company had no assets and could not therefore meet the court order against them but then was found to have assets - which were promptly seized by a further court order in respect of the court judgment against his company for breach of contract.



Private eye also saw documents that confirmed that Tim Chittleburgh was investigated in his role as a magistrate and the investigatory committee found that his conduct was sufficient to strike him off / suspend his role and refer his case to the Lord Chancellor.



As to people being arrested for blackmail, that is news and you should really get some evidence to confirm that. I advise this because  the judge who found against Chittleburgh (for his company) in the matter PE reported on concluded that TC had  'manufactured the case against (the claimant) to get out of their contract and avoid the  claim against them'.

Now Wilt aint going to referee on this matter or investigate, even if he had the resources to do so -  people are however free to post messages (anonymously if preferred) like everyone else.

Wilt has not seen the Private Eye article (someone might like to email it to him) but I do know from the experience of others that their journalistic qualities are sometimes utter crap, indeed disgraceful; in one incident they never attempted to check out details with those they accused and simply published, what turned out to be, utter fucking nonsense.

Remember, Chittleburgh is not reported to have been disciplined by BASW and he did the decent thing and first stood aside in the wake of the Private Eye report and then resigned quite some time later because of differences with Dawson.

Chittleburgh is not the first Chairman to resign over differences with a BASW CEO.

So Private Eye aint so clever – there is no excuse for that kind of practice in journalism. So readers, beware.

Wilt