Deputy PCC 'will give up £10k allowance': Paul Robinson under pressure to resign East Riding Council seat

“Nobody has mentioned his drain cleaning business, no wonder he does not need the £10k allowance. I wonder how many hours he has to work for £45k.
To say he has done so much work for nothing over the years he has spent an awful lot of money on his house in Gilberdyke.”

“Heard him say on Radio Humberside that everyone in Howden has supported him. Well, everyone in Howden that I know want rid of him asap! I've not heard a good word said about him except for 2 people on this forum.”

“I bring glad tidings of great joy, to each and every one - except to the pair of squealing piglets with their snouts in the trough, Grove and Robinson.

Yes, the Happy, Loving Couple have made it into the latest issue of Private Eye (No.1331). They top the 'Crime Pays' column of the 'Rotten Boroughs' page (p.12). Somewhat smugly, I believe that I played a modest part in the efforts to expose The Terrible Twins to international ridicule, scorn and loathing.”

“He can't do both jobs and give 100%.. he should resign from one.. and pretty sharpish.. he'll defo be out come the next election anyway.. so if I was him I'd ditch the politicians job now..”

“Like the little remark that he is investigating the possibility of having his allowance donated to charities. Chances are, with all the "chums" he knows, that he already knows the answer to that one. Hes just trying to look the generous humbled type, thats all.
If him and his best mate Grovesy think people will believe anything what they say or not be suspicious of any decisions they make in their cosy police commissioner and best chum set up, then they are not only arrogant but thicker skinned than a rhino.
The damage to the reputation of the office of police commissioner,has been done within weeks of its conception. and any trust or respect Joe Public had is out the window. People are laughing about this comedy double act, but its not really funny when you consider the amount of money they get. Money for taking the p@ss out of the people they are supposed to represent by looks of it to most of us. How can those in proper authority allow these two to carry on?.”

“I didn't vote as I objected to Prescott ... I thought 'old boys network', smug, self-assured and snout in the trough ...I deeply regret not voting as there are now two greedy little squealers with snouts in the trough.

... I cannot understand why if the role requires a deputy, why Mr Grove inform the public of his intentions before the election.

"I represent 900,000 people in an area of 1,350sq miles on two banks of the Humber, where more than 70,000 crimes are reported each year. The enormity of this role is not lost on me and I need a deputy I can rely ….

Has it suddenly dawned on Mr Grove???? Why has he not made any public statements about his first decision being an absolute howler???

This controversy will not go away and the deputy needs to resign… Shouldn't all new public posts commanding a princely high salary be advertised and interviewed?”

“And all he had to do was keep his head down, nose clean and turn up for meetings. Well played sir, right into their hands.”

“This is a complete and utter shambles even before its gets off the ground and lets face it hardly anybody voted for it certaintly not a deputy jobs for the boys commissioner.”

“Yes, dear Maz666 and Glen1954, how right you are, both of you. I find it hard to believe that Grove and robinson are real people. Each successive pronouncement made by either of them sounds increasingly like something from a TV comedy script.

Yes, Rowan Atkinson to be Grove, and what about David Jason as Robinson? But, perhaps, Miranda Hart might be better cast as Robinson. Well, her TV persona experiences almost as many disasters as Rubbishy Robbo - and I feel that our eminent PCC and his deputy may share a relationship that is akin to a male/female one. But who am I to suggest such a thing? I only hope that Moronic Matty and Pathetic Paulie are very happy - together, in service to we people of Humberside.

Am I being too cruel to suggest that we Humbersiders may not be very happy with these slightly bizarre people running our police service? And is it too unkind to suggest that their administration already a complete 'Omnishambles'?

Frankly, I doubt that this pair of 'merchant bankers' could find the right password for their debit card(s) when trying to pay for groceries bought from Aldi. - Not that this pair of Posh Tarts, with huge expenses, would even contemplate shopping at a down-market, poor folks' store!”

“This story would make a good comedy series,Mr Bean comes to mind.”