Arts Depot flashmob this Monday - tweet that, Barnet!

The way they go on about the joys of social media, you would think that the Tory administration at Barnet council had invented Facebook. In fact, as most residents know to their cost, most Barnet Tories would have trouble tying their own shoelaces.

The Arts Depot, whose grant the council is threatening to cut, leaving the only professional arts venue in Barnet with 11% less funding, are hoisting Barnet Tories with their own petard (historical term, which someone at Barnet or Church Farmhouse Museums could explain to us). They have organised a flash mob at North London Business Park, where the council has most of its offices, this coming Monday 10 January.

I thought a flash mob was supposed to be a surprise event, sprung on the unwary, but never mind. It's such a schlepp to NLBP you do need to give people plenty of notice to get there. Just so long as they don't expect council leader Lynne Hillan to stick around to see it. Here are some more details:

Sssshhhh - FLASHMOB on Monday!

Monday 10 January, 4.30pm, meet outside Building 4 entrance at North London Business Park N11 1NP. Help artsdepot respond to the proposed cut of all core funding with effect from April with a silent vigil. You don’t need to bring anything with you but YOU. Any questions on Monday, call 07952 048574.

Barnet council elections microsite is hopelessly slow!

Update: don't bother with the website I link to below! Like everything else Barnet council comes up with in the new social media line, it's useless - hopelessly slow!

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The blanks are slowly being filled in here, on the council's local elections microsite which I have belatedly discovered.

I note that Daniel Webb, Barnet council cabinet member for policy and performance, has lost his seat in Underhill to Labour.

Council leader Lynne Hillan has been re-elected in Brunswick Park, with slightly fewer votes than her fellow Conservative candidates.