The Comet Wonder if The Comet will do any kind of report on the impact to local residents.

Crucially 2 Lib Dem councillors voted in favour of the Lord Lister conversion. 2 Lib Dem councillors spoke against the conversion. Why no party unity on policy/decisions? Or in reality are they all sitting as independents? @hitchharpsam #hitchin

Although the other 2 parties voted in bloc. Even North Herts Labour & Co-operative Group stuck by their flawed leader despite their diverse views. One being a paid up member of Momentum, another a Freemason (unusual) #hitchin

SLANG - Hitchin @hitchharpsam North Herts Labour & Co-operative Group Hitchin because they felt party allegiance was more important. Sadly that will taint them for a long time. None of the political parties grabbed this issue by the horns. So no one emerges with any great honour from this. Hitchin and local politics are the biggest losers

The planning committee North Herts Council chose to ignore all complaints about Anti-Social Behaviour. Keystage Housing had another property at Kingstown in Hitchin. This was closed down after 8 months of ASB. Nothing will change. #hitchin DJRIOTGIRL

Extraordinary Meeting North Herts Council 28/09/2022 to scrutinise the Lord Lister private deal The NHDC 3: Elizabeth Dennis-Harburg - Council Leader Anthony Roche - Managing Director Martin Lawrence - Housing Manager democracy.north-herts.gov.uk/documents/s202… #hitchin #grubby DJRIOTGIRL

SLANG - Hitchin This makes for interesting reading. It is incredible to me that, given the enormity of the decision. EDH can't even remember when she first heard of this idea. How could that go undocumented ? Also suggestion that Keystage might have... thecomet.net/news/local-cou…

...walked away if the decision wasn't rushed through ! Laughable. This is so profitable for them and getting £200k of our money to cause havoc in Hitchin Town Centre ! Very neighbourly of Mr O'Grady. Wonder if there is any payback clause when he sells LL for big profit ?

WHUTim SLANG - Hitchin His Community Interest Company doesn’t appear to have a asset lock so in theory he can profit hugely.

roxy brown WHUTim SLANG - Hitchin Yes a asset lock is in the event the company fails the assets go to another charity or CIc with similar aims .

roxy brown WHUTim SLANG - Hitchin It’s good practice for Cic to have asset locks and most funders look for them to be in place

Oh dear! Does this apply to The Lord Lister Hotel SLANG - Hitchin maybe a bit more digging needed HitchinNubNews theguardian.com/society/2022/o…

Also theguardian.com/society/2022/o…

photo 1 is police at end of my driveway photo 2 police car blocking the entire entrance to the pub where deliveries have been put off to following day #hitchin #lordlister corrupt north Hertfordshire and Labour council enable unsupervised halfwayhouse BBC Panorama

Twice this week police intervening at illegal halfway house next door, zero qualified staff to deal with knife situations, #LordLister fiasco sponsored by #Labour Cllrs in #letchworth and #hitchin & James OGreedy / Keystage Housing putting EVERYONES LIVES AT RISK FOR 11 MTHS NOW

Neale 👌 North Herts Labour & Co-operative Group Walked by council surgery Labour Cllrs at stall #hitchin Triggered me, felt physically ill! They relish in having destroyed my family’s life. Nigel Masonasked me “where are these drug dealers, alcoholics etc supposed to go if not next to your house’ #lordlister

How dare all you CLLRS run for positions when you don’t know what the hell you’re doing! You have put ALL OUR LIVES IN DAGER!! We had a suicide attempts and knife incidentthis week at #LordLister. The past 11 months months have been UTTER HELL! #hitchin #letchworth BBC Panorama

When I woke up this morning North Herts Labour & Co-operative Group and North Herts Council DANGEROUS and CORRUPT collaboration with Keystage Housing was still next to my home! YOU ALL CLEARLY DO NOT CARE ABOUT ALL THE SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY RESIDENTS!! BBC Panorama SOS #SOS #HITCHIN #LETCHWORTH #lordlister