[4] He subsequently revealed that the Conservative council leader, Jim Speechley, had been using his position to manipulate the route of a new by-pass to increase the value of his land.
[1] On 3 September 2004 Bowles was heckled at a council meeting, as he defended his actions and described the past period as "characterised by smear innuendo and lies" with "bullying and a climate of fear".
[4] In March 2006 councillor Croft (who had resigned as leader of Lincolnshire County Council) was banned from being a county councillor for 15 months for "breaching the code of conduct for people in public office" during his revenge campaign to get rid of Bowles.
[6] Bowles was imposed on the council, as an interim managing director, by the Welsh Government and paid via a recruitment company.
[7] Bowles sacked two members of the ruling council group, and the head of education and leisure was forced to resign.