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Originally Posted by Guinness
I've seen him speak at a couple of county council meetings, and he is quite the orator. He usually talks sense and is very protective of Hyndburn. He spoke against the cuts to the libraries and bus services that the incumbent Labour county council passed despite being offered an alternative from the tories.
Think I prefer an egocentric gobs...e to an ol' sleepyhead who just says 'aye' every now and again to represent me..even if he is a tory
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It is all very well being a good talker.
The acid test comes when the words have to be backed up by actions. In this,he was an abject failure.
I always got the impression that it seemed more important to him to score points at the expense of the opposition. This is not what local goverment
should be about. Local goverment should be about doing the best for the borough within budgetary constraints. Spending money wisely to benefit the most people. Petty school yard stuff benefits no one and it removes the integrity of those who indulge in such tactics.