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Originally Posted by fireman
And Britcliffe has hit the roof because some, including Graham Jones, (who has gone very quiet, and I don't know why , he has nothing to hide) have objected to the rise in the light of the councils financial situation want to freeze any rises. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\well done Graham.
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No just keeping quiet... been reading most threads, particularly the one about Dave.
I would like to add that I did speak at Leaders Policy Board. I stood in that day [the only time I have attended] and listened. David Myles and Peter Britcliffe did all the talking. Peter then asked me my view after about half an hour!] just so everyone was signed up and ****ing in the same pot and I said exactly this;
"I don't know why you are asking me if I agree, you have 20 years experience plus in politics and very well know the Labour Party is a democratic party and decisions are made by all members, not just [the 3] Labour members around this table. I will be taking these proposals back to Labour Group and you will no doubt get a response by the next [Leaders Board] meeting. This is not about my opinion, its about the Labour Groups opinion".
Cllr Britcliffe's responce [because David Myles was in favour] was sarcastically to say;
"Oh we have got a Labour Leadership contest going on then haven't we"....
He then went into a long dialogue with David Myles and that was that.
I got 2.9% through Amicus at work. Staff at HBC got 2.5%. The total bill will be an extra £50,000 - £60,000 per year from somewhere. And yes I know Dial a Ride was subsequently refunded after a row but 12 other orgainsations were not including Mid Pennine Arts but the point was the initial budget cuts were as a result of mis-management and only corrected from elsewhere.