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Originally Posted by Cyfr
So when Labour are attacked because they're voting in parliament for closures and not voting for suspending closures for review, we're childish, but when you attack what the Tories did 30 years ago it's absolutely fine? Give me a break, the hypocracy is unreal.
I get a feeling head office has told Labour to combat any criticisms of what they're doing nationally and locally by accusing the opposition of being childish. Real good tactic!
I'm all for working together but you're really not helping it.
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I think this argument makes no sense. Labour may have attacked the Tories 30 years ago but 150 years ago Tories sent children up chimney and down coal mines. I don't believe the vast majority of Tories would subscribe to that now. I think you even accept now the minimum wage was right after saying it was wrong. That's life. It's about now and the future... the past we can only learn lessons from.
I would like to think every time I go into a meeting I won't meet people putting across your line of thinking Cyfr, stuck in the old Tory/Labour past. That people will judge an issue on it's merits.
Everyone has contributed to the Post Office closures. Councils, Governments and shoppers. The ONLY organisation I can think of that has reversed this policy locally is Hyndburn Homes issuing all tenants with PO payment cards.
The only hyprocites are Conservatives waving placards. Not because they started the ball rolling in the 80's but because they have made the ball of Post Office closure's roll even faster in Hyndburn in the last few years. And the secret plots and emails, the lack of any care as to what is actually happening and what can be saved.
The Conservatives have behaved irresponsibly over this and I would be delighted to stand on a orange crate with Clr Britcliffe outside the town hall and have an open public debate... The public deserve to know the truth not spin and secret emails from Tory Central Office.