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Originally Posted by tosh
mr britcliffe has a quote in the observer, conservatives have turned the council around in the past five years, he must be kidding.
he brags about the over 60s enjoying a free trip to the sea side, and we all know this is only for a month .
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On the same page it is claimed we have moved up the league table, from 58th up to 44th place.
Hurrah for Hyndburn!
Unfotunately it's the league table of poorest boroughs in the country, now putting us on a par with Tower Hamlets in London.
It's also noted that no less an august journal as the Daily Telegraph, politically Tory to it's core, names Hyndburn as the most expensive council in Britain.
I muist point out that all though this was on the same page as Britcliffe's tale, these facts come courtesy of Cllr. Jones.
By the way, I don't know where Britcliffe does his shopping, but it sure as hell ain't in Oswaldtwistle.
He says in his plea for votes that minced beef has gone up 64% last year, and bread has gone up 20%.
Maybe it has in Harrod's Food Hall sunshine, but I can supply the names of both a local butchers and a bakers in Oswaldtwistle where there haven't been those increases, and if he actually shopped in locally he'd know that.