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Originally Posted by g jones
You amaze me andrew with your spin. Labour councillors vote for £750 for planning. That is not lining your pockets. Tories votes for £5000-£20000 increases on one vote and milk other allowances. That is lining your pocket.
Yes you did vote for it. Your party believes in high council expenses and you voted for that. As PB says we won the election people voted for our policies not yours. So your leader attributes responsibility to you andrew as well.
Ps this borough can be a much better. We need more democracy that's all.
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Graham, your unbelievable. Labour ruined the council financially last time they were let loose. Labour have voted for increased council taxes, much higher than the Conservatives ones, 8 out of 10 times. You complain about how our council tax has gone up exponentially, yet when you look at the facts, its gone up 45%, where as the rest of the country has seen on average 100%. You take that 45%, and just think, what that figure would be if those 8 out of 10 times Labour would have increased council tax further if they were in power.
You introduce complex budgets, the empty house tax you mentioned earlier, to a vote at council, without informing councillors so they can look over it. You expect them to make a decision there and then, otherwise you'll rage on about how the Conservatives voted against it. Back of the fag packet politics and budgets.
You bang on about our council being the most expensive in the country, you've had it explained to you time and time again that it isn't, and how the paper came to the conclusion it did, but you continue to drill at it because it makes the Tories sound bad. To be frank, Im sure you understand the figures by now, and you're just being dishonest to keep saying its the most expensive.
We have democracy, your party just didn't win. Why don't you work with the controlling party for the betterment of the borough, instead of trying to trip the Conservatives up for your own electoral advantage. If you can't do that because of your hatred of Britcliffe, and Conservatives, then I have no idea why you're involved in politics.