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Originally Posted by claytonender
I can tell you why I vote Labour - I remember the damage that apology for a 'woman' Maggie Thatcher (the milk snatcher) did to the ordinary working man and woman of this country. How she said 'there is no such thing society' and set out to try and break the spirit of hard working people, consigning so many to the scrap heap. Selling off all the utility companies, the railways, British Telecom, closing all the coal mines (when we had 600 years of coal left in them). Attempting to break the trade unions, decimating our industries, ending apprenticeships and brining in YTS (slave labour for 16 and 17 year olds. who were then consigned to the scrapheap, because there was a fresh supply of 16 year olds to fill their places). Allowing building societies to become banks, and loosening the financial control on them. Unfortunately we will have to live with the consequences of her incompetence for years to come.
Cameron is in just the same mould - last year he questioned why anyone would live in the North (maybe he would like us all to commit hari-kari). Over the past few years we have had millions of pounds of LABOUR government money, ploughed into Hyndburn for regeneration via Elevate, in 2009/10 there will be another £8.3 million pound to help to regenerate West Accrington. Cameron has said he will withdraw this funding - leaving East Lancashire to its fate (after all he doesn't think anyone should live in the North). As well as the regeneration money, there is money from LEGI and I am sure Graham will tell you all the other LABOUR government money that we receive in Hyndburn.
I am sure that the Tories would not be coping any better with the current economic crisis - they would probably be making sure the rich were looked after but it would be 'devil take the hindmost', after all the ordinary working person is expendable.
Are these enough reasons to let you know why I am proud to be a member of the Labour Party and a priveleged to be a member of the Labour Group on Hyndburn Borough Council.
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Maggie? Maggie? Maggie is the reason you want Councillor Jones, in 2009, to be your leader?
He didn't think anyone should live in the north? Where's this rubbish from? You're unbelievable with you're misleading scare mongering. It's not even election year!
The Tories didn't REMOVE the regulation in 1998. They voted AGAINST this. They saw what would happen. Up till 1998 banks lent what they had in their coffers, from when Gordon Brown REMOVED regulation, until now, the difference between what banks had in their coffers and what they lent came to £700billion!
Proud member of the Labour party?
- Proud of Gordon Brown raiding the pension funds.
- Proud of Gordon Brown selling gold at $275 an ounce when it was worth $1000. Everyone can see it's MADNESS.
- Proud of being the worst positioned country in the industrialised world to deal with the credit crunch.
- Proud of burdening every new born child with £17,000 of debt.
- Proud of increasing the poorest earners income tax by 100%
- Proud of falling education rates, proud of dropping from 8th in the world at Maths when Labour got in, to 28th
- Proud of pumping money in to the NHS, but WASTING it.
- Proud of not knowing how to spend the money they have pumped into the public sector, WASTING it.
- Proud of misleading the people of Hyndburn time and time again.
To be frank, the politics of Hyndburn makes me sick. I am absolutely shocked at the way Labour councillors come on here, and spread their misleading information. Even right through this thread, from the first post here, you can see the vile rumours they wish to circulate. They are absolutely determined to use every method in their power, do anything they can, to trip up the Tories, to gain control of the borough. They don't care who they mislead, even if its the people they want to represent. An opposition that does this, is not ready to lead. The people of Hyndburn have no alternative. The financial incontinance within Labour is absolutely shocking.
Some people fire away at Conservative wastes. That's true. They're not wrong. The Conservatives however, are a damn lot more competent than Labour as can be seen. It was only last year that Graham Jones, the man who wants to manage your multi million pound budget was learning percentages. It was only the last time Labour got hold of power that we had a multi million pound DEFICIT. We now have multimillion pound reserves, and a healthy council pumping money into additional areas as of this next budget, voted excellent by the audit commission.
I would give up, but I cannot stand to see the people of Hyndburn be conned. If you want to get democratically elected, want to help this borough. Stop tripping the Tories up. This thread is just another example of trying to attack the Tories, on the thin alignment that I have voted Conservative. Work for the borough. Stop treating people like fools! Luckily I can follow the council as part of my degree, not everyone has the same luxury of being informed. You have such small amounts of time to get your information across. Don't mislead them with erroneous headlines. Stop your leaders bare hatred of Conservatives, from blurring his judgement.