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Originally Posted by claytonender
Andrew I am quite aware it is a private members bill, but I fail to see why David Cameron has not condemned it, if he does in fact support the minimum wage.
Also, as you were at last night's meeting maybe you would like to tell everyone, how Peter Britcliffe changed the Constitution of Hyndburn Borough Council to appoint a Chairperson to chair meetings of Full Council, instead of the Mayor. This demeans the role of the Mayor and reduces them to a mere figurehead. Maybe you agree, with members of Hyndburn Borough Council only being informed of important changes to the constitution being presented to them as they enter the Council chamber for the meeting. A similar thing also occured at the last Council meeting, when the spending for the Civic Theatre was brought to the meeting as a late item. Cllr Dave Parkin was quite correct last night when he said that we were being subjected to the 'Britcliffe Bulldozer'.
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Did you propose a motion to condemn Gordon Brown doubling the tax for those on the minimum wage? Perhaps you wrote one asking for a general election, I certainly hope you signed the petition that was passed around last night. Labour could quite easily have written a motion supporting the minimum wage and you'd have support from across the room, but instead choose to make it party political involving silly letters to just one party leader whom you already know supports the minimum wage!
There is such hypocrisy in local politics, it turns me off never mind those already less involved in politics. Not too long ago the Labour group proposed increasing the council tax on empty properties, at the last moment with no mention of it in the agenda. As it had large financial implications it couldn't just be voted on the fly, so the Conservatives opposed it.
Let's give people the full picture. Last night there was a vote to give the mayor the OPTION whether to chair council meetings. Any mayor who wishes to can still do so. I spoke to some people in the public gallery and they could not understand why Labour were making such a big fuss and demanding a 20 minute adjournment to discuss something that seemed quite simple to them.