[g jones]

I don't believe the arguments are worthless or simply mere bickering. Trivialisation is unacceptable. Look at the real issues around us. Woodnook is a boarded up ghetto. One party wants to do something serious, one admits they do not really want to do anything about it. People are playing with (poor) people's lives and that important fact is being forgotten all to easy.

I think when you represent a poor area, or live in one, these matters are important. When you can drive past these issues, they don't seem as important.

Whilst no longer a council member after Wednesday, I feel for the honest person who is going to see £millions miss spent by The Leader and their lives blighted. (I could also include the incompetence of Spring St. in Rishton). This money won't be available again so it is imperative that every argument is exhausted so that ordinary people get a fair deal.

And that is just one issue amongst many.