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Originally Posted by garinda
Boom and bust.
Although we can't blame the last government for the subprime mortgage fiasco, and the resulting worldwide financial crash, although anyone with any sense could see that that lending stategy would end in tears, we can apportion blame on a government who, because they knew they'd lost the election, set out on a schorched earth spending policy. As was sadly examplified by Labour's out going Chief Secretary of the Treasury Liam Byrne's note, stating 'There's no money left'.
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That's my fear for Hyndburn and no one is listening.
At the moment we have sufficient money which could be better spent.
Peter Britcliffe knows full well there is a reasonable possibility that he is in his final term as Leader of the Council and is writing cheques left, right and centre. I wouldn't be surprised if Baxenden gets a few well-publicised windfalls in The Observer in the new two or three weeks, just prior to the bye-election on 18th November...
Hyndburn is OK for now, but we won't be if this continues up until next May.