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Originally Posted by Acrylic-bob
That is a rather apocalyptic sounding statement Ken. Are you suggesting that the Conservative Group on HBC are preparing to act in a way that would cause damage the Borough in order to secure some sort of political advantage? Or am I misreading you? Perhaps you could expand a little on your theme.
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The political landscape is shifting in Hyndburn and there is the very real possibility of the Conservatives losing control completely next May in the local elections. They are well aware of this and so are spending everything they can while they can which is why little pet projects in places such as Baxenden (see bye-election next month...) are very publicly getting handouts to sweeten the voters.
Whoever wins next May loses.
If the Tories retain control they can trot out the old faithful '13 years of Labour rule' tripe having bankrupted the borough despite having had 11 years in control in Hyndburn and telling us at every opportunity (minus 2003 but that always gets forgotten).
If Labour win then there will be nothing in the pot and the council will be financially screwed leading to hideous cuts, not all of which would be necessary if a bit of prudency was exercised right now. However, this will enable Peter Britcliffe to stand up in public and decry Labour's savagery and again trot out the line about '13 years of Labour rule' leading to the state of the borough.
Hyndburn needs to make cuts now, the Tories have control now and yet are throwing money away. Do something about it on polling day.
Please.