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Originally Posted by jaysay
Well its obvious to me that the only sensible thing to do is wait for the auditors report, who is totally independent and as no axe to grind. It has also surprised me that our MP feels the need to make these statements regarding the councils finances, there are a elected members of the ruling group, who are members on here, or is it that Cllr Parkinson is only a figure head and its the MP who is still in charge, can't remember in all my time in politics the MP getting so involved with council business, unless he thinks his troops on the ground aren't capable of running the show without him, seems very strange to me
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Whilst I respect that for some people the involvement and statements of the MP are in stark contrast to what has gone before and is something of a shock, Miles is very definitely in the council driving seat and Graham is firmly at the Hyndburn constituency helm.
This doesn't and shouldn't stop them talking about each other's territory because it is essentially the same turf. We need to work together and attempt better communication between district, county and parliamentary levels in order to get a better grip on the borough's affairs than the last lot. Contrary to popular Conservative belief, Graham Jones is not pulling the strings but the Labour group enjoy a better relationship with him than they do and it obviously doesn't sit well.
The days of one man making all the decisions are over.
Deal with it.