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PMSL (sos text) Garinda, visions of the Mother's Union one, council member with a footballer ... which month you reckon Britcliffe should be ? Something in the Autumn, when the leaves are dro(o)pping off the trees.

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Will be a better one if he loses. He will need 12 things he accomplished for a "as it was" calender. :p

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Perhaps he'd do April, lathered up in the showers with the lads?:D

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Coral,Ladbrokes and William Hill are now taking bets on which page Peter Britcliffe will appear in the Observer each week and there are good odds on multiple page bets.I'm betting on page 3 next week,although I read the Mail I believe in other papers the t*ts are usually on that page.

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Sadly, I don't think he is going to lose; voters feel the devil you know mostly and we are all a little lazy ; he has too much of a public image (bad or good) to fall. Hope I am wrong though. :(

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Well if he gets back in how much moaning will there be?

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I have to admit that Britcliffe's letter in the observer smacks of sour grapes. It is a pathetic attempt to keep interest in the local election high by mentioning a project which to many of us holds no interest.

His statement:-
"I have even been told that the Mid-Penine press spokesman is standing against me at the forthcoming election."

This implies that he had no idea whom his opponents were until very recently, whereas the rest of the borough have known about the Mid-Penine 'spokeswoman' for months...
Really Peter!!!!!! If you wish to retain your seat, you really are going to have to try to keep up......:D

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It's strange that this should be mentioned as I was only talking about this yesterday with a nieghbour. I think many people don't understand how being a Councillor works. I don't pretend to understand it myself so maybe someone like Graham Jones, Gayle or Bill Greene might like to explain for us. The main cause for confusion appears to be thinking that being a Councillor is a job, this implies salary. I know Councillors are not employed by the Council but they do receive expenses, some appear to claim more than others from what I remember from the Observer months ago. I have no idea if someone like Peter Britcliffe receives anything extra for being leader of the Council or not. I think a lot of the public don't realise how much of their own time our Councillors spend on Council business.

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Become a doer then and not a talker and get them written.

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Re: Neil's question about expenses/salary.

Didn't Peter Britcliffe again use the Observer to tell us that he receives a salary of £15,000 as leader of the council, and in his words, if I remember correctly, 'he's worth every penny.'

Councillors receive expenses only and are not paid a salary. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

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Not bad going if you can get it. Seems that the service on a council is no longer done for the good of the community. :(

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With expenses included, the leader of the council's salary will be in the thirty thousand pound region.

Quite a bit more than the average income in Hyndburn I presume.

Though as Peter Britcliffe said in the Observer, he is worth it.;)

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£21,000 plus mileage plus childcare plus junkets.

plus your in a good position to put yourself on one of the plague of trusts/boards/trustees that have broken out and bag an extra £5,000-£10,000 for each one of them.

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Then question has to be "are the public getting value for money?"

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Peter told us he's worth it.......so we must be.;)


Who else used to inform us they were worth it, as leader of the council?

Oh yes, Dame Shirley Porter just before her downfall.:D