Re: Conservative candidates promises anger residents
 

Well Jaysay, I did not particularly find Neil's post great at all.

One minute people are grumbling for candidates not coming on here to use it as a forum to promote their views and introduce themselves to the community; the next minute a moderator is grumbling because some one has !!

I have found Ken's posts most informative and intelligent. He has taken great care and time to intereact with our members in debates, disagreeing and agreeing in many ways but always coming back to answer any doubts we had, and feel his mind has been changed in some ways by those opposing views.

I will not be offended if he does not post again after tonight's results ... get the impression he will, as will Graham Jones. I, for one, hope the people of Rishton vote him in.

As a moderator, you should understand that this is all good stuff and what is keeping Accyweb alive and thriving.. :p

Re: Conservative candidates promises anger residents
 

You missed the point.

He was moaning about some people coming on here for their own gain, as in the LCC County Councillor when the only reason he joined was to promote himself as a candidate for HBC.

Pot and kettle time if you ask me.

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Thank you Kate, I have been quite busy today as you can imagine but have just come home to find a fairly negative post from one of our moderators along with a slap for breaking forum rules over linking my blog to my posts. The link admittedly has broken forum rules, for which I apologise and have amended it accordingly, but it hasn't exactly appeared overnight and there has been plenty of time to berate me for it.

Neil, thanks a bunch for saying all that. I stand by my view that AccyWeb is a superb forum but my view of you has taken something of a nosedive today.

Why wait till now to make your feelings known? Good timing, pal.

Re: Conservative candidates promises anger residents
 

If you've been studying my posts so closely you will find that an early post points out that hardly anyone on here is from Rishton so what would be the point of promoting myself?

I believe it was Katex who corrected me on that point actually.

Re: Conservative candidates promises anger residents
 

You made this statement though did you not ? :rolleyes:

Why not ? We all use this forum for our own needs in some way.

Re: Conservative candidates promises anger residents
 

I think the difference there might be that Ken will continue with his allegiance to Accyweb........and that will be because it is the forum which represents his locality.
I will be surprised if Tim Ashton graces us with his presence again......because he had a different agenda.......and accyweb is not representative of anything he is vaguely interested in. My opinion,(for what it is worth) is that he came on here just to promote one of his tory cohorts....and before I am accused of any partisan activity......I am affiliated to none of the political parties, and have no axe to grind for any one of them.

Re: Conservative candidates promises anger residents
 

To answer your post properly, Graham did not suggest I come on here, neither did any of the other Labour members in Hyndburn. I found it by searching for 'Accrington chatroom' on Google while looking for something to do one day. It was a pleasant surprise to find this forum.

The 'great things' on my blog are down to the work of myself and Cllr Grayson in Rishton giving a damn about our village and trying to do something about it. Anyone who has raised any money or started a project on their own is credited, if you care to read it properly.

I also understand that Accyweb was originally created in 2003 as a political debating ground, so what's changed in seven years to suddenly make me a target for venting spleen?

I care about my village and this will come through in my musings, but if you want me to leave the forum because you're under some delusion that it is furthering my political stance in Rishton then fire me off and have done with it.

Re: Conservative candidates promises anger residents
 

Have to agree that I have read your posts as being from a local politician who cares about his constituency ... oh, by the way, good luck from the Great White North.

Re: Conservative candidates promises anger residents
 

its fine wi me, think its good that local reps come along n contribute, pity ALL parties don't. IMHO.

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I think Neil has been speaking without his moderators hat on. Well done Neil...:nono8:

As of Graham & Ken, at least they have been around unlike some, and their posts have certainly raised questions and awareness of themselves, no matter how long they have been here.

Just remember moderator means bite your tongue:dummy2:

Re: Conservative candidates promises anger residents
 

What happened to the local Asian women, then? Don't they have a vote?

Re: Conservative candidates promises anger residents
 

i heard a rumour and i repeat a rumour that the leader of the torys has forbidden any of his lot to come onto this site so that could be why none of them come on here unless of course in disguise.

when i say leader of the torys i dont mean cameron im refering to local councilors and their head cheif

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only if their husbands allow it :D

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Having now discovered who you are and the people you have worked with on community projects in Hyndburn, it does not surprise me that any posts of mine which may be perceived as anti-Conservative propoganda have riled you.

I did not decry the three new forum members as posting for their own gain and if you would care to glance back over the thread you will find that I welcome the views of Tory councillors to bring some balance to arguments. AccyWeb is no stranger to the Hyndburn council chambers so it would be nice to hear some views from the Conservative councillors without posting under secret names.

Re: Conservative candidates promises anger residents
 

Well, he's worked with me on a community project, so what exactly does that say?