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The normal ones must have re-opened by then or somebody shut the door when they shouldn't have :)

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i assumed that was the case, but i will not use em.

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tried .... with a bit of help .. ok a lot of help from a friend ....:D

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Thats a very bad drawing of Spugs Jen:D

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It wasn't graffiti marking the walls it was the leader board, for "highest up the wall" :D

For those unaware it's a Lads sporting pass time which is quick & competitive & executed in most public conveniences where the training regime consists of drinking lots of Beers ! Ask the Railway crew :D

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I did.

She laughed at the lad's waist high wall, and said they used how high over the partition wall, to decide their winner.

:eek::D:eek:

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You must have been in the wrong pub, none of us can get that far.

Lynx is always there to ensure no cheating.

P.S. Rindy get your arse down there, give her a break.

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Loving the "window display" at Giftprint this morning as I walked past, Lancsdave, I salute you! :D

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Any piccys?

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I hear that the bog closing is not just a Hyndburn problem. Last nite CBC radio interviewed a guy from Manchester who said that public toilets were being shut down there too. He mentioned how sad this was for the country that gave the world the public bog:eek: Maybe it's a plan to stop the country going down the tubes.:D

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I wish people would come in and introduce themselves, people keep telling me they have walked past and I have no idea who they are :D

It's the pic in post 282 :)


Manchester is really a different issue altogether. It's full of department stores, cafes etc where loos are probably more convenient and in better shape than the public loos. In Manchester it's a genuine cost saving too.

The cost saving in Accrington is a con

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Good sanitation is one of the main factors in raising the standard of the general health of a population.

When there are inconvenient difficulties in accessing toilet facilities there will always be some people who will use locations not designed for it.
This is a public health hazard in the making.

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You've been warned before about shortening words, and in this case should really have a capital c, when typed in full.

:D

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There are some nice bogs in Manchester Arndale.

Where is the equivalent in Accy Arndale?

Do I have to have a pee in between the third and fourth shelves, Mills & Boone, W.H.Smiths?

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This is a local town, for local pis-soir heads.

We don't want your sort here.

Dribbling in our bookshops.

On your way.

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Go out of the door to the carpark and turn right. I never have any problem finding a bog in Accy or anywhere else, as i just go into the nearest pub.

Sometimes I don't even stop for a drink. :eek:

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You wild and decadent person:D

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It's through people like you that our pubs are all closing. Going in,using the loo and NOT having a pint! That way lies dehydration!

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It's just too tempting not to have a pint :D

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I know, I know, it's a bad habit. Must try to knock it on the head!

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I've never tried that. Can you hit the River Hyndburn from there?

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...if you want risk arrest, maybe, but if you turn right again, there's a bogs there. A warning...they make Manchester Arndale's look salubrious by comparison!

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sometimes yeh even get a woman bog attendant.:D

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Bloody hell!

You learn something new every day. I've never been in the Arndale Carpark, not even for a pee.

Mind you, I once got trapped with my foot down the bog of the Black Bull, as I was trying to escape from a police raid for underage drinkers, circa 1970. Does that count? It's roughly on the site of the Arndale.

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nah the Bull wasn't as high up as the bogs.:D there on level 2.

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Well, I had to get to level 2 to get out the back window; unfortunately my foot slipped on the bog seat and got stuck in the U bend. Good job there were no turds in there (or at least I don't think there were).

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Now thats just jogged a thought, was always under the impression the "Black Bull" was a listed building? anyone know if that was so?:confused:

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Don't you remember the story?

It wasn't a listed building, but when the full plans for the Arndale were made public, people realised the pub (then empty) was under threat. Listed Protection was applied for, but that was on a friday. That weekend, the bulldozers moved in, so by monday - when the decision was to be made - there was nothing but rubble. That was about 1985 or so.

It's a similar trick out traveller friends now use in setting up sites without planning permission.

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Cheers fer that T,knew was summat but being n owd get had forgotten.

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Let me know when you're in hospital. After today's report on standards of NHS elderly care, you're going to need all the help you get. Mind you, I won't help with the bedpan - Garinda can do that.

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Na he just decadant walkinman:D

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Make your mind up you were either in there or you weren't :hehetable

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Brill Beni, coffee on keyboard again:eek::D

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Maybe more councillors would come onto AccyWeb if someone put a bog in the chat room.:rolleyes::D

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only if it was next to someones cafe.:D

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http://www.trabel.com/brussel/images/juliaant.jpg
Maybe this could be a monument to PB after he's gone:D

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Looks like the Tory master plan is working. Sufficient footfall drop for shops to close more often. We have now dropped from a 6 day week to a 5 day week and our neighbour who closed Wednesdays anyway has now decided to add Monday to the list. Another shop on the block already decided to close Monday & Wednesdays when this fiasco started.

I wonder if any local cafes have any vacancies for unemployed shop workers :rolleyes:

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start a bouycot on the cafe to counteract the main point of the toilet closures .I bet most who read AW wont use that cafe now anyway now they realise they have been inconvinienced purely to put extra cash into the family kitty.ALegedly :D

i wonder how many buisnesses along peel street have to suffer before it is admitted this is a bad idea not only for the people who are effected but also how the town will look with even more emty shops in the heart of our town

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I never have used it and never will after the comments the cafe owner put on here himself :D

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i missed them but i hear they wernt too complimentary of the people of accrington

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I don't think we need to worry too much about that, every time I've been in there have barely been any customers in the cafe upstairs. The proprietor's own comments on this forum demonstrated true enough colours to recognise a father's influence and I have little desire to part with my money to someone whose use of the forum amounted simply to advertising and reporting back to daddy who was naughty and nice.

I'll stick to the two establishments downstairs.

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No I think he dug his own grave with us lot by the time he had finished!! :eek:

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Sometimes, when times are hard, businesses have to diversify.

Soup and a roll...of toilet paper.

Crispy Toilet Duck wraps.

Shish kebab, severed on a loo brush skewer.

Pan fried panty pad pancakes.

Just steer clear of the Smoothies.

;)

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i ordered a burger at a cafe one time and the waitress stuck it under her armpit explaining that the heat of her body was thawing out the meat for it to be cooked

i told her to cancel my hot dog as well :eek:

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Like I said earlier......

£800,000 on offer in this week's Leader's Column but £10k is just a bit too much to ask for.

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Seems from the Twitter feeds on the Observer site that the toilets were brought up. Can't follow the tweets too well but from what I can gather there was a Labour request to re-open them and it was turned down. Is that correct ?

http://menmedia.co.uk/accringtonobse...budget_meeting

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Marlene Haworth says she finds it amazing that Lab still 'bleating' on about Peel St toilets [via Twitter

Good to know she listens to the public :mad:

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Coun Dobson says the penny hasnt dropped that the closure is to drive trade to the market hall. What's wrong with that, he said? [via Twitter]

Presumably that last response was from the council leader ?

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Just posted on the Facebook campaign page...Tony Dobson did admit that the scheme was designed to increase footfall in the market, something they previously denied.

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No comperative survey was carried out, to see how much could be saved if the Market Hall toilets were closed, instead of the ones in Peel Street.

If they were really concerned about saving our money, that is the first thing that should have been done.

The whole thing stinks.

Probably nearly as much as the waste we're told is being excreted behind the Peel St. shops.

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if there reading accyweb fer libel, how about suing me? as i regard this as "Fraud or Corruption":(

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Er...can I just make a simple solution, that would guarantee increased footfall in the Market Hall?

Stop spending stupid money on so called celebrities.

Stop spending money on community artists, and stickin' them in there.

It's a commercial retail space, not an arts venue.

Liberate the empty terrain, and encourage market traders to fill up the vacant spaces once again.

You know the sort?

The ones that have been in there for a hundred and fifty years, floggin' stuff people were prepared to part with hard earned cash to buy.

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We put in our budget to re-open the toilets. But it was rejected by the controlling group.

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Think your flogging a dead horse G.
Ooh that gives me an idea for some community art, must be worth a grant.... :D:D:D:D

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Well I'll just keep on flogging it.

It might just serve as a warning to any other stupid Neddies, or silly ass mules, who happen to be passing.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_35kDzNt-gT...dead+horse.gif

You never know.

Eventually the message might get through.

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maybe it is flogging a dead horse but it seems to me that a lot of polititions make unpoular decisions assuming people will forget about it after a few weeks

im glad this issue is still haunting the council and not going away as quickly as hoped.

hope its still fresh in peoples minds come election time.Although not a vote breaking issue on its own the sheer arrogance of not listening to the people of the town who they are answerable to speaks volumes

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This is an email we have recieved. Rather puts a dampner on Cllr Howarths wild claims of a waiting list for stalls in there eh. All they need to do is LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC !!!

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how do you get voted best indoor market of 2011 in march if not sooner ?

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It was 28th January from memory :rolleyes:

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Or translated in to Tory speak, the rest of the traders in Accrington can shove their shops where the sun don't shine

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well if them rules apply im awarding myself best xmas party 2011

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It would be even more fantastic if we were in this together, Even Churchill during the war changed posters from, 'Your effort', to, 'Our effort', Only one letter but what a difference, (all in it together).

I would be prepared to spend £5 per week, so long as the goods I want are at a reasonable price AND I didn't have to fight through the queue for the Lavatory!

I want sanitary conditions for the meat I buy not a urine filled floor.

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The article in the Observer still claims they are saving £10,000.

Can one of the Tory councillors please inform us how this saving has been calculated ?

Toilets closure flushed away in Labour plan | Accrington Observer - menmedia.co.uk

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No reply yet. Maybe they have realised it's probably costing £11,000 a year to open the Market Hall on a Sunday for one cafe :rolleyes:

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How's your bladder holding out at work?

Coping with the 'few' extra yards it takes to go wee wee's?

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We starting closing Wednesdays. One day a week with a taxi ride to the bog is bad enough :(

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You need some of those little doggy poop bags.

Bag it up, and send that in a taxi to the council offices, and get them to flush it.

Have you ever thought about starting a campaign to close even more toilets, and thus 'save' even more money?

You could start off by closing all the toilets in Scaitcliffe House.

After all, that would hardly be an inconvenience to anyone.

As it's only a hop, skip, and a jump to the nearby toilets in the Globe Centre.

;)

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Plus G I dont think they use the toilets there as all the poo comes outa thier mouths!!!! :D

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I'm not actually looking forward to May really, could be the death of AccyWeb, there'll be nothing to moan about, be like Sunday without "Score":D

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You mean a Labour win would improve matters in Hyndburn?

You're admitting that???

:surprise:

We read it here first.

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No just nobody will moan about it when they DO COCK UP DIG STYLE like they always do, you talk the talk but never walk the walk:D

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As happens in the national press when Westminster have their summer recess, it'll be the start of what's known as the 'silly season'.

Dogs skateboarding down the Coppice, the streets awash with serial killers, crocheted gonks executed in the Market Hall.

You'll soon get into the swing of things.

;)

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You have me and Mancie exchanging karma next;) or maybe not:)

Why should it be the death of AccyWeb?
If your best mate could close the site he would,
AccyWeb seems far more democratic than one or the other party, we, don't have to follow any party line, if Labour are wrong, we say so, if the idiots are wrong, we say so.
(this biased opinion is mine, I take full responsibility, though I must admit if I'm likely to get any flak it will be from the outgoing party).

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:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:Thanks for the karma Mancie:D:D

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And Me:D:D

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I'm sure there will be plenty to comment constructively upon (moan sounds too negative) after May, whatever the result of the election. The colour of the ruling party doesn't matter - they all need their noses tweaking when they aren't straight with the public.

I've dealt with both parties in power, and can see straight through the smoke and mirrors they present (eg the "balanced budget" they have just passed.)

They are as bad as each other, believe me!

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Gynn your preaching to the converted, there will be just as many problems if Labour take over in May, believe me, but me thinks they won't get aired on here half as much as they have been:cool::cool::cool:

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That is unless the Leadersoffice suddenly turns into a human being;)

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Disagree i will slag anyone i think deserves it.;)

One announcement we can look forward to, is when the new leader promises not to be as expensive as the one we have at present, no matter who it is, surely they are going to make deep cuts in that bill?
Though I feel that the present leader will fanny about until the end, as the advert says 'because he's worth it',
Yeah right.

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What do you mean?

:confused:

Have you seen where the batteries go?

:eek:

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ahh but surely all it would take would be for an opposition councilor to join up and point them out to us just like what happens now.Any councilor can join up and argue their case but so far the idea dosnt seem to have caught on.:)

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Miles Parkinson made clear outlines of how members' allowances can be reduced in his budget amendments last Tuesday night at full council. These included proportional reductions in both the Leader and Leader of the Opposition's allowances.

They were described as 'gesture politics' and voted against by the Conservatives.

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Gesture politics?

Is that when politicans gesticulate towards the electorate?

Stickin' their tongues out, and giving us the V-sign?

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Don't forget that the public can do the same thing to the ones they don't care for on May 5th.

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I'll be making a pre-election gesture before May 5th.

I'll be wandering around Hyndburn wearing a sandwich board, demanding 'VOTES FOR SWIMMIN'.'

In the hope that who ever wins the election, they won't cut the budget for community arts.

:rolleyes:

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No worries on that score, the traders & shopkeepers of Accrington rely on the increased revenue these things produce, so we will probably be investing more than ever, it's the future of retailing & we are on the cutting edge. ;)
(when I say 'cutting edge', I mean we are state of the art, up front, ahead of the game, (and other such platitudes), NOT, we are about to slash the budget and remove such a worthwhile crowd puller).
:)

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Nothing to do with batteries, its more to do with common sense really G. When I first saw 1 of the 2 post made that "Member" I have to say I sat there and shook my head, there are only two rules to remember if your going to take part on a site like this, either totally join in or don't even bother even looking at it never mind commenting on it in open public forums i. e. the Council Chamber, that intervention from "Theleadersoffice" was one of the most idiotic things I've ever seen, and I have already made my feelings known on that score, a total act of stupidity

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Phew.

So he's human.

Just as we all are.

In a way I don't think this forum is so very different from any other form of media, used as a tool for communication. Speaking to the press, or writing a newspaper column say, which people can also respond to, if they want.

When Graham Jones was leader of a local political party he took a fairly active role in the life of Accy Web, and it didn't seem to do his reputation much harm, seeing as he went on to become our M.P. Indeed, showing that he is human, like the rest of us, might have added to his appeal with the electorate.

Perhaps you should be encouraging TheLeadersOfficeHBC to play the Accy Web quiz, or share his favourite hits on the AW juke box, rather than thinking he was 'stupid' for posting on here at all.

;)

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To be fair I don't think he used accyweb to play the quiz or air his favorite musical hits, but I would think that the people who use AW on a regular basis like you and myself are only around 50 who actually live within the boarders of the borough, of which most are already aligned politically, so I can see that it makes a terrible lot of difference really, I just wish some of the Tory Councillors who Are members would take a more active part in the site, certainly would help stop me getting all the flack even when sometimes I agree with some criticisms being made:rolleyes:

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Obviously the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidates thought AW could make a 'difference', as quite a few joined up as members on here.

I remember Graham talking of his love of The Clash on Accy Web, and I don't mean his relationship with his opposite number on the Tory benches.

;)

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I would welcome any regular posts from elected Conservative members. As I have said so often before, it would add balance to discussions.

Regrettably, we seemingly have several councillors who are well aware of the messages posted on this forum and are prepared to publicly deride them yet take no active role in responding in the same media. The only Conservative councillor who appears to post with any degree of regularity is Nick Whittaker of Huncoat.

Mind you, with trained lawyers watching every word that is printed it might be that some councillors are reluctant to say anything in case it could be construed as libellous. However, not everyone in the world is secretly reading posts and waiting to see if they get offended by political statements so they can take legal action, plus the Conservatives have admirable support from the likes of Jaysay.

I fail to see how councillors interacting with their electorate is a bad thing, in fact if anything it would seem that the public view the lack of participation as being worse.

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don't use that as n excuse yeh love it n would be lost without flak.:D

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Don't get Graham going on about the Clash.

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He's not thinking of rocking the casbah is he bernard:D

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Ya but mi flack jackets gettin a bit worn cashy:D

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Ya but none of actually did any posting did they, just a token gesture really:rolleyes:

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It's true.

I don't think you are viewed as the Tory apologist on here anymore.

I see you more as the starter of 'vile and vicious attacks' against our Council Leader.

Which is more than a little ironic, given your past statements in the letter columns of the local press.

:D

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John Moss, and Karen Buckley both made numerous posts on here, prior to the selection interviews.