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Couldnt have put it better me-self!! :D

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Talk about hitting some-one when they're down...

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I won't try to influence you unduly but do a search for Cllr Peter Britcliffe and make your own mind up. We don't get on very well but he is a man of many years standing and knows the perils of public life.

As I have said before, if you don't want your actions to be picked apart in public, don't become a councillor.

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No, I base my arguments on facts, not surmise, a point which I had to make to Cllr Britcliffe repeatedly when he was a substitute at a recent Overview & Scrutiny Committee meeting.

I still haven't had an answer to my question regarding precisely how the 3000 extra visitors to the town were recorded following the refurbishment of the Market Hall.

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Come on Ken.

Why was it such a 'spectacular' exit?

My mind's going into overdrive.

Bumpy Night - YouTube

Did he take a long draw on his Nicorette, and proclaim 'What a dump!', turn on his heels, and then depart?

Recreate the dramatic scene, for those lucky enough not to have been there.

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It was following a decision to halve the council costs for an advice centre for three years until the national Universal Credit is introduced in 2014. Cllr Britcliffe called the council decision the worst he had ever seen, having previously described it as nepotism and racism. There was a heated exchange between himself and Cllr Parkinson and he left the room shortly before the meeting was wound up.

As far as I recall, there was no Nicorette involved.

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So really it's just bickering business as usual at H.B.C.?

How disappointing.

Hardly up there with Cecil B. DeMille parting the Red Sea, for the dramatic Exodus of the Tribe of Israel.

More like the spectacle of someone lobbing a few bangers over someone's back yard wall.

http://freeemoticonsandsmileys.com/p...%20beating.gif

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With the greatest respect, I don't think you are in a position to judge.

Perhaps you should have a look at some of the things that this man did while he was leader of the council before commenting.

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Marg is respectfully suggesting you don't know the full story.

You silly...

http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ffe-37025.html

Billy.

:D

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I've just reread this thread.

Accy Web classic.

:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

Even if I didn't get a chance to chip in until page 5.

:rolleyes::D

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Anyway, this storming out of a council meeting is starting to get a little bit boring. If Councillor Britcliffe wants to impress, he should try something different. He could, for instance, strip naked in the council chamber and refuse to budge; he could get his agenda papers, rip them up in a tantrum, eat some of 'em and then throw the rest at the leader of the council. Or maybe he could just sit there with a brown paper bag on his head, making the occaisional grunt.

I've got a few other ideas - I think I'll send them in on a postcard to Peter, c/o Scaitcliffe House.

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Then when he has done all those things that Tealeaf suggests, the men in the white coats will haul him off to a lovely place called Hillview. They will give him a fine jacket that fastens at the back, shoot him full of mind altering chemicals, and then he will be returned in a much saner state!

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I quite like seeing different cabinet members telling me what they are doing and not just seeing the same person all the time.
The only issue appears to be the name of the column, it is no longer the Leaders Column but the Council Column.

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From the outside it looks like those that are out are trying to make those that are in look bad so those that are out can try and get back in next time.

A bit like cricket and just the same as it was when the Tories were in and Labour were out - just do a search for some of Graham's earlier posts and your own for that matter.

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so nothing much changes then does it?