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To be fair Bernadette, these are pretty exceptional times. We've seen some major players go into administration in the past 12 months and attracting names to Accrington is not going to be helped with people such as Cllr Britcliffe who this week was once again spouting in the Council chamber about what we don't have rather than what we can do.

No one has ever said that town centre regeneration is easy but we really do need to accentuate the positives if we are to get anywhere. There is plenty still going for Accrington and I've got lots of things I needed without going further afield.

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It is my job to do the best I can for Rishton, it's what I was elected for. In terms of facilities Rishton is not too badly off but that doesn't mean I can stop trying to improve things for the good of the residents.

Or would it be better to rest on my laurels and wave the red flag every four years?

;)

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You're on the spot and in the centre of things, I'm not so I defer to your opinion.
But if you don't bring life back into the town centre soon you may have won a battle(in Rishton) but you'll have lost the war(in Hyndburn).

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A fair point Gordon and I'm a Hyndburn Councillor too which means it is my duty to see the bigger picture but believe me we all do. I have every faith in my colleagues who are doing everything they can for Accrington.

That is one bloody big hill to climb though at this present time, we just are not getting the money from central government that we need to invest in capital programmes.

Hyndburn has had the biggest cuts in grants of the entire country because officially we are spending more as a Council per resident than places down South.

Work that one out.

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Bungalows don't have to be for the rich(?), they can be part of low cost housing too.

Absolutely right Ken, please can there be some in Accy as well as Rishton? My cousin who is 82 has been trying for a council bungalow for years, every time one comes up, which isn't often, they're as rare as hen's teeth, she is no further up the list and gets very frustrated.

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Shes probably English and worked all her life susie? Hence yeh get nowhere in this world, not just Hyndburn.:rolleyes:

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About time all this money your being paid:D

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:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:Which it clearly does :eek::eek::eek: Hell I hadn't been in Accy Town Centre for years, I was absolutely amazed at what has happened, there wasn't a soul to be seen on Abbey Street except people wandering around and sitting on a wall waiting for the good fairy to arrive with goodies, Broadway was nearly as bad for the same reason, only the happy people had already been serviced up the road and were freely wandering down the road to annoy what shoppers were there. Its not like the "Town Centre Team" don't know what's going on, I've seen enough of um wandering around admiring the sights, maybe they haven't the bottle to take on Saint Dorothy and tell her enough is enough, but believe me nothings about to change anytime soon, not even new businesses nor a new Bus Station will alter the situation until the underlying problem is sorted and even then it could be too late, people have already found new place to shop, and its going to be very hard to persuade them to come back

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Well we all thought it would be Britcliffe's fault, that's all you can ever say, it might be an idea to cast your mind back a few years when may the negative comments your lot were spouting week in week out might have had a negative effect then, no doubt another case of the kettle calling the pan sooty bum:rolleyes:

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two chemists?
Good grief there must be alot of unhealthy people in Rishton, Oh hang on though on a quick count there are at least 5 just on B'burn Rd Accy.

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Yes, obviously it's his fault. I remember vividly saying that.

Or perhaps not, and I seem to remember saying repeatedly that Accrington is not as bad as people keep making out. Every time I go it extracts money out of me which is surely proof enough.

Find me an example of a Labour Councillor saying something truly detrimental about Accrington town centre because I don't remember any of my lot doing that.

The Peel Street toilet debacle does not count either, that was an HBC decision and a bloody stupid one that cost us the taxpayer £300,000.

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Spend an hour or two looking through your back posts, when you were first on here every morning noon and night, calling Britcliffe and the Tories up hill and down dale, mind you when in opposition you can say anything you want, its only when it comes around that your the one answering all the questions that the appearances die off and become just a token appearance, well especially at this time of year, leading up to vote for us time.

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If a council can afford to allocate 20k looking at the viability of building a canalside development with shops, supermarkets and cafes for an area that doesn't really need it, whilst turning down the whitebirk plan, which offered pretty much the same for free, it just gives those halfwits in central government the ammunition to validate such savage cuts.

Go figure ;)

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Ah, right Jay, now we know why you didn't leave, we're coming up to elections and you wish to remain as a Tory sounding board, (or is that a Tory sounding bored?), (perhaps even a boring Tory?), maybe it's a Tory without a cause? Wake up and see what they are doing to the poor, not all on sickness benefit or the dole are scroungers.
For once admit how mean your party is to the vulnerable.

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You're changing tack now.

Of course I called Britcliffe while I was in opposition, at every opportunity and for every witless policy, but I thought your point was that I was now criticising him for the very same thing that you think Labour did, ie. talking down the town centre?

We've never done that simply because it doesn't help the town centre.

Still the Britcliffe puppet after all this time, spinning words to make it sound like dirty Labour versus poor Peter.

Disappointing.