Labour letting the town down - Lib Dems say (From Warrington Guardian)
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Labour letting the town down - Lib Dems say
1:00pm Tuesday 2nd October 2012 in News
Clr Bob Barr
A SENIOR Liberal Democrat has accused Labour of ‘failing’ the town and says the group is in ‘meltdown’.
Clr Bob Barr (Lymm) says Labour is wasting the work his party did when in power.
He added: “Their lack of vision is characterised by the weak advert for a new chief executive which describes Warrington as ‘Big enough to cope’. “Is that really all they aspire to for Warrington? To cope? Warrington is a town that can thrive and shine, not just cope.”
And he hit out at their plans for the town, saying there are no coherent plans for health, education and social care and that there has been a failure to revive the fortunes of the town centre.
He added: “They allow their new young councillors to waste time in council meetings putting fatuous motions in favour of motherhood and apple pie, so they can insult the government.
“There are no easy answers but despite the difficulties, the current administration in the Town Hall is letting Warrington down.
“We are prepared to work with the current administration for what we jointly believe to be right. “Sadly, their weak leadership, the infighting and the lack of any coherent policy are making this difficult.”
Comments(12)
Nick Tessla
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3:27pm Tue 2 Oct 12
old-codger wrote:At the national level the Lib-Dems as a junior member in a coalition, have had to make some concessions, while acting as a brake on the tories (for evidence of that see how angry Tory MPs get with them).
Laughable, Lib - Dems calling Labour, Lib-Dems are conservatives in disguise.
Labour managed its 13 year of misrule - its mistakes, failures and forgetting its principles -all by itself.
At a local level, you would not blame Helen Jones if she didn't trust her council subordiantes not to stand up to the council officers over such isssues as Peel Hall.
Nick Tessla
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3:29pm Tue 2 Oct 12
"At a local level, you would not blame Helen Jones if she didn't trust her council subordiantes to stand up to the council officers over such isssues as Peel Hall.”
Karlar
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3:44pm Tue 2 Oct 12
old-codger wrote:Not sure Labour either - local or national - quite know what they are or stand for. Anyway it's not the parties we have to worry about in Warrington is it? Even with overwhelming majorities they seem to have little say.
Laughable, Lib - Dems calling Labour, Lib-Dems are conservatives in disguise.
grey_man
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6:40pm Tue 2 Oct 12
I'm hopeful that is going to change but for either of our political parties to try to score points on the track record of others is unacceptable. On another site, Bob Barr is reported as saying the planning department is in disarray.
Well Bob, it was you that was in charge of planning during the planning fiasco. I understand you were unaware thanks to the actions and lies of the planning team, but when you did find out, your only public utterance was a condemnation of the people of Warrington, not the liars and law breakers in the council. Who are still there by the way.
Equally for Mike Hannon who has criticised the Con-Dems for their supine attitude towards council employees, he was the one who asked Diana Terris and her money grubbing colleagues to forgo their 9 per cent pay rise in 2011 only to be told to get stuffed, then shutting up about it completely.
However, I really hope we are seeing a new era in local politics in Warrington and none of this catcalling by people who have a lot to be ashamed of themselves will help.
Casual Postman of Orford
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7:32pm Tue 2 Oct 12
Karlar
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8:08pm Tue 2 Oct 12
grey_man wrote:grey_man the evidence shows there is little sign of, or inclination for a change for the better from any quarter. Yah boo politics has seeped into the fabric at the Town Hall, like a troublesome ghost. The promised more transparent and accountable administration came to naught when the remit for the much vaunted public inquiry was announced. Instead of restoring the Council's integrity it cast and revealed further doubt on the supposed probity of planners. Its less than candid and much watered down report puts a different perspective on Cllr Hannon’s sardonic dismissal, on another site, of five years when officers were in “total control” during the Lib-Cons term of office.
Karlar
I'm hopeful that is going to change but for either of our political parties to try to score points on the track record of others is unacceptable. On another site, Bob Barr is reported as saying the planning department is in disarray.
Well Bob, it was you that was in charge of planning during the planning fiasco. I understand you were unaware thanks to the actions and lies of the planning team, but when you did find out, your only public utterance was a condemnation of the people of Warrington, not the liars and law breakers in the council. Who are still there by the way.
Equally for Mike Hannon who has criticised the Con-Dems for their supine attitude towards council employees, he was the one who asked Diana Terris and her money grubbing colleagues to forgo their 9 per cent pay rise in 2011 only to be told to get stuffed, then shutting up about it completely.
However, I really hope we are seeing a new era in local politics in Warrington and none of this catcalling by people who have a lot to be ashamed of themselves will help.
Nick Tessla
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8:40am Wed 3 Oct 12
.....by implication does that mean that Helen Jones' minions, sorry I mean Councillor Hannon and his labour cronies, now run the council and NOT the officers - if so does he fully accept responsibility for the council's actions - including the recent road markings fiasco and when the council (inevitably) fails to stand up to the Peel Hall development?
the dr who
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8:54am Wed 3 Oct 12
grey_man
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9:07am Wed 3 Oct 12
How anybody in any of the local parties has the brass neck to get involved in the Yah Boo is beyond me.
Nick Tessla
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9:10am Wed 3 Oct 12
the dr who wrote:Well if they don't exist then when the next general election Helen Jones, Ed Milliband etc. will be appearing to talk to their imaginary friends when trying to form a coalition with them.
Ah yes i recall the lib dems they dont exist anymore they are conservatives. they will find themselves back in the bottom of the pile at the next election as no one will trust them anymore
;-)
Karlar
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10:40am Wed 3 Oct 12
Yah Boo is the slang of primary school playgrounds and should not used by responsible adults; least of all those who put themselves forward as political candidates to act for the betterment of the community. When are we going to get politicians who do what we elected them to do, and not be led by the employees of the Council?
Does anyone know if the £25k cost for the Bridge Foot felony included the costs of the "blameless" officers who brought it about?
old-codger says...
2:54pm Tue 2 Oct 12