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IDS resignation shines light on The Big Lie at centre of Tory Policies
An Extraordinarily important letter; take it at its face value, here is the guy who has been implementing Tory welfare cuts for the last six years and he is now saying that they are unfair… .. and that the government, the Conservative Government, of which he has been…
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EU – I’ve Made my Mind up
The EU is hard to love There’s plenty wrong with the EU. The economic collapse of Greece was not just a consequence of a country partying out on debt. Merkel’s Germany was happy to be complicit in financing that debt in the good times, happy to wash her…
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Trafford Council Budget Meeting
Budget Meeting 2016 The most important council meeting of the year. It’s by far the most unpleasant meeting of the year too. We in Labour failed to convince voters we should gain control in Trafford last year; and this is the consequence. We have a Tory council with…
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Talbot Road – Greatstone Road Junction
This junction was raised as an issue last Autumn. Talbot Road is these days a busy arterial route into Manchester and at peak times it’s pretty busy. The road works much better with the improved cycling facilities but for pedestrians at Greatstone Road, there’s no accommodation made to…
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Weekly Update Sunday 17th – Saturday 23rd January 2016
Tuesday Morning meeting in Leyland Lancs for Strategic Scrutiny Network setting agenda for next full meeting. Just up the road from Croston badly hit by floods – puts perspective on some of our issues. Locality Partnership in the evening. I got a lot of out of meeting and…
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Surface of Chatsworth Road – Call for Evidence
Every year I submit Chatsworth Road in Lostock to the council’s highways dept as my number one priority within the ward for resurfacing. The best I’ve achieved is some haphazard patching of occasional potholes here and there. It’s a well used route. I’ve talked to councillors with residents…