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Swim spin
07.07.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsIt look like I’ll have to publish the Tory Council statement on the decision to end free swimming for Over 60s at the end of July.
Here it is, dated 29th June:
“West Lancashire Community Leisure Trust, in partnership with the Council, currently provides free swimming for the over 60s with a grant from Central Government covering [...] -
Being Labour, Bickerstaffe Thoughts, Breaking News, Cotterill on the Council
Road safety goes on hold under the Tories
I’ve just had written confirmation in from the County Council that the various speed limiting and safety scheme measures approved for Bickerstaffe, including the 30mph limit past the school that we’ve been campainging about for years now, are officially on hold until after the ConDem ‘emergency’ (for which read politically opportunist because there is no emergency) budget on [...]
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Being Labour, Bickerstaffe Thoughts, Breaking News
Shocking incompetence: £125,000 goes left unclaimed by Tories
Have West Lancs Tories patented incompetence when it comes to transport provision?
As I reported here, consultants reported two years ago on the need for a community transport scheme to meet the work travel needs of the people of Skelmersdale, where car ownership remains low.
According to the council’s own Key Decision Forward Plan, this matter should [...] -
Breaking News, Cotterill on the Council
West Lancs Tory Council in sex change Euro scandal shocker
A major Anglo-French diplomatic incident was brewing today as news emerged of Conservative-controlled West Lancashire Borough Council’s ‘unorthodox’ approach to international relations.
The incident was sparked by a ‘7 days’ email bulletin (28 May) to staff, councillors and – most provocatively of all - European colleagues. The email says
I have received an e-mail from Madame Dominique Lefebvre President of our [...] -
Bickerstaffe Thoughts, Breaking News
The strain on the drain
While sorting out the groundworks for the new nursery at Bickerstaffe C of E school, the heroic John and Sheila have discovered that the drains from the school have been retaining the remains of a few more school dinners than they should have been.
For some time now, there has been more than the occasional whiff [...] -
Being Labour, Breaking News, The world beyond West Lancashire
Will West Lancs Tories denounce Gibb the Elitist?
My press release from earlier on:
A Labour councillor, Paul Cotterill, has challenged West Lancashire Conservatives to disassociate themselves from the remarks of the new Schools Minister, Nick Gibb, made on his first full day in office. Cllr Cotterill says the remarks are an insult to staff and students at Edge Hill Uinversity.
Mr Gibb is reported [...] -
Breaking News, Cotterill on the Council
How West Lancs Tories misled us on free rail travel
05.11.10 | Permalink | 8 CommentsI’ve had the following information to hand since before the election, but thought it might get lost in the ‘noise’ if I released it before then. Certainly it is unlikely the local press would have published such material, given its traditional period of silence on political matters.
It’s the story of how the Tories deliberately misled [...] -
Being Labour, Breaking News
Tory lies in West Lancs
Here’s the West Lancs Tory PPC on Labour’s campaign:
Their leaflets have been littered with misleading articles and untruths designed to scare people. Please contact us if you have any concerns about what Labour are saying.
Any evidence of this? Of course not, because there isn’t any.
It’s a familiar strategy. I was accused in Full Council last [...] -
Being Labour, Breaking News
Council bullies
I’ve been sent some extraordinary email material setting out just how far West Lancashire Tory council will go to silence criticism. It displays both a woeful ignorance and a staggering arrogance on the part of the local Tories.
Here’s the basic plot.
Last week a Burscough resident, who also happens to work for the council and is a trade union [...] -
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Spring ‘10 Bickerstaffe Record
The Spring edition of the Bickerstaffe Record is now available as a download here.
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