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Originally Posted by gondola
Some more from the Observer:
Labour leader Councillor Jones sais: ‘’It just goes to show that ministers do care about places like Hyndburn and are very interested in what’s going on’’
If only such interest permeated through the minds of the Councillors of Hyndburn, save one or two like Councillor Pritchard.
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When you speak to people like John Reid and Harriet Harmen, it is very clear they want to ask questions and listen to what life is like in Hyndburn. We asked Harriet and Dr Reid to come and they accepted. Both of them had a high level of interest in what Hyndburn people thought. There was a lot of honesty about the Government's position now, particularly John Reid who pulled no punches and apologised sincerely for the last local elections with John Prescott, Patricia Hewitt and Charles Clarke.
The cyncial would also add, and probably with some truth, that Hyndburn is a marginal Council and that's whay they were here, but it is not always the case because ministers do go to places that are safe Tory or Labour as well.
Gondola is either a Tory, or an outsider. You sem very sharply focused on media led issues but if you where on the inside you would be picking away at much bigger issues (that are wrong) that rarely come across in the press.