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Originally Posted by andrewb
It's full council tonight. It's at 7:30 normally, if you're interested.
There's a motion on the table by Labour that celebrates 10 years of the minimum wage. It then goes on to say the council should write to David Cameron and express disgust at a 'Conservative proposed' bill which would allow workers to opt out of the minimum wage.
Quite why local politicians wish to waste time on such motions rather than dealing with local issues which they have influence over I don't know. Regardless, is it really necessary to try and make this a party political matter? The bill is not backed by David Cameron, it's not backed by the overwhelming majority of the Conservative parliamentary group, and it's now even been withdrawn.
I expect that if the Conservatives turn around and say 'No we're not going to waste time when everybody knows it's Conservative policy to back the minimum wage', and vote against the motion, Labour will be quoting 'Conservatives vote against minimum wage' in the newspaper and their leaflets! More games...
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Andrew. This is the first national debate we have put forward so you're way off the mark. Your Conservatives have put forward 50 or 60 at various meetings in 12 months. You have Cllr Britcliffe have both pressed Greg Pope on early day motions regularly and several campaigns that have no connection to Hyndburn. Do you think you can kid the general public.
I agree, I pretty much always stick to local. I have always thought we do not give up enough time to wider issues that affect Hyndburn. This political debate is healthy and is based on a motion that is relevant to the people of Hyndburn. I think they should be more. Councillor Britcliffe supported the minimum wage but Councillor Collingridge didn't. So it was not petty politics in the end was it?