Hyndburn Local Elections - 5th May - Page 8

flashy · 06-05-2011, 05:49

So festers definately out then?

garinda · 06-05-2011, 05:49

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Originally Posted by steeljack

guess this means "a chicken in every pot" and free housing/council tax for every dolloper who turns up ......

Why, would that tempt you back over here?

accysimon · 06-05-2011, 07:24

HUNCOAT ELECTION

LABOUR 215
CON 345
INDEPENDENT 989

slightly one-sided don't you agree?

accysimon · 06-05-2011, 07:25

Poor Mr Britcliffe. He will lose some of his £46000 income. My heart bleeds.

Boeing Guy · 06-05-2011, 07:37

Well done Ken and to Labour, lets see if you can do any better.

Glad festers gone, but then who isn't.

Shame there was only a 44% turnout, and even less for the referendum. Maybe voter apathy is something out elected members should try to tackle.

cashman · 06-05-2011, 07:43

What a splendid day.

gynn · 06-05-2011, 07:51

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Originally Posted by Ken Moss

Now the REAL work begins.....

Item 1 on the agenda. The Budget.

You have inherited a potentially illegal budget, because it appears to contain savings that are a figment of someone's imagination. Reasonable questions that were asked at budget time were dismissed not just by the Cabinet, but also by the Scrutiny chairman who should have been asking them.

My advice is to get Miles to put an immediate block on all the Tory spend, spend, spend proposals, ask Management Team for an update on spending and savings, (by first thing Monday morning) and seek an early meeting with the external auditors to discuss the extent of the problem.

Otherwise the proverbial will hit the fan in 9 months time.

Wynonie Harris · 06-05-2011, 07:54

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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

and even less for the referendum.

Predictable really, as voters saw it for the utter cynical ploy that it is - a bribe to the Libdems, paid for by the taxpayer.

However, now he's got in the referendum habit, perhaps Cameron would like to hold one on our membership of the EU? I can guarantee there'd be a very large turnout for that!

Margaret Pilkington · 06-05-2011, 07:57

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

Predictable really, as voters saw it for the utter cynical ploy that it is - a bribe to the Libdems, paid for by the taxpayer.

However, now he's got in the referendum habit, perhaps Cameron would like to hold one on our membership of the EU? I can guarantee there'd be a very large turnout for that!

I would skip over broken glass and hot coals to vote in a referendum on the EU.

Wynonie Harris · 06-05-2011, 08:04

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I would skip over broken glass and hot coals to vote in a referendum on the EU.

So would a lot of people, Margaret, but that's why neither the Tories nor Labour will ever hold one - they might see real democracy in action and we wouldn't want that would we?

garinda · 06-05-2011, 08:14

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Originally Posted by accysimon

Poor Mr Britcliffe. He will lose some of his £46000 income. My heart bleeds.

No, he won't.

That was a combined figure, including his L.C.C. expenses.

garinda · 06-05-2011, 08:16

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

I would skip over broken glass and hot coals to vote in a referendum on the EU.

I'd hold your hand, and do it with you!

Margaret Pilkington · 06-05-2011, 08:18

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

So would a lot of people, Margaret, but that's why neither the Tories nor Labour will ever hold one - they might see real democracy in action and we wouldn't want that would we?

Steve, I have always said that if voting changed anything, they(the powers that be) would stop us from doing it....and that saying proves the point doesn't it?
They don't want us to be voting on the EU so they deny us that choice.

Margaret Pilkington · 06-05-2011, 08:20

Please, tell me it is true.........PB is no longer the leader of the council???????
Maybe we can see some common sense changes around the borough now...ones that do not rely on massaging this mans ego.........hey....does it mean we'll see less of him in the Obby too......well rot my socks!!!!!!! Great....double great!

Gremlin · 06-05-2011, 08:26

I am a bit confused (OK it's early am) about the election results.
I do not see PB's name mentioned in the results table.
Did he stand or was his ward not due for an election? Which ward did he represent apart from the "Peter Britcliffe want to be King" ward.
I am not very well up in politics. Can some one explain to me how he became the Council leader and apparently is no longer.