Pretending to grit - Page 5

lancsdave · 15-06-2010, 19:06

Just to resurrect an old thread, it seems the man in charge has decided he can't cope. Surely the job isn't that bad in the middle of June

'Horrific winter' prompts resignation of Lancashire gritting councillor (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Eric · 15-06-2010, 19:27

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Just to resurrect an old thread, it seems the man in charge has decided he can't cope. Surely the job isn't that bad in the middle of June

'Horrific winter' prompts resignation of Lancashire gritting councillor (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Hey, June can be bad, so can July: Last time I was at the Calgary Stampede ... maybe 6 or 7 years ago, the memory is going ... it snowed.

garinda · 15-06-2010, 19:45

Labour Hyndburn MP Graham Jones said...'At least he has done the decent thing and fallen on his own sword.'

Should have put some grit down first.

lancsdave · 15-06-2010, 20:22

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Hey, June can be bad, so can July: Last time I was at the Calgary Stampede ... maybe 6 or 7 years ago, the memory is going ... it snowed.

Think yourself lucky Canadian Highways aren't sub-contracted out to Lancashire County Council, you would still be stuck there

cashman · 15-06-2010, 21:48

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Just to resurrect an old thread, it seems the man in charge has decided he can't cope. Surely the job isn't that bad in the middle of June

'Horrific winter' prompts resignation of Lancashire gritting councillor (From Lancashire Telegraph)

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Originally Posted by garinda

Labour Hyndburn MP Graham Jones said...'At least he has done the decent thing and fallen on his own sword.'

This just proves the guys a clown, if he'd hung on a few weeks more, may have got some redundancy.

BERNADETTE · 15-06-2010, 22:13

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Originally Posted by garinda

Labour Hyndburn MP Graham Jones said...'At least he has done the decent thing and fallen on his own sword.'

Should have put some grit down first.

Why am I not surprised the bloke is a Tory

The problem was not confined to Hyndburn it was the same all over the country, we just weren't prepared but even now a bit of Tory bashing seems to be top of the agenda

cashman · 15-06-2010, 22:24

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

Why am I not surprised the bloke is a Tory

The problem was not confined to Hyndburn it was the same all over the country, we just weren't prepared but even now a bit of Tory bashing seems to be top of the agenda

Irrelevant as whose side hes on, do ya honestly think he'd quit if it wasn't down to him? cos i sure as hell don't.

shillelagh · 15-06-2010, 22:52

thing is though .. now theyve stopped the lancashire local meetings where decisions were made for what was going on locally ... all complaints now will go to preston rather than being able to tackle your local county councillor at a meeting locally ..

BERNADETTE · 15-06-2010, 22:54

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Originally Posted by cashman

Irrelevant as whose side hes on, do ya honestly think he'd quit if it wasn't down to him? cos i sure as hell don't.

Maybe not but do you think our MP would have been as quick to comment if he had been a Labourite?

cashman · 15-06-2010, 23:02

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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

Maybe not but do you think our MP would have been as quick to comment if he had been a Labourite?

Knowing him yeh think he would.

Eric · 16-06-2010, 08:06

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Originally Posted by lancsdave

Think yourself lucky Canadian Highways aren't sub-contracted out to Lancashire County Council, you would still be stuck there

We don't get stuck ... we know how to drive

g jones · 16-06-2010, 22:43

In answer to Bernadette: The biggest disagreement in public I had was with his predesessor Mathew Tomlinson which hit the press.

The lack of communication was at the centre of it all and I do not accept the excuses on the back of the political grandstanding that swept the likes of Mr Young into power. Perhaps a more moderated and inclusive approach would have proved an asset to the job.

Eric · 16-06-2010, 23:05

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Originally Posted by g jones

In answer to Bernadette: The biggest disagreement in public I had was with his predesessor Mathew Tomlinson which hit the press.

The lack of communication was at the centre of it all and I do not accept the excuses on the back of the political grandstanding that swept the likes of Mr Young into power. Perhaps a more moderated and inclusive approach would have proved an asset to the job.

I love that last sentence; what does it mean

cashman · 16-06-2010, 23:09

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Originally Posted by Eric

I love that last sentence; what does it mean

Think it means have some grit on yer shovel.

garinda · 16-06-2010, 23:12

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Originally Posted by g jones

In answer to Bernadette: The biggest disagreement in public I had was with his predesessor Mathew Tomlinson which hit the press.

Who, I'd like to point out, represents Labour on LCC, which rather disproves that criticism that Graham was political point scoring, but just saying it as he saw it, irrespective of what party the fool was from.