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View Poll Results: Should local taxes be spent celebrating this?
Yes, they should. 9 10.84%
No, they shouldn't. 74 89.16%
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Old 15-02-2011, 17:30   #151
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If your bail conditions allow, and you hurry back quickly, you could perhaps even join us in paying for it all.

Whether I'm there or not, I will be paying for it through my taxes - so what's your problem?
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Old 15-02-2011, 17:33   #152
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Fireworks, eh? This is excellent news; in fact,seems to be getting better every day. I trust that some of the pet owning republicans on here will appreciate the noise as their dogs and cats go berserk on this wonderful day. Now I'm more than ever tempted to return north for these great celebrations - it will certainly save me spending money on flags and bunting and the like.
The civic celebration's taking place in the Market Hall.

There are only two thrones, and Peter and Marlene will be enthroned on those. So it'll be standing room only...for Katex, Neil, and yourself.

So you might want to keep a little stool under your costume.



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Old 15-02-2011, 17:38   #153
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Whether I'm there or not, I will be paying for it through my taxes - so what's your problem?
No problem.

As a resident of London, I was unaware that you paid council tax to Hyndburn Borough Council. The body who are actually spending money on this local jamboree.

I didn't know money from Tower Hamlet's found it's way into HBC's coffers.

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Old 15-02-2011, 17:38   #154
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Don't do a thread wander - it's bad form. Answer the question instead.
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Old 15-02-2011, 17:41   #155
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Don't do a thread wander - it's bad form. Answer the question instead.
See above.

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Old 15-02-2011, 17:41   #156
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Good God Man!

A thread wander?

This thread has over 10 pages, whom, with what wander and evasive post do you mean?
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Don't do a thread wander - it's bad form. Answer the question instead.
You, and the Accy Web members from Hull, Spain, and Scotland, who voted yes, won't directly be funding these celebrations in Hyndburn.

That honour will fall on local residents, who'll provide the money via their council taxes.

Of course you are entitled to vote, and are very welcome to say we should have these planned events, and fork out money to pay for them.

The fact is the vast majority of residents happen to disagree.

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Old 15-02-2011, 17:50   #158
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A thread wander?

This thread has over 10 pages, whom, with what wander and evasive post do you mean?
Isn't it a thread wander, to comment on an accusation of thread wandering?

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Old 15-02-2011, 17:52   #159
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No problem.

As a resident of London, I was unaware that you paid council tax to Hyndburn Borough Council. The body who are actually spending money on this local jamboree.

I didn't know money from Tower Hamlet's found it's way into HBC's coffers.

Who said 'owt about me paying the local council tax to HBC? Do you think I'm stupid?

Why don't you google the finances for HBC? I can't be bothered now, but if you do, you'll find that they received about £15m from the local council taxpayers. In addition, they received about another £7m which was sent up from London. That is money collected from every taxpayer in the land - including me.

You may also have seen today's news about Barclays Bank and their profits of £6bn. About a third of that is going to end up in the UK treasury; some of that in turn will end up in the coffers of HBC. Barclays Bank HQ location - Churchill Place, Tower Hamlets. Almost next door to HSBC, who will probably be paying even more into the UK Treasury and neither of whom received money in the taxpayer bailout.

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Isn't it a thread wander, to comment on an accusation of thread wandering?

I could reply, and take up quite a few Mega-bytes of server usage, but that would be a thread wander.
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Do you think I'm stupid?
Yes, and as on this issue, I doubt I'm alone.

(Perhaps I should start a poll, to further prove the point.)

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Old 15-02-2011, 17:59   #162
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Who said 'owt about me paying the local council tax to HBC? Do you think I'm stupid?

Why don't you google the finances for HBC? I can't be bothered now, but if you do, you'll find that they received about £15m from the local council taxpayers. In addition, they received about another £7m which was sent up from London. That is money collected from every taxpayer in the land - including me.

You may also have seen today's news about Barclays Bank and their profits of £6bn. About a third of that is going to end up in the UK treasury; some of that in turn will end up in the coffers of HBC. Barclays Bank HQ location - Churchill Place, Tower Hamlets. Almost next door to HSBC, who will probably be paying even more into the UK Treasury and neither of whom received money in the taxpayer bailout.
I asked earlier in the thread how you're celebrating Will's taking Kate up the aisle, in the Peoples' Republic of Tower Hamlets.

I'm sure we'd all love to know, if you'd care to share the information.

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Old 15-02-2011, 18:14   #163
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I could reply, and take up quite a few Mega-bytes of server usage, but that would be a thread wander.
Perhaps the forum should have a little chart.

So members could gauge if they were nearing their recommended daily/monthy/annual post allowance.



Back on to the subject's thread. I'll ask again.

Was any councillor, or anyone else present, when the question was offically asked of the Leader, exactly how much the budget for the events will be?
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Old 15-02-2011, 18:15   #164
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I asked earlier in the thread how you're celebrating Will's taking Kate up the aisle, in the Peoples' Republic of Tower Hamlets.

I'm sure we'd all love to know, if you'd care to share the information.

With some good champagne and foie gras.

What about you? Presumably locked indoors watching back episodes of Corrie or Big Brother, supping tea and eating a cheese butty.
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Old 15-02-2011, 18:23   #165
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With some good champagne and foie gras.
But what about your council's offical celebrations?

What great things have they planned?

How much budget has been set aside to fund it?

We need to know, so we don't look like the poor country cousin.

If your council is planning very lavish public events, HBC might want to up their spending, so we don't look mean.

Please feel free to share with us your London council's full programme of events in Tower Hamlets.
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