Labour Spent all the Money

Having a trawl around the websites today I almost had a hernia laughing, I write about

Sandwell Councils leader and his Statement "It's good to talk money!"

Apparently the council want people to conduct an on line survey on spending

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We're doing our best to cope and manage these cuts so we can focus our spending on the things we believe are most important to local people.

I wish they had done this years ago, so I ask him a few questions

The Public is it over £75 Million yet ? And how much a year is it costing?

Why did you demolish the Gala Baths in West Brom, turn it into a car park and for 10 years promise a new one?

Why demolish loads of good solid houses, with never a new brick laid?

Why demolish loads of good solid flats, with never a new brick laid?

Why has the new Police station got no cells or a staff car park?

Why are so many High street shops closed ?

Why did the roof at the Council house in Oldbury leak when it was new ? And how much did it cost?

How much are you spending on temporary staff?

Just think If there had never been a public , there would never have been a one penny cut in Sandwell,

and tell us

Will the council tax go up because there are no elections in 2013? and who will you blame?

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You can also complete the survey on one of the computers at our 19 libraries in the borough

Will the Libraries be open Mr Cooper or will your team close them ?

And in answer to your

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In an ideal world we wouldn't be cutting budgets,

Its not an ideal world after your Labour Party mates spent all the money, leaving us in this mess

But one of your Labour colleagues also thought it was good to "talk about money"

remember 'Dear Chief Secretary, I'm afraid to tell you there's no money left",  note.

If you've forgotten see this link for a reminder

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10194014

or go to, Labour's left NO money...just this sick note

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2976845/Labour-Treasury-chief-left-a-letter-admitting-Britain-is-skint.html

Readers,   let Sandwell know your views

http://www.sharesim.arachsys.com/RespondentAnswerQuestionnaire.jsp;jsessionid=94FD2AA79254BC3E1816438F8E83DA27

3, (1)You must treat others with respect.

Setting the Level

In the days of old (1960's) the UK was a world beater, we had the TRS2, Blue streak,English electric Lightening, Concord,  

We had Electrical companies like GEC, AEI, BICC, English Electrical, Ferranti , Bush, McMichael, RGD, Decca, Hotpoint etc the list is to long 

We even had a few car companies as well, Rolls, Rover, Austin, Morris , Ford, Vauxhall, Triumph , Riley, Reliant, Morgan, Jaguar, Landrover, Hillman and not forgetting a company in East Anglia called Lotus.

The UK produced the best quality rolled steel in the world and our Tool steel was was a big export.

For our younger viewers sit down first and Google any of the above and you will find what the "Great" meant in Great Britain.  

Most of the older politicians sat "O" levels or "ordinary " and then went on to "A" Level or advanced level, a few like me sat CSE's or "Certificate in secondary education" and some like me were double entered for both the CSE's and "O"levels, just in case.

a CSE grade 1 was the equivalent to a grade c "O" level and very well respected, you had to sit a number of core subjects and a few self chosen.

Then we had the years of madness (1970's) with Strike after strike , bread strikes , sugar shortages , Electricity blackouts, Petrol stikes, and the dead were not buried, yes not buried , then the Fire brigade went on strike and the Army in their Green goddesses Army Fire Engines patrolled the streets. 

Slowly but surely education was changed, at the time they said it was for the better but then reports came in that the UK was slipping down the international education tables. Strangely enough the countries that were overtaking the UK in the education stakes were the very same countries we had given our old Matriculation system to.

They were using the British system and it was us that had changed. the French called their version of their Matriculation system the Baccalaureate

Even now a few hours after the announcement that the old system is coming back, we hear the boo hoo politics start

Sandwell Tory said
If the old way was good enough for the politicians who rule us now , why don't they want it to come back?

Sir Winston Churchill, once said "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery". how correct he was

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New Conservative site for Abbey Ward

This site will shortly be operating giving the people of Abbey ward in Sandwell  a Conservative view of what is actually going on in our area

 

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