Green Party's 'unapologetic, socialist broadcast'
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Corax
Luke 5:16
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Why not?
because Labour ganged up with the Tories to reject the Greens' budget with a small(ish) council tax rise and passed one with massivecuts to the services the Green budget was trying to protect.
Frankly, I think we should've called their bluff and let Labour and the Tories form a coalition to run the city, sucks if you live there but long term, it could've permanently damaged the Labour party locally, and possibly wider
Frankly, I think we should've called their bluff and let Labour and the Tories form a coalition to run the city, sucks if you live there but long term, it could've permanently damaged the Labour party locally, and possibly wider
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Ah, Labour party showing their true blue colours. Blue Labour cunts.
articul8
Dishonest sociopath
ridiculous a) you mean you were trying to increase the taxes of working class people and b) you now plan to fire council workers and re-hire them on inferior pay and conditions.
I'm the last person to give a free pass to the Labour leadership, nationally or locally, but seriously....
I'm the last person to give a free pass to the Labour leadership, nationally or locally, but seriously....
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
Things have changed slightly since the Argus reported that on April 3rd. Ms Lucas isn't best pleased & is apparently checking the figures quoted! She was voted in, Jason the Cat & Ms Thompson certainly fucking were not.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I intensely mistrust greens
I agree, Labour put their own interests first as usual and put the Council in an impossible situation, they're a sly bunch and they played us like a fucking banjo
I agree with articul8 not DC for the record, I distrust careerists and opportunists of any colour
e2a, council tax cannot be made more or less progressive, councils set the band D rate and the other bands are fixed by statute as percentages of that "average" rate
I agree with articul8 not DC for the record, I distrust careerists and opportunists of any colour
e2a, council tax cannot be made more or less progressive, councils set the band D rate and the other bands are fixed by statute as percentages of that "average" rate
Favelado
J'adore South Shore
I watched "This Week" last night and there was moaning about how Labour looks like its lurching to the left. I don't know where they're getting that from. I can't think of a single policy that event resembles 1992, let alone 1945. Liam Byrne is so rampantly Tory I genuinely can't imagine what he's doing there. Maybe he just literally prefers the colour red slightly and didn't want to have to invest in new ties. It's a mystery. Actually, they don't even wear red ties now in case it looks a bit scary on telly so it can't be that either.
articul8
Dishonest sociopath
Oh yes - I hear the local Green party is seriously fucking angry. But Jason Kitcat is after delivering this attack on the council workers
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
He can try, but we'll seriously fuck his City up.
articul8
Dishonest sociopath
Good. I'm not after attacking the local greens. I'm sure they are are trying to hold the councillors to account. But this points to a general problem. Council officers think they are in the driving seat and elected councillors - of whichever party - just have to spin it to the voters.
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
Acceptable lefty politics for the middle classes.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
Since 1996 the council have dug a massive hole for themselves regarding single status payments, appeals, re-grading etc, & 16 years later are 30 million worse off. Penny Thompson was brought in as CEO to crack the whip, & has her hand up the Cat's arse. Rather than cutting jobs they're going for the wage budget (worse case scenario dismissal & re-engagement) which makes up 70% of the councils outgoing bill. But as I said, Ms Lucas ain't happy, her mantra is that there are alternatives, & it's her seat lost if the Greens fuck up.
We (the GMB) certainly ain't having it - & there will be fuck loads of stinking rubbish festering on the streets for weeks if they fuck us over. Out sourcing the bins was tried before, & it failed, miserably.
ItWillNeverWork
Messy Crimbobs, fellow humans.
I've always seen them as sort of uber-libdems.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
To be honest, there's no uber-libdem about Lucas. Scrapping Trident & bringing the tax dodging corporate cunts to task saves fucking billions.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I find PPB are improved greatly by watching them with the sound off and looking at the dead eyes pf the person begging for your vote
Dillinger4
Es gibt Zeit
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
just the creeping suspicion that they are all malthusians waiting to take the throne and fine you three meat rations for having had a bonfire...
ymu
Niall Ferguson's deep-cover sock-puppet
More than Labour?
At least there is a parliamentary party making these arguments. The 'centre' is not going to shift leftwards on its own.
4th parties will do very well indeed in 2015. This lot know where their voters are.
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