| Topic: | The Blame Game | |
| Posted by: | George Knox | |
| Date/Time: | 07/01/11 15:41:00 |
| That Tory £6+M bribe was a bribe and there is no other word in the English language for it. We now even have Tory Councillor Costello publicly implying that it could be described as a bribe. The Tories are fools for having offered it on some woolly pretext that it was an unexpected windfall. The Labour people were in a rock and a hard place. If they had opposed it with an election coming up, then the Tories would have had a field day in accusing Labour of not caring about the poorer of Ealing. The Tories stitched them up. What none of you Councillors or ex Councillors can admit to, is that the bribe was done knowing before the election that Ealing had to find some £50M of savings. That didn’t stop the Tories frittering away some 12% of that reduction. What the Labour people have done by also voting for the bribe is made themselves culpable for the greater cut backs that we now have. It is only a reckless inexperienced twit who throws away money before an impending major financial storm. If Councillor Taylor is right that some £10M can be saved by sharing services, and it is hard to resist that he is wholly or to quite some degree right, then the Labour’s inactivity make them more culpable. As for Terms and Conditions we all know that Council staff have a fairly rosy set of conditions and it is long overdue for them to be changed so that greater savings can be made on top of the £10M. However the Unions probably have Councillor Bell too tightly in their craw. Already we have some Housing staff back in house, meaning that we have to pay for their pensions etc,etc. Then there is the rumour that the Refuse people will be considered for coming back in house when the May Gurney contract comes to an end. How much more bribery is going on behind the scenes? If this secretive Council was managed by the electorate I guess we could have saved nearly half of the £50M before any major service cut backs. What is the point of breaking up the Council Offices? How much more will the maintenance charges and other overheads be? How will management co-ordinate geographically separate organisations? Why will residents of Ealing have to flog all over the borough to get a service, and what will the transport connections be like? And as for the Labour party caving into the officers and selling our land assets and adding to the general ruin of our heritage - that is completely out of order. It’s a pity the Tories didn’t change some of the staff before their bribe was seen through and they lost their power. How do they think now that they are going to get back in next time round? A plague on both your houses. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Day centres to close | 23/09/10 19:20:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Day centres to close | 23/09/10 22:12:00 | Marie Shelly |
| Re:Re:Day centres to close | 23/09/10 23:20:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 24/09/10 09:45:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 24/09/10 09:54:00 | Libby Kemp |
| Re:Day centres to close | 24/09/10 10:06:00 | Philippa Bond |
| Re:Re:Day centres to close | 24/09/10 12:35:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 26/09/10 21:55:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 26/09/10 23:33:00 | Alan Brainsby |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 27/09/10 09:38:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Day centres to close | 29/09/10 16:59:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Day centres to close | 29/09/10 19:01:00 | Robert Darke |
| Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 29/09/10 20:05:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 29/09/10 21:16:00 | Alan Brainsby |
| Re:Day centres to close | 30/09/10 13:41:00 | Libby Kemp |
| Re:Re:Day centres to close | 30/09/10 16:05:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:Re:Day centres to close | 05/10/10 23:02:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Day centres to close | 03/01/11 23:46:00 | Philippa Bond |
| The Blame Game | 04/01/11 12:57:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:The Blame Game | 05/01/11 11:22:00 | Phil Taylor |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 05/01/11 14:38:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:The Blame Game | 06/01/11 19:43:00 | Rosa Popham |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 07/01/11 00:02:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 07/01/11 01:56:00 | Rosa Popham |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 07/01/11 12:59:00 | Robin Taylor |
| The Blame Game | 07/01/11 15:41:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 07/01/11 21:56:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 11:15:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 12:19:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 13:50:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 14:21:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 17:38:00 | George Knox |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 08/01/11 18:37:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 09/01/11 18:29:00 | Rosa Popham |
| The Blame Game | 11/01/11 12:22:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 12:54:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 13:20:00 | Phil Taylor |
| The Blame Game | 11/01/11 14:08:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 16:19:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 16:49:00 | George Knox |
| Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 17:23:00 | Colm Costello |
| The Blame Game | 11/01/11 18:30:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 19:07:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 20:20:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 22:49:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 12/01/11 09:47:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 12/01/11 11:22:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 01:27:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 09:22:00 | Colm Costello |
| The Blame Game | 13/01/11 10:34:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 15:42:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 20:34:00 | George Knox |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 14/01/11 18:03:00 | Thomas Hillyard |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 20:56:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 22:24:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 22:43:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 13/01/11 23:05:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 14/01/11 12:57:00 | Robin Taylor |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 14/01/11 17:51:00 | Thomas Hillyard |
| The Blame Game | 14/01/11 18:40:00 | George Knox |
| Re:The Blame Game | 14/01/11 22:10:00 | Colm Costello |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 15/01/11 16:08:00 | Jaz Brown |
| Re:Re:Re:The Blame Game | 18/01/11 17:26:00 | Peter Chadburn |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 15/01/11 16:30:00 | George Knox |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game | 27/01/11 20:44:00 | Simon Stewart |
| Re:The Blame Game | 11/01/11 16:55:00 | Eric Alan Leach |
| Re:Re:The Blame Game doesn't answer the question | 16/01/11 09:40:00 | Philippa Bond |