Pledge to fix Darwen drains (From Lancashire Telegraph)

Since when does reporting what should be routine maintenance become newsworthy?
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they will be giving medals for emptying the bins on the right day next.

No such thing as routine maintenance! The council respond from one disaster to the next. I have been trying to get a sludge gulper to unblock most of the drains around Hawkshaw for months. All they send is a road sweeper, useless. Then they wonder why the A666 floods.

The gully service has had to take cutbacks in line with the other services. A lot of folk in Darwen wanted the cutbacks in service as they voted Conservative at the last election - who made it plain that cutbacks would be harsh.
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Having said that all the gullies on Vale St were fully cleaned about 6 months ago and all were working fine. Maybe the recent building works at Wood Vale has blocked this gully again ?

english rose 1 wrote:
The gully service has had to take cutbacks in line with the other services. A lot of folk in Darwen wanted the cutbacks in service as they voted Conservative at the last election - who made it plain that cutbacks would be harsh.
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Having said that all the gullies on Vale St were fully cleaned about 6 months ago and all were working fine. Maybe the recent building works at Wood Vale has blocked this gully again ?

No! english rose 1 the folk of Darwen did not want the cut backs in service. They wanted the "waste" of money schemes cut. Which the Conservatives would have done. But no the labour propoganda machine was in full swing trying to tell the voters that they were the best party to vote for. Well events have proved that they couldn't run a booze up in a brewery.

Thats a graet pic of the guy and a drain, has he ever thought about standing for the lib dems as he looks nailed on for the web site "lib dems that point at things".

A Darener wrote:

english rose 1 wrote:
The gully service has had to take cutbacks in line with the other services. A lot of folk in Darwen wanted the cutbacks in service as they voted Conservative at the last election - who made it plain that cutbacks would be harsh.
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Having said that all the gullies on Vale St were fully cleaned about 6 months ago and all were working fine. Maybe the recent building works at Wood Vale has blocked this gully again ?

No! english rose 1 the folk of Darwen did not want the cut backs in service. They wanted the "waste" of money schemes cut. Which the Conservatives would have done. But no the labour propoganda machine was in full swing trying to tell the voters that they were the best party to vote for. Well events have proved that they couldn't run a booze up in a brewery.

Have events proved that ?

GDP debt is now higher.
Unemployment is higher too.
As is the benefits bill.
Our economy weaker.
The tax take is down.
VAT up hitting the poorest the hardest.
Cuts made to the weakest whilst millionaires laugh all the way to the bank.
Unfair cuts to Councils - the poorest cut the most.

So events have actually proved the opposite of your last sentence !

8 Ball Deluxe wrote:
Thats a graet pic of the guy and a drain, has he ever thought about standing for the lib dems as he looks nailed on for the web site "lib dems that point at things".

Good guess ! Buut he actually stood for the 'For Darwen' Party in the 2009 Town Council elections.

english rose 1 wrote:

A Darener wrote:

english rose 1 wrote:
The gully service has had to take cutbacks in line with the other services. A lot of folk in Darwen wanted the cutbacks in service as they voted Conservative at the last election - who made it plain that cutbacks would be harsh.
*
Having said that all the gullies on Vale St were fully cleaned about 6 months ago and all were working fine. Maybe the recent building works at Wood Vale has blocked this gully again ?

No! english rose 1 the folk of Darwen did not want the cut backs in service. They wanted the "waste" of money schemes cut. Which the Conservatives would have done. But no the labour propoganda machine was in full swing trying to tell the voters that they were the best party to vote for. Well events have proved that they couldn't run a booze up in a brewery.

Have events proved that ?

GDP debt is now higher.
Unemployment is higher too.
As is the benefits bill.
Our economy weaker.
The tax take is down.
VAT up hitting the poorest the hardest.
Cuts made to the weakest whilst millionaires laugh all the way to the bank.
Unfair cuts to Councils - the poorest cut the most.

So events have actually proved the opposite of your last sentence !

Trust a socialist to twist a topic to suit themselves.
The article is about Local Government I.e. Blackburn with Darwen Council and its ability to manage. Which since Labour took over is a shambles.

Anyway, English Rose 1, if you do want to talk national, which clever sod decided to sell all our gold reserves? Which clever sods left us with a humongous debt? Which clever sods filled town halls and civil service departments with non-jobs? Which clever sods decimated the pension funds? The list is endless and all Mr Balls can come up with is more public spending!

Darwen Malc wrote:
Anyway, English Rose 1, if you do want to talk national, which clever sod decided to sell all our gold reserves? Which clever sods left us with a humongous debt? Which clever sods filled town halls and civil service departments with non-jobs? Which clever sods decimated the pension funds? The list is endless and all Mr Balls can come up with is more public spending!

You are waiting your breathe, she is typical of all labour followers. The rich should be brought down to their level, not realising that without the rich providing jobs for the masses there would be no jobs. Socialism is one step away from communism and we all know what happened to that philosophy. Now Russia has embraced capitalism there are probably more multi millionaires there than anywhere in the world. Anybody has the opportunity to get rich without expecting money to just be handed to them on a plate. Labours idea of getting out of debt by borrowing more and more does not work.

"without the rich providing jobs for the masses there would be no jobs"

Yep. That's what the rich keep telling us.
Seeing as the number of million/billionaires is constantly on the rise i guess we'll be seeing zero unemployment anytime soon??

darwenTower wrote:
"without the rich providing jobs for the masses there would be no jobs"

Yep. That's what the rich keep telling us.
Seeing as the number of million/billionaires is constantly on the rise i guess we'll be seeing zero unemployment anytime soon??

Zero unemployment when the population of the UK is brought under control and the immigration issue is firmly dealt with.

Alternatively he could have contacted his local councillor long ago and the Gully would have been unblocked without the LT having a Story.

louderfasterlonger wrote:
Alternatively he could have contacted his local councillor long ago and the Gully would have been unblocked without the LT having a Story.

He should be so lucky! I have been trying for months to get the drains unblocked around Hawkshaw Ave A666. Council only send a road sweeper? Not much use!