The following Councillors are listed with their votes in respect of the CONSERVATIVE administration budget proposals, that were passed with 32 votes for, 16 against, 2 absent and 1 abstention. Named votes will be blogged in full this evening –… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Liberal Democrats’
MPs Want £100k A Year While Cutting Police, NHS, and Benefits.
MPs think they should be paid £100k or more, according to a recent poll where they were asked to anonymously submit the salary that they thought they deserved. The average results by party are as follows: LABOUR MPs want an… Read More ›
Housing Benefit Cuts For Under-25s Set To Be Dropped From Autumn Budget
Todays news reports that Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne looks set to drop the controversial slashing of Housing Benefit for the under-25s from the Autumn Budget statement. The idea had first been suggested by Prime Minister David Cameron in… Read More ›
‘A Frivolous Step Too Far’ Councillor Martin Terry on Why We Shouldn’t Democratically Engage With The Public.
Tonight’s Economic and Environmental scrutiny committee meeting dealt a bitter blow to democratic engagement in Southend, as the decision to ‘webcast’ the Council meetings was referred back to another full council meeting for further debate. Southend Council has a legal… Read More ›
Lib Dem Leader Reluctant To Act Over Mafia Jibe By Councillor
In the same week that Tory MP Andrew Mitchell gets away with his jibe at Police Officers, calling them ‘plebs’ in an obscenity-littered outburst, on a local level our elected representatives are also failing to be held to account for… Read More ›
Havens Hospice: Development Control 17th October
Southend’s Development Control Committee have this afternoon voted AGAINST the planning application for a Havens Hospice in Belton Way, Leigh. The Development Control committee unanimously took the advice of the Planning Officers and recommended the application for refusal. The members… Read More ›
Picking Off The Scabs From The Heroes: Essex Fire Strikes
Just penned this one as an Echo letter, but not sure if they’ll print it (despite my 100% success rate so far, I’m sure at some point they’ll think something is too controversial to print…) “I was greatly concerned to… Read More ›
A Little Respect, Please, Not Childish Nasty Games
I was accused, this morning, by a reader of my blog, of being full of hate, bitter and twisted. I am apparently disrespectful, and abusive. I think that the commenter missed the satirical, comic twist that I write with, and… Read More ›
A Hand Up, Not A Hand Out
A hand up, not a hand out, as a friend of mine commented earlier today. So good, I am tempted to make it my tagline on my blog. It’s a perfect summary of my current position. All I ever wanted, and… Read More ›
Yellow Bellied Yellow Buddies: If You Don’t Stand For Something, You’ll Fall For Anything.
Yellow bellied yellow buddies. It seems every Tory minority administration needs them. Whether by coalition as demonstrated nationally, or abstention, as demonstrated locally. Southend Borough Council has become a Tory administration again. A minority administration, but a Tory administration nonetheless,… Read More ›
