Posted On January 11, 2012 Leave a Comment

Child poverty at phenomenal levels and the Tories reckon ‘We’re all in this together’

10th January 2011

Cllr John Salter reports on child poverty figures in our locality

In New Brighton the latest figures published by the ‘Campaign to end Child Poverty’ show that almost a quarter of children live in a condition of poverty whilst in Seacombe the situation is even worse with 44% of kids in poverty.

Wouldn’t any reasonable person say this is a disgrace?  Yet a Tory-led government with seventeen or so millionaires in its cabinet continues to trot out its ridiculous propaganda mantra that ‘We’re all in this together’.

Posted On January 2, 2012 1 Comment

Christmas Pudding Race – Cllr Pat Glasman reports

2nd January 2012

The traditional Christmas pudding race on Boxing Day on New Brighton’s Marine Lake was postponed this year due to high winds and took place on 2nd January.   Some adventurous people set out on the lake also in ‘breezy’ conditions – including yours truly – and had fun.

Unfortunately there were one or two capsizes but no-one came to any harm and fun was had by all.

The Seaside Events Group has adopted a Constitution and changed its name – from now on we will be ‘New Brighton Waves’. More news on this in following posts.

Posted On December 29, 2011 Leave a Comment

Tories face tough times internally as Boris overtakes Cameron’s popularity in his own party ‘Independent’ report says.

29th December 2011

It’s not looking good for the Tories according to reports in the ‘Independent’.  

Adrian’s view is that if Boris were to become Tory leader he would be very happy for them.

The highly respected daily broadsheet reports that David Cameron, despite appealing to the more right wing elements of the Tory party, is trailing behind most of those, past and present, in his own party – including it seems even Boris Johnson! 

It seems his attempt to ditch aspects of the EU’s treaty attempt far from placating his backwoodsmen has encouraged them.   

But wasn’t it the Tories under Ted Heath who took the UK into the EEC as it then was back in 1973?  Watch this space for more on that.  Meanwhile for more on the latest squabbles read on:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tories-say-they-want-to-leave-eu-and-prefer-boris-to-cameron-6282185.html

Unemployment with little hope for the young (Tell us about it here in Seacombe!) is set to continue increasing as more and more are jobless and the Tories’ much boasted jobs boom in the private sector has fallen flat.  Read this link for the full story:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/unemployment-set-to-rise-as-workforce-drops-again-6282054.html

And now Tory ‘stealth taxes’?  More and more of the truth is being revealed as the bankers who led the world to financial collapse continue to receive millionaire payments while the rest of us are having to pay for it through decreased living standards, rising costs, attacks on pensions, wage freezes, and now to crown it all ‘stealth taxes’  according to this ‘Independent’ report.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/britains-poorest-hit-by-25bn-stealth-tax-6281832.html

 

 

 

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