You SHOULD have a say

Conservative leader Mr Cameron pledged on Tuesday to hold an Opposition Day debate, calling for a referendum, soon after MPs return to Parliament in October.

He said: "Labour MPs should stick to what they promised. They should vote for our motion when we bring it forward in the House of Commons."

Mr Cameron will use one of the Opposition Day Debates allocated to the Tories to raise the referendum. Although it will allow him to place the spotlight on the issue - and Mr Brown - Labour and LibDem MPs are unlikely to back a Conservative motion.

Cllr Ken Smith St James Ward RBK

Cllr Ken Smith St James Ward RBK

Conservative Cllrs and elderly residents protest outside Guildhall against the closure of Hobkirk House. The elderly day care centre will close due to Lib Dem social care cuts sweeping across the Borough.

12th June 2007

Dublin

Dublin

I went on a self financed trip to Dublin and Belfast to see how they deal with crime, the trip took four days and it was no surprise to me to find that there are the same problems there as over here, the influx of migrant workers into Dublin as increased the city's numbers by 20% in four years, and with it problems, in the courts offenders for minor offences are asked to pay moneys to a charity or come back to court at a later date and be more heavily fined, the defendant stand on a carpet in front of the Magistrate in front of about 100 other defendants, no means testing here, you pay or else. Smoking, one women in Dublin who refused to put out her cigarette on the top of a bus was sent to jail for 7 days.
The IT in Belfast is second to none, and the court house magnificent.
The Photo is with the Governors of Montjoy Prison both ladies and the men's.

Bad NEWS

I can remember well the cry that went up when millions of pounds was
spent on the Royal Opera House from the lottery fund, at the same time
local boys clubs were refused funding, the hue and cry was in my
opinion justified, on the grounds that few would benefit and the majority suffer.

It seems to me that the LIB/DEMS are playing that game with our Council Tax, on the one hand they close day centres for the elderly and sick in order to save money they say, means
test care for the sick, at the same time give our money to the Rose
Theatre, Now I am not against the theatre, but I am against using council
tax money to fund it, so far it runs into millions, and the costs are
still going up, EVEN WITH AN OPEN ENDED LOAN OF Of £1.8 million that can be paid back when they like, "I'm sure we all would like a loan on those terms"

So how can anyone in Government take seriously Ed DAVY our MP, who stood outside Parliament with a few local LIB/DEMS holding up banners asking for more money for RBK? and whilst on the subject of Ed Davy, so far as I know not one word about the closing of Hobkirk House or of other matters affecting the aged in the Borough, it would
be better on reflection if he stayed clear of those matters, for if he
is as successful with that as he as been with the post offices (none of which he as saved)then he is better not bother, He knows only to well that its a done deal and that some 2800 post offices will go.

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From CLLR Mary Clark

At the Guildhall tonight, the final decision was made by the Lib Dem Council Executive to close Hobkirk House Day Centre. As, in previous weeks the Committee sat with stony faces as some of the Centre's users repeatedly pleaded to keep their centre open, as it is their lifeline to the outside world. One could not help but be moved, but not so the Executive.

Executive member, Councillor Bamford even commented before the end of the meeting, that

in the future more people will be cared for in their own homes, as if this could be the answer

to the elderly and disabled needs.

Has not this Lib Dem Council ever heard of the expression 'social exclusion? How can they put a paltry savings of £300k against the present and future care and welfare of our most vulnerable residents. After all, they have a right to receive the best of preventative health care, not to be forced to have to sit looking at four walls in the Autumn of their lives.

This Lib Dem Council has again proved that it is uncaring, unsupportive of our elderly citizens, incompetent and shallow. Projected figures for RBK show that because of this Councils cuts and non provision of preventative health care, is not only a risk to residents health and will need more expensive and intensive care needs in the longer term, but it shows this Council's utter incompetency as it does not have the wisdom and foresight of forward planning

Councillor Mary Clark -Conservative

St. Jame's Ward.

Manifesto

Proposed for the Manifesto

Inheritance Tax to be Scrapped

More Private Money to build Roads

Re-phasing of traffic lights to ease James and allowing cars to turn left on red (like in the USA they are allowed to turn right on a red) when this is not allowed for safety reasons it will be well sign posted to that effect

PENSIONS
Encourage saving by allowing youngsters to dip into the fund to buy a home (that's when they need it most)

Regulations
Cap the amount of red tape that Whitehall can issue each year,
Scrap HIBs (home insurance packs)

Charity's
Remove the need for licences for small charity events like Raffles.

Energy
Back clean coal technology
Speed up nuclear plant planning process

Public sector
Scrap ID cards and save billions,
( why should l all young and old have to pay hundreds of pounds for one ? )

reduce the number of overpaid quangos

cut the number of civil servants

Posted by ken at 01:03

Rubbish Collections

Rubbish Collections

Our stated policy is that we will NOT have fortnightly rubbish collections of any kind, nor will we have chips in bins

A3 rounabout roadworks

A3 rounabout roadworks

A new safety layout and lane control, including a new zebra crossing, will start to to implemented shortly , Howard Jones Mary Clark and myself look forward to this safety work being completed on time, its funded by TFL, the A3 being under their Planning and maintenance control

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