Not too long ago David Miller was a staunch Tory who was a bigwig in the Chipping Barnet Conserative Party. Then he started to notice that our local Tories were, shall we say, more interested in lining their pockets than looking after the people who elected them. He started a blog, called Not The Barnet Times. Earlier this year, he resigned from the Tory party and decided to hang up his laptop and retire from blogging. He felt that there was nothing more he could add. Well the Greedy Burghas of Barnet have finally pushed him too far and like Status Quo, he's giving it one last go. Although I stand on the other side of the political debate, I admire and respect David. If all Tories were like him, the country would be a better place. Read what he has to say about the Tory Barnet Councillors plan to pay themselves hefty payrises, whilst everyone else tightens their belts - Welcome back David
http://www.notthebarnettimes.co.uk/2010/07/self-serving-money-grabbing-parasites_13.html
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It was public outrage that stopped a smaller rise by Croydon fatcats...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10527269.stm
Try that again, so that it fits...
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/10527269.stm
Interestingly, the leader of Croydon Council said “… we had already agreed that nobody will actually take any increase this year - it is only an increase on paper.”
This is a highly disingenuous remark. The correct course of action would have been to vote down any increase at all. To vote through an increase - but not take it - allows councillors to take the increase the following year whilst claiming that there has been no increase at all that year because they will be working from the higher base figures they previously set.
Enron style stuff. How stupid do these people think we are?
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