The Darlington Tory

Great song for St George's Day

2011-04-23T09:50:00.000+01:00

Great song for St George's Day, listen to the words FANTASTIC

Please visit itunes and download, £1.75 wont break the bank and artist should be paid for the work they produce.

What an ARSE, the real Fib/Dums

2011-04-23T09:43:00.000+01:00

The best reason for a referendum on the EU, what a TURD this man is.

Happy St George's Day, and we could do with a St George to slay the EU Dragon

2011-04-23T09:33:00.001+01:00

This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,

This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,

This other Eden, demi-paradise,

This fortress built by Nature for herself

Against infection and the hand of war,

This happy breed of men, this little world,

This precious stone set in the silver sea,

Which serves it in the office of a wall,

Or as a moat defensive to a house,

Against the envy of less happier lands,

This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this

England

From Richard II, Act 2 (Shakespeare)

'Nuff said.

A bit more fun from "Operations Good Guys"

2011-03-07T22:15:00.001Z

An inept police squad which have been the subject of a fly on the wall documentary for three years reaches it's climax when Inspector beach believes himself to be a T.V star rather than a Policeman, it is 9 minutes long but really is worth watching.

Tories have done more for the north east in less than a year than Tony Blair and all his north east ministers, including Alan Milburn, did in 10 years

2011-03-01T21:19:00.000Z

What fantastic news about the Hitachi IEP programme and the support from the Conservatives, not withstanding the Local tories lobbying of Ministers.

What a pity that the Labour rag Northern Echo will spin as a victory for labour MPs. Interesting to note though that the Tories have done more for the north east in less than a year than Tony Blair and all his north east ministers, including Alan Milburn, did in 10 years!

Seriously how could someone who doesn't know his Bi-Modes from his Duel Voltage possibly have held any sway in getting this project this far.

I have to say I also do not recall the Labour cling-ons shouting when Lord Adonis did NOT sign the contract with agility just before the Election one prospective MP and one MP kept very quiet at that point didn't they.

Well done to Local Tories for the persistence and showing the way forward for Darlington, by bringing back manufacturing, but not just any manufacturing but trains, back to where it all began.

After a serious week, some fun

2011-02-11T23:45:00.000Z

These guys were doing mockumentries long before Ricky Gervais.

From Operation Good Guys

NO MORE APPEASEMENT

2011-02-09T22:40:00.000Z

Hattip, let fly the pigs of war

No more appeasement please Dave, do what is right and what is proper and throw this nonsense out. For one voting is not a human right that is just bollocks, secondly remember this:

"And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm."

Bill of Rights, 1689 - an important and still exisiting part of OUR written constitution

Sign up to the pledge

2011-02-08T22:55:00.013Z

The Nation needed a Churchill, Instead we have a Chamberlain

2011-01-25T16:16:00.001Z

Hattip, let fly the pigs of war

As the post title suggest we as a nation have been let down by Government, how many more times are we to see Cameron metaphorically "holding in his hand a piece of paper", the weapon of the appeaser.

Where is Clegg with his in/out manifesto promise, a sniff of power and that promise was soon forgotten.

41 MPs signed Bill Cash's amendment, here's a thought why don't those MPs resign the party whips set up as a group within Parliament, demand an in/out referendum, I am positive the Government would appease them.

A little knowledge can be dangerous in the hands of the stupid

2011-01-24T21:45:00.001Z

This nugget from Phil Wilson in Parliament on 21/12/10

The Hitachi trains are bimodal, which means that they can switch from diesel to electric and vice versa when the need arises. Southeastern operates such Hitachi high speed trains.

No Phil. SouthEastern does not.

The Javelins are not bi-modes, they are dual voltage allowing them to run under the wires and on third rail.

Furthermore he went on to say "Hitachi's investment would be the biggest investment in the north-east of England since Nissan back in the 1980s".

How soon they forget, what about the the small matter of Siemens' £1 billion silicon chip factory on Tyneside skipped his mind.

It was opened by HM the Queen in 1997 and closed two years later, with the loss of 1100 jobs, when the price of the DRAM chips it was set up to make dropped from $50 each to under $5.

If Hitachi (and I very much hope they) do come to the North East my one bit of advice would be get non union labour, if the RMT, UNITE or any other union get a foot hold the whole thing will crash.

Just another little reminder

2011-01-23T22:30:00.000Z

Just another little reminder as to why we are where we are today

Labour's Legacy

Labour took Britain to the brink of bankruptcy

Labour left Britain with the biggest deficit in its peacetime history and the biggest deficit in the developed world. At £155 billion, the budget deficit is the largest in our peacetime history and according to the IMF, the UK has the largest deficit of any G20 country in 2010.

Labour left Britain borrowing more than we spend on the NHS and Defence combined. The NHS England combined resource and capital budget for 2010-11 is £104.2 billion. The Defence combined resource and capital budget for 2010-11 is £46.1 billion - together this accounts for £150.3 billion of government spending.

National debt more than doubled under Labour. In May 1997, public sector net debt was £351 billion. By April 2010 it had more than doubled to £893 billion.

As a result, we are spending £120 million every day on debt interest alone. In 2010-11, debt interest payments will be £43.3 billion or £120 million per day.

Labour would have been spending more on debt interest than we are spending on defence or education. Labour's £67.2 billion debt interest bill for 2014-15 is bigger than the entire Education budget in 2010-11 (£57.6 billion) or the entire Defence budget in 2010-11 (£46.1 billion).

Remember that the Labour run Darlington Council copied its Government and now the Darlington taxpayer is lumbered with 106 million pounds of debt as well.

Overspend on the pedestrian Heart, a scheme no one but the Labour Councillors and Officers wanted.

Overspend on the Road to NoWhere & the compensation payouts due to incompetence.

Millions spent on Consultants.

In 2001 the wage bill for high earners in the Council £400,000 today over 3 million.

A time for change.

An idiots guide to the public sector

2011-01-16T16:48:00.000Z

An idiots guide to the public sector, and how it only consumes wealth generated by the private sector

Fight for the Fishermen of the UK

2011-01-13T22:50:00.000Z

Those of us collectively called eurpsceptics have said about eu waste for years, this waste though is obscene, how typically EU.

The Queens speech

2010-05-25T22:08:00.001+01:00

For those of us that like a localist, freedom for the people type of governance today's Queens speech had some good offerings:

:: Opportunity for more schools to take up academy status. (I am looking at you EV)

:: Abolition of ID cards and National Identity Register. An absolute heinous piece of legislation should never have got this far.

:: Referendums on any future EU treaty. Does not go far enough but it is a start of a journey that will takes us (hopefully) to an "in/out" referendum.

:: Government to ''examine the case'' for a UK Sovereignty Bill to make clear that ultimate authority rests in the country. See above

:: Legislation for fixed-term five-year parliaments, with a requirement for 55% Commons support to seek an earlier dissolution. No problem with fixed term but must remain 50% + 1

:: A referendum on the Alternative Vote for House of Commons elections. NO NO NO

:: Annual limit ''in the tens of thousands'' on non-EU migrants allowed to live and work in the UK. Needs to be all Immigrants not just outside EU

:: Full strategic defence and security review. The outcome MUST be to up the monies for our Armed services

:: New restrictions on the authorities' use of CCTV cameras and DNA data and a ban on the storage of internet and email records without good reason. This is a really good thing councils have hidden behind legislation to spy on Citizens

:: Directly-elected individuals to hold the police to account. Another excellent piece of legislation to get trough, we can end the "job for the boys" culture of Cllrs spending more time protecting Chief Constables rather than making them answerable to the communities that they serve. Chief Constables also need to understand that they serve communities not the Home Office statistics machine.

:: Redrawing parliamentary constituency maps to reduce numbers of MPs and make seats a similar size. Forget PR this is the way to get a fairer FPTP system and strong Government.

:: Power for voters to ''recall'' errant MPs with a petition signed by 10% of electors in a constituency. About time

:: Proposals by the end of this year for a ''wholly or mainly elected'' Upper House of Parliament elected by proportional representation. As long as I get to see Fatty Prescott get ennobled and become a fully paid up member of everything he claims to despise (the ultimate champagne socialist) then get kicked out, I can live with a fully elected Lords.

:: Simplification of benefits system to improve the incentive to work. I would of preferred a harsher tone as in "loss of benefits for those who do not except work"

:: Relaxation of health and safely laws to allow ''commonsense policing''. If you will allow, A common sense piece of legislation

:: Stronger powers for police and councils to remove licences from problem pubs and clubs. Sensible again a nod to local communities and their needs.

:: Cut in number of quangos and cost of bureaucracy. HOORAH

:: Devolution of powers over planning and housing to local councils and communities, scrapping the Infrastructure Planning Commission. Excellent

:: New rights for communities to take over state-run services. Innovative

:: Requirement for public bodies to publish salaries and expenses of senior officials online. Everyone should see where there tax pounds are being spent, we have over the years overpaid for under achievers in Darlington

:: Residents' referendums on local issues - including the power to veto excessive council tax rises. This is one of the best bits of the queens speech, putting power directly back into the hands of the people, brilliant.

:: Abolition of Home Information Packs. Do I need to say anything about this, other than it was stupid idea and rightly consigned to the bin.

All in all I thought a pretty good Queens Speech today, not far enough on some issues, too soft on others, but if the localist and returning of our liberties continue I for one will be happy.

The New Tories

2010-05-12T20:47:00.000+01:00

Now that Cllrs Mike Barker, Martin Swainston, Malcolm Dunstone et al are now Lib/CAMS I suppose it makes them Tory bitches.

I expect to see them vote with the Tories in Council a bit more often.

We can all stop the Fib-Dumbs have Darlington...............NOT!!

2010-05-04T21:53:00.001+01:00

Utter tripe the Fib-Dumbs really are tosspots.

And they called Cameron arrogant

And talk about as changeable as the weather this in the space of a week;

It is of course all wishful thing on the part of the Fib-Dumbs, but it does show they cannot be trusted as they don't know arse from elbow.

Are Labour bothered

2010-05-04T21:22:00.000+01:00

Tonight just two days before an election which decides the direction of our nation we have in Darlington the Council Leader (Labour) tucked up warm and cosy watching corrie or whatever soap is on this evening the questions have to be asked, have they given up? Are they Complacent? or is it that the candidate was foisted upon them and they want nothing to do with her.

Darlington must be well down the list of Tory Targets but it not unfeasible that we will win.

Like the national Government Labour in Darlington are spent, they have no ideas they just keep spending, at the moment we are up to 110 million in debt it is a pity our local elections are not until next year.

L is for Labour

2010-05-03T17:12:00.000+01:00

remember this when you vote on 6th may.

Bremner, always worth a second look

2010-05-02T13:21:00.001+01:00

Always worth a second look, one line states "why Don't you like me" I have put some example below!

Labour have the best of Friends don't they!!

The Record in the North East

2010-04-30T17:47:00.001+01:00

NUFF SAID

Find your Regions report here

The Debate

2010-04-30T17:32:00.000+01:00

Last night I spent some time at Polam School for the Churches together debate for our Darlington Parliamentary Candidates, now this may seem a bit partisan but it was an outright win for Edward Legard - Conservative, Mike Barker in second for the Fib-Dumbs (they must have arses of leather, the amount of time they sit on the fence they should have splinters in not very nice places) and a very poor third was Labours Jenny Chapman.

I know our man won simply because Fred Lawton (Fib-Dumb)scored it as M Barker winning by a point and we all know how much the Fib-Dumbs exaggerate. But it was a very enjoyable evening with a full hall and searching questions.

Sorry my ARSE

2010-04-28T22:37:00.001+01:00

Gordon Brown is a liar, he is not sorry only sorry he was caught. This despicable little man showed his true colours today and what is more is those that try to defend and justify what he said are guilty of the exact same feeling toward us the people as brown himself.

The utter disdain that Mrs Duffy was treated to is truly awful, but rest assured Labour feel the same way about you, yes you lucky lucky people a vote for Labour is a vote for ignorance, lies and skullduggery.

Do not let this happen. On may 6th we have chance to rid the nation of this pigswill of a Government and the pigswill of its Minister and M.Ps for the good of the UK vote Conservative.

Are they helping Labour?

2010-04-27T22:46:00.002+01:00

Today here in sunny Darlington Labour candidate Jenny Chapman was making her way into the local radio station Star radio, nothing too odd in this other than no other candidate had been invited, my source tells me on enquiring she was there for something "after" the election, in what capacity I wonder, or are Star radio helping her out just like the Northern Echo and the Borough Council.

A council employee printed Business cards to hand out at an educational seminar run by the Council, has this person been charged have they been reprimanded?

http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/5033452.Candidate_featured_on_council_campaign_cards/

And today in the Echo headed "Dirty Work for Candidate" where apparantly whilst out canvassing in the Park East area of the town she received complaints about litter. She managed to get the charity Groundworks out and clear a vast area why when we have street scene which should have been contacted by cllrs, but perhaps of more consequence than having DBC and the Northern Echo to help her campaign is the fact that this is a LIB/LAB pact that does not work as it has taken a parliamentry candidate to get the area cleaned up for the residents.

If they cannot work together locally for the good of the people what hope of them working together nationally.

Only the Conservatives are fighting to win and put our Country right, the lib-Dems and Labour are fighting to be the opposition and gain control in an underhanded way, do not let them do it.

The Fib-Dumbs in Darlington No 2

2010-04-27T20:28:00.003+01:00

Mike Barkers latest leaflet has shown the Liberal-Democrats in their true light. Mike Barker has used phoney statistics putting the Liberal-Democrats ahead in the polls in Darlington but offers no source for the data. Why? Because he made it up perhaps?

He claims that voting Tory will mean that the schools that had been promised money by Labour now won’t receive that money, another fact that he has no evidence for. The real fact is that had that money ever really existed then the papers would have been signed before the election!

The truth is that Labour and the Liberal-Democrats are running campaigns based on the fact that they know they aren’t going to win the election. They are campaigns based on damage limitation for Labour and making hay while the Nick Clegg sun shines for the Liberal-Democrats but neither party has based their promises on truth.

The Conservatives have based their promises on truth because they know they will have to deliver them come 7 May.

If you want economic recovery, if you want job creation, if you want change and you can handle the truth then vote Conservative on 6 May.

The Fib-Dumbs in Darlington No1

2010-04-26T20:53:00.000+01:00

On receiving Lib-Dem candidate, Mike Barker’s election address I note that he will not have an outside job, I trust his shop will be on the market soon or perhaps he isn’t that confident of winning. Surely he would not employ a manager and remain a director thus emulating Alan Milburn?

He speaks eloquently about help for local business, yet cannot find a Darlington printer and goes to Eaglescliffe and worse still Oldham, neither a help to local business or particularly Green as another of his promises fall by the wayside.

He goes on to mention the “Old Parties” yet on the same leaflet describes the Lib-Dems as “stronger now than at any time since 1929”, hardly new politics then!

He says that the Tories will scrap schools building projects, but David Cameron has no plans to cancel schemes where contracts have already been signed. As a Town Councillor perhaps Mr Barker could inform us as to whether this was signed before the election was called, if not then the money could already be gone as well he knows or is it as I believe just another lie another scare tactic.

A vote for the Lib-Dems will raise your expectations with their easy talk only to let you down by their actions.

Zanu Labour Lies

2010-04-24T00:00:00.000+01:00

After David Cameron in last nights debate on sky bitch slapped Brown over blatant lies appearing on Labour candidates leaflets I wonder if Jenny Chapman will be going back to the printers to have them removed from hers.

Of course with her not being seen around, I wonder if she is still running?

A fine impression

2010-04-23T18:23:00.000+01:00

Our Labour candidate is doing a great impression of her predecessor, as in like Milburn she is nowhere to be seen.

Is she aware that there is an election going on?

Why are her colleagues so quiet?

You should vote or this lot will make more virals

2010-04-23T17:52:00.001+01:00

People have fought and died for us to have the vote, now, some have been prepared to go further.

Please remember to use your VOTE on May 6th

It's not quite true is it Jenny?

2010-03-10T21:29:00.001Z

Having had the Labour Candidates leaflet through my door it appears the poor dear has got it all wrong, when Labour HQ said exaggerate claims, they meant expenses if she becomes MP not exaggerated claims on her leaflet you know things like;

Backing strict rules on on immigration - Labour have allowed the flood gates to be opened to socially engineer our Nation for votes.

Getting more people off benefits and work to beat anti-social behaviour - Labour have created an underclass of people who have no aspiration, they take no responsibility for there actions, this is directly attributable to this Government.

Helped COUNTLESS community projects - I think a number could be put to this spurious claim.

The best I have saved till last, I quote "I will fight tooth and nail to stop any government taking services and investment away from Darlington" - This obviously does not count for her friends on the council when at last months special budgetary council meeting (the Labour candidate also a Town Councillor conspicuous by her absence) the ruling Labour group decided that spending cuts and a staff redundancy plan was the chosen solution to the current deficit.

So if she is not prepared to fight at a local level how can she be trusted at a national level?

And Zanu Labour tell the truth

2010-02-02T07:37:00.000Z

How very TRUE

At last the Lib Dumbs tell the truth

2010-02-02T07:33:00.000Z

The truth hurts and makes others laugh.

Darling I will have take away your credit cards

2009-12-10T09:27:00.000Z

We will be paying Labour debts for years and years to come, but instead of looking at the nation they have blatantly politised it by spending more now in an attempt to cripple a future Conservative Government, in truth we the people should consign Labour to the history books at the next election but it wont happen there are still enough foolish people that believe that Labour stand up for them, they abandoned those people some time ago only they dont realize.

Darling is to carry on borrowing there is something Hattonish about this Government, in the way they are trying to bankrupt the country, funny the ruling Labour group on Darlington Council are doing exactly the same for the good people of Darlo.

A pattern emerges going back quite some time Labour take over financially healthy Nation then try to bankrupt it through nannying and social engineering.

Leaving the EU would help pay back the deficit.

Labour Candidate

2009-12-10T09:17:00.000Z

STUPIDITY OVER SENSE

SHALLOWNESS OVER SUBSTANCE

This women has yet to get to grips with her council portfolio what use would she be as our MP, though i notice that the Echo has been fawning over her, is that Barrons own doing or has he been ordered to give her the column space she does not deserve speaking on issues outwith her own portfolio.

So from Milburns PA to Parliamentry Candidate, she has said already that she would not be seeking ministerial office, first dear you have to win and secondly so do your party, the smart money is on a change of Government so the "no ministerial" is an easy win and lets not forget that she is to put Darlington first is that the same as Sedgefield MP putting the post offices first and then voting to close them or the Milburn way of putting Darlington first and then never setting foot in the place after the "first" year he was elected.

One thing we can be sure of is that the Labour candidate is most definatley new labour, with her easy talk of no substance.

CATCH UP 3

2009-12-10T09:02:00.000Z

So Cllr John Williams will not apologise over the gas main debacle, what can i say but

"you arrogant arsehole"

CATCH UP 2

2009-12-10T08:59:00.000Z

At long last the climate change NAZIs have been caught out, proof positive that they have been cooking the books, that they have manipulated the data to suit there own ends and the politicians have and still are falling for it the idiots.

Now do not get me wrong i am all for sustainable energy because it is the sensible thing to do, if someone was to offer me a windmill free of charge for my house/garden/yard that could cover all my energy costs i would snap there hands off, we are world leaders in wave energy and we should be as we are an island, we should be looking to France for help in our use of nuclear they have a succesful nuclear industry, what i cant stand are the OCD buffoons who would have us taxed to the hilt, who would have us all vegetatrians and i assume slaughter all cows/pigs/sheep etc, well there is a place for all Gods cretures and that is next to the potatoes and gravy.

DONT LIE sell sustainability for what it is a sensible way forward and forget the doom mongering please.

CATCH UP 1

2009-12-10T08:48:00.000Z

Cameron, Cameron, Cameron, how very disappointed i was over your decision not to hold a referendum on Lisbon, the fact is the EU no longer benefits our country it has become a millstone arond our necks and here was a perfect oppotunity to get a clear mandate from the nation to sort it out, but I am afraid that youy bottled.

No knee jerk reaction is required, this is due to in my opinion a groundswell of unrest whith where we are being taken, if DCs plan of repatriation does not work (I do not think it wiil) then this mass of opinion cannot be ignored, for now then we will have to see what happens.

Something for the weekend

2009-11-06T22:35:00.001Z

I will be writing on Camerons disappointing EU policy next week when the dust settles a bit, but for now enjoy some scooby snacks.

We look after the feckless morons whilst the deserving suffer

2009-10-28T22:17:00.002Z

It now appears obvious that in Britain today we have a class of people that do not take any consequences for their actions, that do not have to discharge any responsibility to society. Straight out of the “New labour” book of Social Engineering an under class of people created by New Labour that are dependent on the state to think and act for them.

We now have more lunatics in the guise of the Lib Dems, Home Affairs spokesman Chris Huhne he said;
"The NHS should prescribe heroin to more addicts as part of the effort to reduce drug-fuelled crime".
He added "Spending tax payers money supplying the deadly class A drug would make the policing the streets easier and help ease over-crowding in Britain's prisons".

Saying that giving Heroin to addicts is a success because the treatment is £15k and prison for the year would be £44k is ridiculous. If it is about saving money perhaps we could pay every criminal a sum of £40k to stay out of prison and to not commit any crimes the country would be making a saving of £4k per prisoner!!!! Justice comes at a price and punishments need to punish!!!!

These centres say that it is given to addicts in a controlled manner, these pictures from North Lodge Park tell a different story;

Surely it is time to support those with a real illness and had little choice not those who have made a conscience decision, let us remember nobody forced these people to take drugs they had a choice, a child with leukaemia did not, a women denied breast cancer drugs because they are too expensive or a member of the Armed Forces fighting for us and being injured did not have the same sort of choice, service personnel when joining up would know the risk admittedly and has the choice not to join the services, but in joining they give themselves to protect society, what do these drug addicts give back?

What about cure? Surely this must be the goal? Or has the treatment of drug & alcohol abuse become so lucrative that a cured patient is no longer a money earner.

We have mixed up our priorities, where the fight for cancer or looking after our injured armed service personnel has fallen to charities and the NHS help the feckless one has to ask if this is what Bevin had in mind?.

Silly Season let us hope it is at an end

2009-10-28T21:46:00.000Z

Today Brown was forced into a U turn over funding for the TA's, in the world of stupid idea's to stop the TA's training and to cut the budget for them is right up there.

Brown and his people really have no idea the value these part time service men and women give to the Nation, that we as a nation are so much more dependent on them is reason enough to ring fence, no up the monies then ring fence it.

If you have to cut, cut benefits to the feckless cut drug programmes but whatever you do, do not cut monies to such worthy people.

The heart of the matter

2009-10-28T21:33:00.003Z

Going back to the Pedestrian Heart, near on 4.5m overspend when you take everything into consideration; original overspend of £2.9m then add the £880k (£3.78m), and then the number of hours that the officers senior or otherwise of DBC have spent in trying to blame others for the farce, the overall cost to the council tax payers must be around £4.5million easy isnt it, as always the adding up of this figure and that number never seems to be done by officials, amazing what you can spin if you dont add it up.

But many moons ago I said it will not just be a simple case of mess ups and incompetence, it will be the ongoing maintenance costs and if you would want to know what I mean here are some photographs of the poor workmanship that has left us with a high maintenance bill.

Sinking and the corner piece coming away

Completely out of alignment, how long has it been in place??

A prime example of the wrong materials for the works

Then to add to the embarrasment DBC buy an all singing all dancing if it was on X Factor it would win cleaner for the Town Centre cost 60, 90 120k perhaps more and guess what it doesn't work, so our wonderful new paved area looks like;

This

And This

Something for the weekend

2009-10-24T00:06:00.000+01:00

This week we go to the movies, Love Honor & Obey, great film.

Enjoy

You may not like it

2009-10-23T23:49:00.000+01:00

You may not like it but that is democracy, the bbc were correct to give Griffen air time, it may be abhorrent to most of us but the public voted for them at the EU elections, they have two MEPs and as such get air time proportionate to the votes cast.

This is the crux of the matter if we want a democratic society then we must take the rough with the smooth, the Lib Dems want a PR system Labour may be on the cusp of giving it to them, but if this happens get used the BNP on the box.

I very much hope that the main parties will now remove there heads from there ignoble arses (where i assume they are looking for monies that require repayment to us) and start to listen to those they purport to represent. If we are not to get burnt it needs robust policies from the main parties, take away the BNPs oxygen and you extinguish the need for them.

What a Pickles

2009-10-22T18:32:00.003+01:00

We had a visitor today in Darlington, Party Chairman Eric Pickles no less popped in to see how another winnable Seat in the North East is getting on, not a bad turn out PPC Edward Leggard, numerous Cllrs and Local Council Candidates (yes we already have a good compliment of candidates ready for the fight in 2011)

I will of course report more when I know more. I am travelling back from London but as I was sent some photographs I thought I would share the news straight away.

The first photo shows Conservative Group Leader and Eric, it looks like she is giving what for! and the second shows Eric with two of our many star Cllrs, namely Cllr Mrs The Darlington Tory and Cllr Gill Cartwright.

A right cock up

2009-10-22T14:59:00.000+01:00

Darlington Borough Council just cannot be trusted with our money, the pedestrian heart, eastern bypass (that needs a good look at once the PH has been resolved).

For me the problem goes all the way back to the tender, who was it that went through the tenders and made the recomendation, they very obviously had no idea what they were doing. Whilst the construction was ongoing who project managed it, they to obviously had no idea what they were doing (do you see a pattern?), simply put this is as much about incomptetnce as it is about mistakes, the buck has to stop somewhere and this is where DBC fall down, no one is prepared to take responsibility and that is not right. They forget it is our monies that has been frittered away, will they pay at the ballot box, we can but hope.

Not the post i wanted to post

2009-10-13T22:35:00.000+01:00

I thought that i might do a bit of review of Monaco (which was bloody fantastic by the way) but this will have to wait.

When myself and Mrs The Darlington Tory arrived back on Monday in the post was a notification from Community services, stating that we had put our rubbish out on the wrong day, quite something from Monaco.

Also in the post was a letter stating section 46 of the environmental protection act 1990 asking us to note that this was "A Formal Notice", why would we have such a thing i wondered, on further investigation others in the locale also had these same notices.

It would appear that Darlington Borough Council through Community Services have criminalized the people of Northgate making it easier should anyone fall foul of the Environmental protection Act 1990, Section 46 to prosecute them.

So there you have it, servicing the community now means criminalization a whole community and being made guilty until proven innocent, though I do not expect this "stasi" type approach will counternance such a notion of "Innocence"

What I would like to know if it is only Northgate who have had these letters, or is it the intention of DBC to criminalize the whole Borough?

I do however expect a full apology from Cliff Brown and Ian Thompson.

Something for the weekend

2009-10-09T21:32:00.002+01:00

So I thought reviving this it may be a good idea to have "Something for the Weekend" and to help you get there use "National Express"

Out of action, but not for long

2009-10-09T21:04:00.001+01:00

The picture below shows the view I have to put up with here in Monaco for the next couple of days, a crying bloody shame, myself and the lovely Mrs The Darlington Tory have already walked the F1 course, drinks at Le Rasscasse as you do, very nice weather and a very deserved break for us.

See you soon!!

Hello I'm Back

2009-10-07T22:24:00.001+01:00

Hello to all I am back and blogging and there's plenty to blog about so please read and enjoy.

A few bits and pieces i will be blogging on over the next few days/weeks.

The Conferences
Pedestrian Heart
New Labour debt, local & national
and a myriad of assorted other things.