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August 12th, 2009 | 
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Nick Clegg has described Gordon Brown’s policy plans as “a hotch potch of unrelated Whitehall schemes” with no unifying” vision from a prime minister who was “running out of steam”.Mr Clegg said both the Prime Minister and David Cameron were treating the voters as if they were children who were “too young to know the truth”.
He said: “Neither are willing to come clean on the difficult long-term savings we will need to make to balance the nation’s books.” |
| “It’s like a big hoax: they trade insults and numbers but hide the truth.” The public had been promised a vision based on decentralisation and personal entitlements but many of these entitlements were “just the recycled versions of old targets”, he said.
“Last week you called a cut an investment. This week you are calling a target an entitlement. Can you tell us exactly what’s the difference?” The Liberal Democrat Leader concluded that the Prime Minister’s statement was nothing more than a “hotchpotch of unrelated Whitehall schemes, a ministerial cut-and-paste job”. |
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| Nick Clegg response to the announcement of an secret Iraq inquiry.
I passionately believe we were wrong to invade Iraq but I am second to none in my admiration for the bravery and dedication of our service men and women. Everyone knows that the invasion of Iraq was the biggest foreign policy mistake this country has made in generations; the single most controversial decision taken by government since Suez. So Mr Speaker, I am staggered that the Prime Minister is today seeking to compound that error, fatal for so many of Britain’s sons and daughters, by covering up the path that led to it. |
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| Liberal Democrats have called for an inquiry into the build-up and conduct of the Iraq war for many years, and we can be grateful that finally, the Prime Minister has acceded to that demand. But, as so often, he has taken a step in the right direction but missed the fundamental point. | |
We’ve all wondered in the past, who do we report that illegally parked car to, or the bags of rubbish that have been dumped on the park, or the pothole that you just ran over in your car, well there’s now an easy way to do it.
A new website, Fix My Street, allows you to easilly report any issues you have by pinpointing it on a map, giving a description, and even a photo. The site then sends the report directly to Burnley Borough Council or Lancashire County Council to deal with (or any other Council as you can report problems anywhere).
We are so impressed with this site, that we’ve added a link to it in the left menu, which will let you report issues without leaving this website, so go on, try it today, and please let us know if your issue was resolved, as we want to know from you if this system really helps.
News just in that the following Post Offices are under threat of closure. According to the Burnley Express , the following Post Offices face the axe :
” Parliament Street Post Office in Parliament Street;
” Piccadilly Road Post Office in Piccadilly Road;
” Cheapside Post Office in Padiham Road;
” Walk Mill Post Office in Park Road, Cliviger;
” Hapton Post Office in Church Street, Hapton;
Now they are closing the Childrens ward at Burnley General
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