News that the current councillor for st Matthews has run off to Paddock no doubt due to her fears that she would have been beaten in the local elections coming up is deplorable. Ignoring the political badges , I have , and I hope the voters also take the view , that abandoning your ward for such selfish reasons , I find disgraceful . If you have working and supported your ward, no matter what the political label is, voters will support you... Barbara McCracken did the same thing when she was a councillor in Rushall and abandoned them to come to St Matthews as a 'safer' seat.
Have respect for Barbara for her work as cabinet member for Social Services ( having a £5 Million cut of course this year!) but here I hope the voters of St Matthews will support Eilleen Russell who will be loyal to her ward if elected and hope that the voters in Paddock will rightly object to having a new candidate foisted on them and vote in Nasar Ali... maybe the current councillor who now stands as an independent will split the vote!!
No wonder the population has such a low opinion of us politicians... however there are exceptions to this rule.... the voters should know who they are!!
regards
Ian Robertson
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Come the revolution.!!!
Come the revolution.
Man the barricades before it is too late! We stand at a crossroads where we are poised to slide into a Walsall where the slogan will be ‘Survival of the fittest !’ ‘Let the market decide! ‘
The proposed cuts or more like amputations that are revealed in the budget proposals for Walsall to be passed without a wimper at full council on 24th February will hit at the very heart of this Borough.
6 libraries to be closed… without any doubt in the most disadvantaged parts of Walsall serving such wards as Pleck, Birchills Blakenall Palfrey Willenhall and Darlaston.
£100,000 off the music service plus a national cut of up to £850K which will end music support in Walsall apart from those in the more affluent areas who can afford to pay. Plus more cuts to the museum and art gallery.. so some of the reasons to live here in Walsall are getting crossed off the list as we move to being just an ordinary Town living in a cultural desert.
An end to Community transport service now to be mainly run by a private company.
A serious cut to current levels of support for social services support of over £7 million with imposition of charges of up to £85 a week . A direct attack on those most disadvantaged in Walsall.
Cuts of nearly £3 million in Leisure which will mean almost certainly as well as 6 libraries, all but 6 of swimming pools attached to schools will close and cuts to park maintenance and cover.
£600,000 off young services provision … no doubt more young people to be seen hanging about street corners. A requested cut of £2.5 million off the contract held by SERCO to deliver education in Walsall schools while we languish still very near the bottom of the league for education results in England.
When you cut £25 million off a budget at a stroke, the fall out for front line services will be major, especially for the disadvantaged fellow members of the human race in Walsall.
At the sharp end there will be many small community projects that will be closed. I note that the £12,000 yearly grant to the scouts to help pay for premises rental and training costs will cease which will mean some groups will close.
The problem for Walsall is that power rests with one individual almost alone… bit like in Egypt really … however the people there are showing what they think of him! See you in Liberation Square in Bridge Street, Walsall.
Man the barricades before it is too late! We stand at a crossroads where we are poised to slide into a Walsall where the slogan will be ‘Survival of the fittest !’ ‘Let the market decide! ‘
The proposed cuts or more like amputations that are revealed in the budget proposals for Walsall to be passed without a wimper at full council on 24th February will hit at the very heart of this Borough.
6 libraries to be closed… without any doubt in the most disadvantaged parts of Walsall serving such wards as Pleck, Birchills Blakenall Palfrey Willenhall and Darlaston.
£100,000 off the music service plus a national cut of up to £850K which will end music support in Walsall apart from those in the more affluent areas who can afford to pay. Plus more cuts to the museum and art gallery.. so some of the reasons to live here in Walsall are getting crossed off the list as we move to being just an ordinary Town living in a cultural desert.
An end to Community transport service now to be mainly run by a private company.
A serious cut to current levels of support for social services support of over £7 million with imposition of charges of up to £85 a week . A direct attack on those most disadvantaged in Walsall.
Cuts of nearly £3 million in Leisure which will mean almost certainly as well as 6 libraries, all but 6 of swimming pools attached to schools will close and cuts to park maintenance and cover.
£600,000 off young services provision … no doubt more young people to be seen hanging about street corners. A requested cut of £2.5 million off the contract held by SERCO to deliver education in Walsall schools while we languish still very near the bottom of the league for education results in England.
When you cut £25 million off a budget at a stroke, the fall out for front line services will be major, especially for the disadvantaged fellow members of the human race in Walsall.
At the sharp end there will be many small community projects that will be closed. I note that the £12,000 yearly grant to the scouts to help pay for premises rental and training costs will cease which will mean some groups will close.
The problem for Walsall is that power rests with one individual almost alone… bit like in Egypt really … however the people there are showing what they think of him! See you in Liberation Square in Bridge Street, Walsall.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Is Blue Coates School to be yet another Academy?
News that the Governing Body of Blue Coates Secondary School has been sacked and taken over by Serco with the strong possibility that this will be another school offered up to be an Academy... have we not heard this one before? Darlaston Secondary school went the same way .. no notice of Governing Body.. just the sacking of Governors, no consultation and offered on a plate to some religious anti Darwinism guru !
Well I suppose Walsall Education is pretty low in the water anyway.. sold out to Serco on a 12 year contract.. no scrutiny . I wonder why Walsall is the only authority in the country now who has serco to run their education department.. the rest have sacked serco.. the pupils in Walsall have been sold out for another 11 years!
Well I suppose Walsall Education is pretty low in the water anyway.. sold out to Serco on a 12 year contract.. no scrutiny . I wonder why Walsall is the only authority in the country now who has serco to run their education department.. the rest have sacked serco.. the pupils in Walsall have been sold out for another 11 years!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
By election Rushall Shelfield
1st November
There will be a by election on November 11th with Richard Worrall our Labour Party candidate. Help will be gratefully received with espcially help on wednesday 10th November to deliver the last leaflet.
Please contact 641084 and leave message for Richard
thanks
regards
Ian Robertson
There will be a by election on November 11th with Richard Worrall our Labour Party candidate. Help will be gratefully received with espcially help on wednesday 10th November to deliver the last leaflet.
Please contact 641084 and leave message for Richard
thanks
regards
Ian Robertson
Friday, October 29, 2010
Eileen Russell chosen to stand again in May 2011 local elections
I want to thank you for your support in this year’s local elections. Unfortunately I narrowly failed to be elected but will continue to raise your concerns and am proud to have been selected as the Labour Party candidate again in the May 2011 local elections.
The recent Tory budget is a dreadful thing for families across St Matthew’s and Walsall. At the end of May, the Tory PM and his Lib Dem Deputy PM announced that the Government Coalition would be making 25% cuts to public services, including front line services which could certainly mean less police dealing with crime.
The harsh reality is that the cuts proposed by the Tory-Lib Dem Coalition are going to hurt families and the vulnerable the most. Yes Britain is in debt, but the Tory plans to cut spending will simply risk the recovery and deeply affect peoples’ lives. This Tory Council will be making 28% cuts over the next four years and it makes me especially very angry when for example we have wasted now over £3 Million preparing to improve Walsall schools , money now completely wasted with the cancellation of the programs and we have also lost over £1 Million in poor record keeping on reclaiming grant money from Europe. I want to know what you think.
Please take two minutes to fill out my survey, fold the lines on the back and return to me FREEPOST.
The Labour Party
FREEPOST
NAT 13297
WALSALL
WS1 1HR
Regards
Eileen
The recent Tory budget is a dreadful thing for families across St Matthew’s and Walsall. At the end of May, the Tory PM and his Lib Dem Deputy PM announced that the Government Coalition would be making 25% cuts to public services, including front line services which could certainly mean less police dealing with crime.
The harsh reality is that the cuts proposed by the Tory-Lib Dem Coalition are going to hurt families and the vulnerable the most. Yes Britain is in debt, but the Tory plans to cut spending will simply risk the recovery and deeply affect peoples’ lives. This Tory Council will be making 28% cuts over the next four years and it makes me especially very angry when for example we have wasted now over £3 Million preparing to improve Walsall schools , money now completely wasted with the cancellation of the programs and we have also lost over £1 Million in poor record keeping on reclaiming grant money from Europe. I want to know what you think.
Please take two minutes to fill out my survey, fold the lines on the back and return to me FREEPOST.
The Labour Party
FREEPOST
NAT 13297
WALSALL
WS1 1HR
I look forward to hearing from you
Eileen
Thursday, July 15, 2010
FRED WINS IN BLOXWICH WEST
Congratulations to Fred for winning Bloxwich West. . The tories ( and the liberals) have been soundly beaten.
Fred 1142 votes. Tory 800. UKIP 91 Lib Dem 71 Green 28.
Fred will make an excellent Councillor as he proved when he did hold that place some time ago.
well done Fred!
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