Monthly Archives: October 2012

Hillsborough Motion for Liverpool City Council Nov 7th

Mayor Joe Anderson OBE, Cllr Richard Kemp CBE, Cllr Sarah Jennings On 15 April 1989, 96 people went to a football match from which they would never return. Liverpool City Council places on record its resolution that those 96 will … Continue reading

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Bichard blunders again.

Whilst away on holiday I casually looked at what the BBC was reporting on one day and nearly blew a proverbial gasket. Lord Bichard had been floating the idea that pensioners might be forced to carry on working within the … Continue reading

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Liverpool City Council motion: Regional and local public sector pay

This is a resolution that I have tabled to the next meeting of the City Council. It has been written for me by the research department of the TUC. At our recent conference we roundly condemned the conept fo regional … Continue reading

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Why there will never again be a Tory Government

This is a conversation I have had recently with a Tory councillor. Me: Why is the Tory Party obsessed with gay marriage and Europe? Tory: Yes no-one really cares about these things outside the Party Me: So where do you … Continue reading

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Is Liverpool becoming a banana republic?

Over the years I have worked in, inspected and reviewed many poorly performing councils. Some of them were failing catastrophically and delivering terrible services to residents such as Hull and Islington in the early 00’s. There are many reasons that … Continue reading

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