tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post1005177721751285861..comments2024-01-11T10:25:57.007+00:00Comments on Labour of Gove: The Thursday Cyril: Rochdale Lib Dems BrickwallChris Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-46393862264526971532008-09-15T23:34:00.000+01:002008-09-15T23:34:00.000+01:00Those local party workers who gave their trust, ti...Those local party workers who gave their trust, time and money to Rochdale Liberal Democrats deserve a proper explaination.<BR/><BR/>What an earth is going on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-39541502416064163222008-09-11T14:40:00.000+01:002008-09-11T14:40:00.000+01:00Twas Chris Grieves' Pennine and Rossendale Develop...Twas Chris Grieves' Pennine and Rossendale Developments that knocked down an Edwardian mansion the day before the somethingly delayed decision that a conservation area be designated wasn't it? I found some Rochdale Observer coverage on the web when his name was mentioned before.<BR/><BR/>And a much-loved landmark Edwardian School building in a <A HREF="http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/1026049_school_set_for_demolition" REL="nofollow">joint venture with the Council</A> was taken out too? There was a bit of a spat then between one Cllr Hobhouse - who defected from Tory to Lib Dem and whose wife is the LD PPC in the Heywood seat the oft intoxicated Hennigan has his shenanigans focussed on - and Cllr Sharif of Deeplish Ward, the former council seat of Paul Rowen MP.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and the <A HREF="http://www.rochdaleobserver.co.uk/news/s/1027913_the_end_of_an_era" REL="nofollow">Carlton Ballroom</A> too.<BR/><BR/>So are you referring to Chris Grieve? If so there's no need to be shy as these demolitions and planning consents for Hallmark, Penn and Ross etc are all in the public domain as is at least one example of his support for Lib Dem campaigning. <BR/><BR/>Paying for a charabanc for a trip to London for a Rowen led protest. And he has lots of property around Drake Street in the town centre doesn't he?Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-6293833770770779872008-09-11T13:40:00.000+01:002008-09-11T13:40:00.000+01:00The are some residents who live around the Bury Ro...The are some residents who live around the Bury Road area of Rochdale who know all too well about the magic of the Lib Dem Rochdale Township Planning Committee. <BR/><BR/>For a small fee they have a Midas touch. <BR/><BR/>At times, one such property developer has been quite up front about his donations. He has bought council property, knocked down houses to avoid Conservation Area protection and achieved what some said was impossible in planning terms. <BR/><BR/>Rochdale Council's top brass don't want to know. Rumour is, the same property developer holds a ransom strip in the town centre slap bang in the middle of where the regenration isn't going to happen.<BR/><BR/>In the good times, the brown envelopes kept coming and everyone stayed quiet. Now the credit crunch has started, certain businessmen and politicians are falling out and their debts are getting called in.<BR/><BR/>If the property developers are going to go down, they will make sure they take the bent politicians with them.<BR/><BR/>Stand back. This is going to get VERY ugly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-65663362026926177352008-09-11T13:23:00.000+01:002008-09-11T13:23:00.000+01:00For those old enough to remember the silent silver...For those old enough to remember the silent silver screen, the name Fatty Arbuckle comes to mind. I recall his career finished under a sex scandal cloud too.<BR/><BR/>Smith the Predator still has power in Rochdale. It is a power based on bullying, petty bribes, deference and a steady stream of laundered cash. It is helped by a local council and newspaper that likes easy good news stories and turns a blind eye to corruption and tales of local late night discipline. <BR/><BR/>If Rochdale was an island somewhere warm, Smith would be on the coins and stamps while the bananas rotted in the fields.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-67694018210547519932008-09-11T12:57:00.000+01:002008-09-11T12:57:00.000+01:00The Roochdale LibDems appear to think they have di...The Roochdale LibDems appear to think they have discovered Chapter 11 for political parties where they can continue to try and make capital from all their old antics while ignoring any liability arising from their past actions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-44635409455296310352008-09-11T12:31:00.000+01:002008-09-11T12:31:00.000+01:00The Rochdale Model? Isn't that what they're callin...The Rochdale Model? Isn't that what they're calling the ruse by which the council tax payers of Rochdale set up in competition with remaining local sub-postmasters and crown post offices? <BR/><BR/>Take the losses? And/or run the remaining post offices off the road with their un-thought through political fix? <BR/><BR/>I think that officers may well tell them to "think on" when Dave's men try to pull the wool over residents' eyes another time. That'll be this afternoon I'll be bound.<BR/><BR/>Bare-faced cheek as Cyril might say. As in "Let's see those bare-faced cheeks, boy".Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-58749151932819109692008-09-11T12:00:00.000+01:002008-09-11T12:00:00.000+01:00Perhaps one reason why Federal Mogul are doing ver...Perhaps one reason why Federal Mogul are doing very well is because of the deal they did to only pay 17p in the £ on the legal compensation which was agreed to Turner and Newall victims - see here http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Asbestos-victims39-cutprice-payouts.1629050.jp<BR/><BR/>Talk about leopards never changing their spots - and still the Turner and Newall Lib Dems stand by Cyril.tory boys never grow uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11172736984147732661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-82155336075763312952008-09-11T11:53:00.000+01:002008-09-11T11:53:00.000+01:00It is unfair to look at this with the benefit of h...It is unfair to look at this with the benefit of hindsight. <BR/><BR/>The "Rochdale Model" of party funding was pioneered by the Lib Dems years ago when those political and intellectual giants Cyril and Norman ran the show full time.<BR/><BR/>How do you think that Rochdale became the architectural shithole it is today?<BR/><BR/>Those flats,shopping centres, housing estates,spring businesses,cable TV companies,school playing fields, asbestos factories,supermarkets and nightclubs don't get helped out or turn into valuable real estate on their own. <BR/><BR/>Don't be daft. There had to be a little oil to grease the cogs. And for the palty sums known about in those brown envelopes, it was a real bargain.<BR/><BR/>Pay peanuts and get monkeys that shit Snickers bars.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-7129288967688002602008-09-11T11:29:00.000+01:002008-09-11T11:29:00.000+01:00Well Dave, thats another fine mess you've got your...Well Dave, thats another fine mess you've got yourself into.<BR/><BR/>Time to charge up the De Lorean and make firey skid marks down Emma Street.<BR/><BR/>Bye bye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com