Maidstone Weald Labour Party

FOUR SORTING OFFICES IN KENT TO CLOSE AND MOVE TO ROCHESTER.

THIS IS MADNESS. MANY PEOPLE WILL NOT RECEIVE POST AND DELIVERIES TO AND FROM KNIGHTS ROAD WILL BE UNDER STRAIN.......ANY NON DELIVERED POST WOULD MEAN MANY PEOPLE TRAVELLING FURTHER TO COLLECT THEIR OWN MAIL.
WHAT WITH 1500 JOBS GOING . IS THIS THINGS TO COME?

RECONFIGERATION OF THE POST OFFICE. MAIDSTONE TO CLOSE . AS AN AFFILIATED CLP TO THE CWU WE OPPOSE THIS.

PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR SUPPORT TO DAVID BANBURY BRANCH SECRETARY CWU...............cwukentinvicta@aol.com

2011 STARTS NOW. TEN SEATS TO FILL FOR THE MAY ELECTIONS. WE HAVE 8 SEATS WITH CANDIDATES ALREADY. ANY MEMBER WISHING TO STAND PLEASE CONTACT ME. WE NEED YOUR TIME TO HELP DELIVER LEAFLETS AND TO CANVAS OUR TWO TARGET SEATS. PLUS THE FUN OF THE STREET STALL ON OCCASIONAL SUNDAYS 2HRS IN WEEK STREET,
MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK.
CONTACT richjcoates@hotmail.com THANK YOU.

THIS ENGLAND , THIS REALM , THIS SCEPTRED ISLE.....................

KM HEADLINE EDITORIAL. DONT LEAVE US IN A PICKLE, MR PICKLES.
THE KM AND DOWNS MAIL HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT THIS IS A LABOUR STITCH UP.
A NEW LIBCON GOVERNMENT AND NO DECISION YET. I WONDER WHY?
£2 MILLION POUNDS SPENT BY KCC AND MBC OF OUR MONEY, TOP QC APPOINTED TO KIG, 7 YEARS TO BUILD IT, EC OFF ROAD AND ON TO RAIL AGENDA.
THIS IS MORE THAN A LOCAL ISSUE. THOUGHTS. rc

BONKERS SAYS BILL MOSS TOWN CENTRE MANAGER. WHAT DO YOU THINK?

2011 IS THE NEXT ELECTION. CHRIS GARLAND CON LEADER SAYS A PUBLIC CONSULTATION IS PLANNED FOR THE AUTUMN.
IF A 4 YEAR CYCLE IS APPROVED ALL OUR ELECTIONS OF ALL 55 COUNCILLORS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY IN SAY 2012.
PS A GOOD CHANCE THAT LABOUR CAN WIN SEATS?

THE LABOUR PARTY WELCOMES ALL DISENCHANTED VOTERS WHO THINK THAT BY NOT VOTING LABOUR THAT THEIR VOTE WAS WASTED. WHY NOT COME HOME TO LABOUR? A FOURTH TERM IS POSSIBLE .........rc

LABOUR IS NOW THE OFFICIAL OPPOSITION IN PARLIAMENT. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE OPPOSITION IN KENT IN COUNTY AND BOROUGH. OUR POLICY IS TO SUPPORT THE UNDERDOG AND THE NEEDY. IN THE QUEENS SPEECH CO-OPERATION WAS MENTIONED. THIS HAS BEEN THE WATCHWORD FOR LOCAL MAIDSTONE FOR YEARS WITH THE CO-OP PARTY AND LABOUR PARTY AS JOINT PARTIES. THIS YEAR FOUR CANDIDATES STOOD IN THE LOCAL ELECTIONS AND THE PPC WERE SPONSORED. THIS BODES WELL FOR THE FUTURE AND THE NEXT YEARS LOCAL ELECTIONS WILL BE CONTESTED TO GET LOCAL LABOUR COUNCILLORS ELECTED. rc

OBSERVATIONS. PAUL SIEGERT WELL CHAIRED. PETER CAROL. LIB. RAV SEERUTHUN LAB' STUART JEFFREY . GREEN. CHRIS GARLAND.. MBC TORY.
CHRIS GARLAND. Said only here for the night out,! he did not seem to represent the Tory Parliamentary Party. he only was representing the MBC. this was in a Tunbridge Wells Council Area.

The questions were wide ranging from a mixed audience of councillors activists and pupils.
Over 200 people attended on a very wet night. A round of thanks for the organiser Ben Carpenter a 6th form student at Cranbrrok School.

Q.Reduce the deficit........RS not well enough yet made difficult choices. PC Slow change SJ. Jobs needed. CG. Quick change

Q Selected Education. SJ. For selection. RS. Went to private school. No to selection. CG. Failed 11+ Comprehensive School. Equal for all. PC.Went to Grammar School. did not like it . Not the way forward.

Q DEfence Spending. PC In War more money. RS. Funding balance priority. SJ. Cut Trident.
Cut defence sending? CG Spend more Review foreign policy. Better procurement from PC.

Q Immigration. Cap on entry. PC soft on people. RS getting better. CG Perception worse. SJ. Happy.

Voting. FPTP. RS. for AV system. SJ. PR. CG. No to Hung Parliament. PC a New System.

Climate Change. SJ. Investment in Wave, Solar. no to Nuclear. Renewable Heating. Waste.
CG. Oil running out. Nuclear Power. RS. Copenhagen not gone far enough .
Leadership on a global scale needed . Ed Miliband a good person.
PC. No brainer, Houses need insulating no nuclear. Renewable heating.

What makes a good Politician. All agreed no second jobs. If elected will give all their time to the Constituency.
Verdict. A worthwhile evening and every one enjoyed the event. RC

KCC Labour Group Press Release Attached.

Kent Tories Ditch “PET” Project

Yesterday Conservative-run Kent County Council finally decided to pull the plug on a fanciful and expensive luxury pilot project when they decided after two and a half years not to issue a contract to continue with Kent TV, a broadband internet channel.

Since its introduction in September 2007 this has cost Kent taxpayers £600,000 a year, a total cost of £1.5 million. Whilst innovative the concept was never explained to the populace at large and very few taxpayers had ever heard of it and certainly never used it.

From the time of its original inception the Kent County Council Labour Group, at that time the Official Opposition, described the project as “a luxury that the people of Kent could not afford”. At that time the original £600,000 to set up the project coincided with an increase of £600,000 in the cost charged to those vulnerable adults receiving domiciliary care.

Leslie Christie, Leader of Kent County Council Labour Group, said “At long last the Conservative Leadership have listened to what we have been saying since Kent TV’s inception. Its continuance would have been a political embarrassment to them and would not have been accepted by Kent Taxpayers. This administration have been whingeing for years that they don’t get enough money from Government but have wasted £1.5 million on this luxury. It is not good enough for them now to say “we are living in difficult economic times”, they owe an apology to Kent Taxpayers for wasting valuable resources.

I hope this late repentance will apply to another one of their pet projects “Kent Health Watch” which duplicates services provided by the Health Service and which is currently funded at a cost of £300,000 per year. Currently it is costing Kent approximately £1,000 per caller. That also is a luxury we cannot afford.”

More information:

Leslie Christie

Email: leslie.christie@kent.gov.uk

01474 361564

07889 639428

More press releases are available online at http://www.kentlabour.org.uk

Labels: Tory waste

STV. YOUR VIEWS PLEASE. THIS IS A PREFERENCIAL SYSTEM THAT SELECTS THE FIRST CANDIDATE TO WIN WITH 50%+ OF THE VOTE ALL OTHER CANDIDATES VOTES ARE TRANSFERED TO THE 2ND AND 3ND ETC. A QUOTA NUMBER IS THE NUMBER THAT ALL RUNNER UPS HAVE TO PASS TO GET ELECTED. THIS IS A MEERKAT SYMPALS VERSION. RICH.

THE PLOTTERS HAVE SHOT THEIR BOLT. IT'S TOO LATE AND NOT IN THE INTEREST OF THE RANK AND FILE OF THE LABOUR PARTY. rc

THE MINIMUM WAGE IS AT RISK IF A CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IS ELECTED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. YOU CAN STOP THIS BY VOTING FOR A LABOUR GOVERNMENT AND JOINING NOW WILL BOOST ACTIVISTS IN THE LOCAL PARTY. rc

LABOUR AGAINST FOXHUNTING. LET YOUR PPC KNOW THE STRENGTH OF FEELING AGAINST THIS ELITIST PASTIME. rc.

INTRODUCTION.
We believe that people will achieve more working together than they can by working alone. Power should be spread evenly throughout society and not be based on wealth, class, gender or race.
LOCAL GOVERNANCE.
We should devolve power to local communities.Decision making at local levels such as neighbourhood policing. Support unitary authorities.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT.
Free bus pass. Free hospital parking. Bus station connected to rail stations. Green cycle lanes.
LOCAL HOUSING.
To prevent homelessness and deliver affordable social housing to a good standard. Council to have control over new build and to rent. Community trust models to be an option.
LOCAL COMMUNITY.
Schools open longer for sports and community activities, playing fields and parks more family friendly.
Combat graffiti and vandalism with local police support officers and engage with residents forums.
HEALTH.
Easier access to primary health care. Support walk - in- centre to help GP surgery's. Community safety initiatives to prevent accidents.
RECYCLING.
More areas to have bulk freighter collections. Household weekly collections to continue. Allotments to grow own food and encourage more to use gardens and buy local produce.


RC, LGC. MAIDSTONE LABOUR 4 YOU

A PROMINANT REPORT FROM NATHANIEL LICHFIELD & PTNS (NLP) says that construction and specialist workers will have to be engaged from outside Maidstone area. ie Medway Towns. There is not enough expertiese in Maidstone to run the completed site and the benefit to local people is minimal. The report says that there is no economic benefit to Maidstone jobs. AS THIS CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE SEVEN YEARS TO CONSTRUCT .......the reports findings and conclusions are that NO MAJOR BENEFITS TO MAIDSTONE. rc

THIS IS THE FIRST ELECTION, POSSIBLY IN THE COUNTRY TO VOTE LABOUR DURING THE CONFERENCE......... THOSE THAT CAN VOTE LABOUR. VOTE BRUCE HEALD FOR A BETTER MAIDSTONE AND START THE BALL ROLLING TO A GENERAL ELECTION WIN IN 2010. DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY. YOUR FUTURE YOU CHOICE.