Flooding in Stockport

[normskih]

I feel like an extra from Starsky And Hutch sometimes :)

Ah, but do you look like Hutch;)

 

[Rory Bluelow]

And £2.4 billion now under labour.

I believe that’s so mate, but that’s why we’re paying so much fucking tax (on everything). Irrespective of politics all Government money comes from us (well most of us anyways !)

 

[halfmist]

I believe that’s so mate, but that’s why we’re paying so much fucking tax (on everything). Irrespective of politics all Government money comes from us (well most of us anyways !)

What I have noticed over many years from all political parties is that throwing more and more money at a problem doesn’t make things proportionately better.

 

[Manchester33]

It is a long long time since any council in the North with perhaps the exception of Altrincham was in Tory control but for some who are obsessed, they are the root of all evil for what ever happens in the world

Whether a local council is labour or Tory is irrelevant. The funding from central government is very relevant, and over the 13 years of Tory gov, they were cut (in real terms).

That is an indisputable fact.

Underfunded councils have less money to spend on the practical means of reducing the impact of flooding.

 

[mexico1970]

Ah, but do you look like Hutch;)

More like screaming lord sutch :)

But I did own a snazzy cardigan and go faster trainer back in the day.

 

[mexico1970]

you are antonio fargas
and i claim my fitty dollah

Now there was a cool dude, nice car big hats loads of women and not a foul word came from his lips :)

 

[NZBlue]

More like screaming lord sutch :)

But I did own a snazzy cardigan and go faster trainer back in the day.

Just the one trainer? Couldn't afford a pair?
Surely with one go faster you'd just have gone in circles

 

[Blue Mist]

Whether a local council is labour or Tory is irrelevant. The funding from central government is very relevant, and over the 13 years of Tory gov, they were cut (in real terms).

That is an indisputable fact.

Underfunded councils have less money to spend on the practical means of reducing the impact of flooding.

Perhaps the cuts were because councils were simply wasting it. F.C. Rags of Moston being the obvious one. Sticking up signs to say they were going to implement a congestion charge followed later by sticking up signs underneath to say it's under review. The simple fact is local councils waste money.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

The public sector at large is both essential (and so must be protected) but also incredibly inefficient and wasteful - why wouldn’t it be ? A real dilemma.
Because our tax burden is so ridiculously high at present (thanks to recent Governments) there will growing pressure from the public who will increasingly question every single pound spent. It’s going to be a very bumpy and unpleasant ride - I can see a few ‘sacred cows’ going to the abattoir. These floods are just the tip of a whole raft of difficult problems. I wish I felt more optimistic, but the mood across the Country is very gloomy atm with so many people struggling.

 

[Really_here]

Perhaps the cuts were because councils were simply wasting it. F.C. Rags of Moston being the obvious one. Sticking up signs to say they were going to implement a congestion charge followed later by sticking up signs underneath to say it's under review. The simple fact is local councils waste money.

One of my pet subjects for local councils is those silly "bike only" green zones at traffic lights. I live in Oldham HAVE NEVER seen one occupied by a pushbike and 99% of drivers completely ignore them (inlcuding many police cars I've noticed) and they must have spent hundreds of thousands sticking them all over the place. Many have now almost completely faded. Some contractor must have made millions from councils.