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DaveIf you "stoped" the cuts in 2002, do I take it that the £1m funding which was earmarked for education but which you voted to siphon off to protect backroom Civic Centre jobs was returned to its rightful owners after the event?  If so when and how was this entered into the accounts, and when was it brought to the attention of Borough Council whose role it is to approve the council budget?Let give you a reminder of what happened.1. New Labour administration announces proposals to take £3m from the funding allocated by the government for education (which at the time was not ring-fenced, as most of it is today).  The proposal was to discontinue the borough's nursery nurse service.2. Huge public outcry, including thousands-strong march through Hounslow which I attended (as did you, the sheer gall of it!) and a demonstration outside the Civic Centre.3. Labour Group announces on budget night that it has "listened to the people" and announces triumphantly that it would now only steal £1m from the allocation for education (quite when and by what means the public had advised you of its desire for a £1m education cut was not explained).4. Independent Group proposes amendment to New Labour budget restoring the £1m to education at an additional cost of 29p per week to the Council Tax payer (proposed by Councillor John Murphy, seconded by Councillor Phil Andrews).  Amendment defeated.5. Revised New Labour budget including £1m shortfall in education funding approved by New Labour-dominated council.Dave, if you have serious concerns about the budget proposals being offered by the new administration then it is reasonable that you should express them here.What is not reasonable is for you and others to pretend that cuts, indeed more severe cuts than those being proposed now, were not made by your administration.  Not only is this completely dishonest, it is also quite cretinous as the true facts are freely available to anybody who can access the webcast of past Borough Council meetings at which New Labour budgets were set!Btw it is my policy not to rise to the bait offered by you and certain others with your tired references to the Community Group meekly allowing itself to be "dictated to" by our Conservative "masters" etc, etc (whilst at the same time being closet fascists with a cunning secret masterplan which is soon/one day to be revealed!).However in this instance I notice that you have referred to the Conservatives as being my "paymasters", suggesting that I am being offered money to vote in the way in which I do.Maybe you would like to avail yourself of this one and only opportunity which I am prepared to give you to expand upon this particular allegation?

Phil Andrews ● 6382d

Its Tory trash that is political in nature and Hounslow Tax payers should not be paying for a rag that is political.Take the leaders rant on page 3, on crime, Hounslow is suppose to be crime ridden as the leader points out, but was he not the same idiot who when the rest of the area committes decided to buy mobile CCTV for the Police did he not with the rest of the Tories dedcided they would not put any money forward...HENCE no mobile CCTV in Chiswick hence more crime, What a plonker..better still is later in the magazine we are told the opposite...Teenage preganacy we are told it is rife GUESS which Tories decided that Sex Education was not needed and funding was cut evan when it was pointed out to them in a scrutiny report the need for such Education....DUH!!!!Its the same idiot who thinks that Gershun savings should not go back into providing better services but should be used as a tax cut..then goes and crys poverty to the goverment..if you can afford tax cuts you dont need more goverment money, the national Tax payer is not giving you money to give back as a Tax cut...another dumb move...HM Magazine was to be payed for by adverts name one non-internal advert in last 3 issues...there is no extrenal revnue paying for this magazine so we the TAX PAYER are now paying for the this rag fully.........If you cant get your grammer right what hope have we of you getting the budget right..THIS magazine was suppose to be NON-POLITICAL and was up till the last election, Now all we get is miss-informed un-educated dribble....

Dave Hughes ● 6383d