Tuesday, March 11, 2008
That flag again
It's a strange and sad fact of English life that the people most likely to fly the flag of St George tend to be those whom England values least and treats the worst.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
It will be our turn some day.
The ink on the plans for a new pool for Brighouse dried long ago.
Calderdale claims to have the necessary funds in place.
A suitable site conforming to stated requirements has now been identified. This required the proposed land to be already in the Council's possession and to be on a bus route.
An additional bonus is the short distance and easy walk from the town centre.
Councillor Whittaker puts further icing on the cake by claiming the site came out top with all the people involved-------whoever they may be!
With all the right boxes ticked can we now expect to see diggers, aggregate wagons and a battery of concrete mixers on site anytime soon? Well no not really: Echo View informs readers they will have to wait until early 2009 before that happens.
Sad isn't it? Whatever happened to leadership exhortation like: "Action this day" and the "can do" spirit that epitomised the urgency that produced victory in WW2?
Such is our lot today we've become conditioned to settle for a morass of stultifying regulations, planning inertia and nit-picking diktat from the 'ealth and safety Gestapo.
Still we can all rest assured someone is happy having dangled and milked the goodies in order to gain maximum political exposure prior to the forthcoming local May elections.
Meanwhile, the rest of us will have to remain content while this 30 year plus project is again consigned to the deep freeze locker for another bout of hibernation.
Calderdale claims to have the necessary funds in place.
A suitable site conforming to stated requirements has now been identified. This required the proposed land to be already in the Council's possession and to be on a bus route.
An additional bonus is the short distance and easy walk from the town centre.
Councillor Whittaker puts further icing on the cake by claiming the site came out top with all the people involved-------whoever they may be!
With all the right boxes ticked can we now expect to see diggers, aggregate wagons and a battery of concrete mixers on site anytime soon? Well no not really: Echo View informs readers they will have to wait until early 2009 before that happens.
Sad isn't it? Whatever happened to leadership exhortation like: "Action this day" and the "can do" spirit that epitomised the urgency that produced victory in WW2?
Such is our lot today we've become conditioned to settle for a morass of stultifying regulations, planning inertia and nit-picking diktat from the 'ealth and safety Gestapo.
Still we can all rest assured someone is happy having dangled and milked the goodies in order to gain maximum political exposure prior to the forthcoming local May elections.
Meanwhile, the rest of us will have to remain content while this 30 year plus project is again consigned to the deep freeze locker for another bout of hibernation.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Letter to CV MP
"My word is my bond" is a phrase originating from within the Bradford wool buying industry. Strict adherence to this principle made the name Yorkshire and Yorkshiremen renowned throughout the world and I have considered myself privileged during the past eighty years to be numbered as one of them. Across this time I cannot recall ever breaking a pledge or going back on my word and hold those that do in very poor regard.
As a simple Calder Valley voter I perceive Gordon Brown and the majority of the parliamentary Labour group, employing a cloud of prevaricative hot air, is hell bent on going back on their 2005 election pledge of extending a referendum on the E U constitution presently before parliament. I can only hope that when the division bell sounds you will not be counted as a participant in this public relations disaster by voting alongside our reneging Prime Minister.
As a simple Calder Valley voter I perceive Gordon Brown and the majority of the parliamentary Labour group, employing a cloud of prevaricative hot air, is hell bent on going back on their 2005 election pledge of extending a referendum on the E U constitution presently before parliament. I can only hope that when the division bell sounds you will not be counted as a participant in this public relations disaster by voting alongside our reneging Prime Minister.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Quake Warning
Some 25 years ago Brighouse was subject to an earthquake shock of similar intensity to the one of a few days ago.
At that time it apparently fractured the lining of our now defunct swimming pool, causing it to leak. On this occasion I am concerned to learn if one of our bent politicians in the pay of the wind turbine brigade is going to blame this most present event on global warming!
At that time it apparently fractured the lining of our now defunct swimming pool, causing it to leak. On this occasion I am concerned to learn if one of our bent politicians in the pay of the wind turbine brigade is going to blame this most present event on global warming!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
