Has he had surgery to have an
articulated arm fitted to pat himself on the back?
Sometimes the local press can be badly hoodwinked by political press
officers offering up page filling stories but the fairy tale linked below is
beyond comparison and shows how spin can be used by politicians to mask the
truth.
The headline spun out by the Conservative press office in the name of
Councillor Glen Sanderson, Northumberland County Council is 'indescribably
better' after 'dark days,' claims leader, is almost as far from reality as
the truth is from Boris Johnson on parties at No.10.
Prior to releasing this ‘bag’ he had circulated the press with news that
he was planning to pay off hundreds of workers severing their employment in one
the most crisis ridden periods for working families over the last 90yrs.
Followed by a cover story, examining his lack of decision making skills when he
couldn’t make his mind up to decide if he was forcing Council tax up by
its maximum or not.
He later announced that he wants to pay £9m to consultants in order to
slash and burn his Council’s budget by £17m? Surely anyone with half a brain
could decide that by not wasting £9m bringing in ‘consultants’ the council
could lower its cuts needs down to £8m or did Councillor Sanderson drop off
sums at school before his prime ministers expected age requirement.
Next, The secret team he calls his ‘Cabinet’, then suddenly decided to
force the charitable arm of the Council, Active Northumberland into the world
of open competition for leisure services and insisting they tender for their
work. This act is Thatcheringly forcing Leisure Services into privatisation and
the open market culture which proved under the last Labour administration at
County Hall was too expensive, bleeding the Council budgets severely, hence the
transfer of the service to the arm's length charity, formed to help
affordability for service users. So does the Council Leader think the sun will
be shining on employees within his leisure sector or is it more dark days for
them?
We could go on and on illustrating how the sun is actually setting on
his administration, but we have decided to see what his ‘secret budget’ throws
up at the Council meeting this month and see how many Northumberland families
will be plunged into real-life darkness by a an allegedly deluded Farmer who
certainly rules the Council in his own image.
https://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politics/northumberland-county-council-is-indescribably-better-after-dark-days-claims-leader-4001916
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