One of the few ex politicians using their status for real good. I liked Brown. He was capable. Arguably the last chancellor who was sufficiently capable to do the role. I did think he made some poor mistakes though. Mistakes that have a legacy even now. PIF being one that has always annoyed me.
Agree with most of that. All I would say Labour inherited hospitals and schools that were literally falling to bits in 1997. Something had to be done quickly to get them to a decent standard. Was PIF perfect? Far from but it enabled the massive reduction in nhs waiting lists and people dint have to wait years (in many cases) in pain. Record shortest nhs waiting times on the last labour governments watch.
From the poster who is happy to let kids go hungry. The tories are the experts in killing pensioners, 23,000 on their last watch. The ‘left’ brought in the WFA last time. The Tories must have been cruel bastards the time before last then and any pensioner on £35k a year will die of stupidity not the cold. I take it you don’t listen to radio? Nearly ever other advert is the government encouraging pensioners to apply for pension credits to boost their income. The Labour bsstards. If you know any cold pensioners encourage them to apply, it’s a fairly easy process. Still wanting kids to go hungry mate? That’s not politics it’s the actions of someone who has little humanity. I need no lectures from you.
The A167 through Birtley is a wide road with enough capacity for the volume of traffic including heavy goods vehicles who use it. A while back, Gateshead Council put a 20mph speed limit on it. Since then, Greenford Lane which goes through Ouston has had increased traffic levels including heavy goods vehicles. This road isn't designed for the volume of traffic, serious congestion occurs in rush hour, we've had more accidents and children have problems crossing the road at school drop off and pick up times. The parish council has been pushing Durham County Council for years to install better traffic calming measures to try and tackle this. Funding had been granted before the recent councillor elections in May but the work hadn't been carried out. Reform have now cancelled the traffic calming measures for absolutely no reason whatsoever. The money allocated to the work will be returned to Durham County Council instead. https://www.facebook.com/oustonpari...Ebq4Z36eWhvAx5n5vqBfmUGjNE4Cdvo7kmNHDxQBXnJ2l Well done Reform!
