Comments for Blackburn Labour Party

Comment on Waterman helps the anti- HS2 campaign! by Dr Adrian Morgan

Dr Adrian Morgan — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:04:05 +0000

I have recently travelled from Birmingham to Euston in 62 minutes on the 0741 with one stop at International. Non-stop this could have been 58 minutes. If these 140 mph trains were allowed to do 140 mph then journey time could be 53 minutes non-stop. Is the Government really going to spend £17BILLION to save FOUR MINUTES?
I have been campaigning for twenty years to reconnect Ripon to the rail network for only £50M with a BCR of 1.2. HS2 now has a BCR of less than 1.0, ie of no benefit, but billions can be found for this. North/South divide? It is increasing.

Comment on Sad times ahead for our town and its citizens by Pauline Kennedy

Pauline Kennedy — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:55:54 +0000

Its time this Government grew a pair and took full responsibility for the mess they have inflicted with their slash and burn cuts.
Their watch their cuts
Its a dereliction of duty to the people of this Country and you should be ashamed.

Comment on Roe Lee by John Ainsworth

John Ainsworth — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:02:05 +0000

Hope that you gain another seat by ridding the ward of Law-Riding someone who we only see at election time.

Comment on Being ‘straight’ doesn’t make me a better person by A K Taylor

A K Taylor — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:58:27 +0000

Mr. Straw,

In 2000, as Home Secretary, you stated the following:

“I’m a very strong supporter of gay rights and treating people the same regardless of their sexual preference – but marriage has a different purpose. Marriage is about a union for the procreation of children, which by definition can only happen between a heterosexual couple. So I see no circumstances in which we would ever bring forward proposals for so-called gay marriages…There is a profound difference at one level which is a biological difference between a gay relationship and a heterosexual one.”

Since then, what has changed?

Comment on Waterman helps the anti- HS2 campaign! by Stan Mason

Stan Mason — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:58:12 +0000

Damien
At last some northern sense about HS2. having been born in south Leeds (sorry about that!)and now ‘southerner’ I like to see a down to earth aproach to HS2.
Although I am in Bucks, yes those who are asked by Mr Watwernman’s campaign to give up my lawn for his jobs, I have looked long and hard about what was originally Lord Adonis’s pet project to spend £33billion of our money (the £17 billion is only for the London/Birmingham bit Damien) on a train set that will lose money- independent analysis shows between 60p and 9p return per £1 cost, and which will polute the environment. HS2 requires three times the amount of electricity compared with current classic trains. The forecasts call for a load factor higher than the present west coast mainline, which The Dept for Transport claim are already full!
Meanwhile our health and scoial services go into terminal decline, our police numbers are hacked away, and our homeland security is threatend by savage cuts to our military defence capability.
You are right to focus on current and local needs to create the right infrastraure, and if the Government really wants to improve this, and reverse the tend towards higher unemployment than they could use some of the £33 billion to dothis and start today. The west coast mainline could take the realistic forcasts of growth by adding 2 more carriages (jobs for Bombardier in Derby) and replacing under utilised first class carriages with standard class.
In fact the claim of overcrowding on WCML was challenged and the actrual occupancy levels were requested under the FoI act by one research group Dft refused to give this info. when the actual boarding firgures were monitored under the suervision of a research company they were found to be 56% at peak times.
There is clearly a hidden agenda as far hsHS2 is concerned, and its ‘infrastructure’ credentials are questionable. There is no connectivity at Birmingham, and the Coalition has canceld the Heathrow link (along with the third runway) connectivity to other London stations has not been thought through.
The government has deliberately sought to limit information on HS2, whilst churning out spurios claims about the benefits in jobs, particulalry ‘curing the ‘north south divide’ wghile its own statistics show that if here are any jobs to be created, then 73% will be in London, not the north.
There is mkor bad news about HS2 but this might be enough for now!
Stan Mason

Comment on Tackling whiplash claim culture by Donald MacKenzie

Donald MacKenzie — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:22:01 +0000

Jack Straw has done a good job on this. Without his interventions, the Government, and the Transport Select Committee, would not have focused as effectively on the key areas that need to be addressed. I believe an important issue to also look at further, however, is the need to bring claims management companies under tighter regulatory control especially with regard to curtailing their case-generating tactics. The referral fee ban is a good start to this process.

Comment on Sad times ahead for our town and its citizens by Kate

Kate — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:07:25 +0000

David Cameron has proudly stated that he will turn the NHS into a thriving business.
Great if you have lots of money, longer waiting lists or worse, no treatment if you don’t.

We have to tell him and his Liberal cronies the NHS is not for sale

Comment on Tory cuts are hurting but aren’t working by Kevin Lynchehaun

Kevin Lynchehaun — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:29:52 +0000

This coming from a bunch of nefarious, self-serving cronies who have destroyed the very fabric of our Town. From Shirley Williams, to her parachuted cronie Straw, My town has never held it’s head up!
We will never recover from your inept leadership!

Publish that! – I will!

Comment on The beginning of the end for Cameron by Robert

Robert — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:50:40 +0000

I see the reason of course why good pension were given to teachers and nurses was that both Labour and the Tories made them work for low pay, to give them a reason for doing those jobs they were offered a better pension, now of course teachers and nurses are on better pay but still want the great pension. Labour at it’s best.

I really cannot be bother with politics at the money or politicians, and the private sector should have been of interest to a labour party which has a sore backside from bending down to the bankers

Comment on Sad times ahead for our town and its citizens by Pauline Kennedy

Pauline Kennedy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:29:24 +0000

We are not all in this together.
Just watch the N.H.S. go private who will suffer the most?
Watch the Police cuts except in London.
It shows that the working class are suffering food poverty and losing their homes.
The elderly are just left to rot.
“SHAME ON YOU” as a Government I would not be able to live with myself if I inflicted so much pain on the people of this Country