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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 11:03:09 GMT
I am led to believe that several Lab Cllrs are very unhappy with some budget proposals, which could be interesting. Will they abstain, vote against, or simply not turn up?! I'm also aware that UKIP will vote any which way in order to inflict damage on Labour (there's principles for you!). Am unsure how the Conservative and LibDem amendments will go.....but it will be an interesting night!
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Post by dazza on Feb 25, 2015 13:05:55 GMT
What is the death wish Labour has with deselecting to create some New Model Army ?
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 25, 2015 13:57:08 GMT
You'll have to find an issue on which Labour (29 councillors) are on one side, and the other side unites the Conservatives (15), Liberal Democrats (6), UK Independence Party (5), ex-Labour Independents (3) and Green Party (1). Lunatic politicking in the Potteries has a curious way of making people forget their differences! |
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Post by timmullen1 on Feb 25, 2015 16:00:22 GMT
Lunatic politicking in the Potteries has a curious way of making people forget their differences! Can I, as a resident of Stoke, just proffer the friendly advice that referring to Newcastle-under-Lyme as "the Potteries" is akin to signing one's own death warrant in both the City and the Borough???  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 16:13:16 GMT
I'll second that. timmullen1!!!!
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Post by gwynthegriff on Feb 25, 2015 17:58:44 GMT
I was about to say the same thing!
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 25, 2015 18:31:51 GMT
Can I, as a resident of Stoke, just proffer the friendly advice that referring to Newcastle-under-Lyme as "the Potteries" is akin to signing one's own death warrant in both the City and the Borough??? If it's within ten minutes drive of the D-Road, it's the Potteries to me  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2015 18:44:31 GMT
I have always associated the potteries with Burslem - and Burslem only - when I discovered it was where some of my ancestors lived and worked in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The census returns for the area at the time make a fascinating read.
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Post by gwynthegriff on Feb 25, 2015 19:10:28 GMT
I have always associated the potteries with Burslem - and Burslem only - when I discovered it was where some of my ancestors lived and worked in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The census returns for the area at the time make a fascinating read. Burslem is, of course, the Mother Town of the Potteries. It has fallen on sad, sad times. |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Feb 25, 2015 19:14:08 GMT
If it's within ten minutes drive of the D-Road, it's the Potteries to me Barthomley, one of the finest villages on God's earth, is within ten minutes of the D Road. It ain't Potteries! (Try google maps streetview ....) |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Feb 25, 2015 20:31:23 GMT
I have always associated the potteries with Burslem - and Burslem only - when I discovered it was where some of my ancestors lived and worked in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The census returns for the area at the time make a fascinating read. Burslem is, of course, the Mother Town of the Potteries. It has fallen on sad, sad times. It can also be quite scary at the wrong time of day or night. Middleport is worse, Shelton worse still and Goldenhill just weird. |
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Post by carlton43 on Feb 25, 2015 23:43:53 GMT
I have always associated the potteries with Burslem - and Burslem only - when I discovered it was where some of my ancestors lived and worked in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The census returns for the area at the time make a fascinating read. Burslem is, of course, the Mother Town of the Potteries. It has fallen on sad, sad times. Saddermakers potteryknocker? |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 25, 2015 23:45:46 GMT
Are you thinking of the saggar maker's bottom knocker?
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Post by neilm on Feb 26, 2015 12:22:45 GMT
So what happened at the budget meeting?
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Feb 26, 2015 12:31:24 GMT
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Post by Sharon on Feb 26, 2015 15:07:38 GMT
Green with envy here - only a 2 million gap to plug.... |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 5, 2015 9:45:25 GMT
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Post by gwynthegriff on Mar 5, 2015 18:47:53 GMT
A Lib Dem amendment, relating to concurrent functions grant aid to Parish Councils, was passed. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 10, 2015 14:13:44 GMT
Two councillors in Flintshire have joined Labour: Carolyn Thomas (Treuddyn division, ex 'New Independent' group) and Richard Lloyd (Saltney Mold Junction division, ex 'Independent Alliance' group).
Composition now Lab 32, Independent Alliance 9, C 8, L Dem 7, New Independents 7, Ind 6.
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Mar 10, 2015 14:28:29 GMT
Two councillors in Flintshire have joined Labour: Carolyn Thomas (Treuddyn division, ex 'New Independent' group) and Richard Lloyd (Saltney Mold Junction division, ex 'Independent Alliance' group).
Composition now Lab 32, Independent Alliance 9, C 8, L Dem 7, New Independents 7, Ind 6.
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