Another look at Labours Debt

We are paying £48.6 Billion in Debt interest, but remember this is only the interest.  

Without this massive debt, this is money that could be spent on public services.

 The £48.6 billion in debt interest payments this year is equivalent to the cost of:

48,600 new MRI scanners,

1.5 million extra nurses,

1.2 million new teachers,

1.1 million new police officers,

or 399,000 extra doctors.

Or

5 Olympic Games,

Or if we look to our armed forces

19 Aircraft Carriers,

45 Type 45 destroyers,

38 Astute class submarines,

701 Typhoon jets,

Sandwell Tory said

This is £48.6 billion of our money leaving our country to pay for Labours debt, but its only this year’s debt interest. We still have to pay next year’s, the year after and the year after that? The chances are our kids; kids will still be paying off Labour debt

It’s getting better

Let’s hear it one more time for    “it’s getting better”.

This time it’s all about truancy in Sandwell Schools 

In the whole of the West Midlands Sandwell come top of the truancy table with 1.79%

With Stafford coming in the lowest with just 0.5%

With National rates for school truancy about 1.04% Labour say  “it’s getting better”

Sandwell School results near the bottom of the national tables with   “it’s getting better”

West Bromwich town centre “it’s getting better”

Sandwell council employee’s having 10.58 days off each year sick “it’s getting better”

Sandwell Tory said

After Labour ruling in Sandwell for 30 years is “it’s getting better” the best we can get   

Labours Debt

Just in case you forget I've made this simple picture of what Labour left us

They don't tell you that on election leaflets do they

Sickness shocker

Its reported that employees at Sandwell council had 109648 days of during 2009-10

A Labour representative said its getting better

This is the same as every employee having 10.58 days off each year sick

That’s 2 full weeks

Sandwell Tory said

“Only in Sandwell could they say that’s getting better, in 2008-09 it was 120735

Or 11.39 days off each, mathematically the spokesman was right.

But my question to them is

Is the reporting of sick up to scratch?

What private company could afford these rates? 

Read more at

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2011/05/26/103-council-staff-off-for-six-months/

Are Red Ed’s days numbered

The rumours are rife that Red Ed made a big mistake coming out to support AV, the very  electoral system that got him elected, by the act of supporting a failure it now seems to have damaged his political power.

After former Prime Minister Blair allowed Scotland self rule they never dreamed that they would lose their Labour seats up there.

But lose they did big style

Sandwell blogger said

Labour please keep Red Ed as your Leader   
Trust me; you know I have your best interests at heart.

  

Read it for yourself

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/wintour-and-watt/2011/may/06/edmiliband-nickclegg

Voting

The voting’s over for another year, with no Conservative losses but one thing’s for sure

The AV vote as united the people and the main Political parties of Sandwell with a definite No

Sandwell’s results are

YES                             NO

21,738                        54,355

The people have given PR or variants of it the cold shoulder in favour of the old

First Past the Post System

The old 

One Man (person)One Vote            sounds good to me  

Ed makes a “Policy statement”

After months of waiting ED has finaly made a policy statement

http://www.labour.org.uk/ed-milibands-speech-at-labours-local-election-campaign-launch,2011-03-31

When Ed Miliband started Labour's local election campaign he gave Sandwell Council praise, for being a model of efficiency.

A council we should look to as an example of  "reducing waste.”

Let’s look at how Sandwell helped to reduce waste

£1.4 million on the public, which is now, puts it about £72 million spent in total  Sandwell Labour say they have to save £67 million. If this grand plan had never materialised, even half of this massive amount of money would make their problems a lot easier.

What about other cost savings are Labour making? To help you

£3million on a wind turbine in Sandwell Valley, which will power 20,000 homes ? 
                  one little problem their test wind turbine produced £35 of electricity in 1 year

£½ Million for 10 new electric cars? 
Why does Sandwell need expensive electric cars when the same amount could buy 
                        40 zero rated vehicles and why does it need cars any way? 

      
 £700 Million in liabilities (debt) with interest payments of £35 million a year.

 which is the same as saying ever man, woman and child in the borough, is paying

£125 per year in debt interest

Yes Ed, but Sandwell has to do a lot to catch up your last Labour governments               

£1 trillion debt

but its having a good go 

Sandwell tory said "A policy, a policy we've finally got a policy"  

See also
http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/grassroots/2010/11/after-years-of-profligacy-sandwell-council-cut-jobs.html

Labour & the NHS

Who’s words are these

2010/11 is a pivotal year. The NHS still has a year of significant growth. The Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report announced that between 2011/12 and 2012/13,

NHS frontline spending will rise in line with inflation.

As set out in my 2008/2009 Annual Report, the NHS needs to identify £15-20 billion of efficiency savings by the end of 2013/14 that can be reinvested within the service so that it can continue to deliver year on year quality improvements.

YES ITS LABOUR

Labour set out the need to make £15 – 20 billion of efficiency savings by 2014-15 (Department of Health, The Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2010/11,                 16 December 2009,       

(Click here link to see for your self).

The difference is the Coalition Government will make these efficiency savings and

reinvest every penny into frontline NHS care.

since 2009 there are an extra 2500 nurses 

under the coalition 

More Labour Spin on heating allowance

Labour latest claim is ‘in the past’ pensioners received a ‘bonus payment’ on top of the

normal heating allowance.

Labour claim that this additional payment for pensioner households was stopped by

the Coalition Government.

There is one little problem?? 

HOW CAN THE COALITION CANCEL A PAYMENT LABOUR CANCELLED

     

Yes included it was in Labour’s expenditure budget for one year, with a ‘nil’ figure entered for 2011-2012 onwards, it seems to be a blatant sweetener before last years general election.

You can check this out by checking Labour’s official budget figures, item 20

in table A1. 

 

This is undeniable proof that the Labour Government only intended to make

the additional payment for 2010-2011. There were no plans to continue

this payment in future years and therefore the Coalition cannot have

stopped it, in fact the new Government is determined to raise the state

pension and has already started by increasing the state pension to give a better standard of living for all pensioners.

Take a look your self and print a copy     

Sandwell blogger said "its a disgrace "

no AV in Sandwell

AV voting "Look at The Test Run"

A quick look at Labours leadership election tells a good story about AV voting

There were 5 candidates to start with

first round

Diane Abbott: 7.42%

Ed Balls: 11.79%

Andy Burnham: 8.68%

David Miliband: 37.78% Won the vote 

Ed Miliband: 34.33% 

David won but as did not get more than 50% overall, Diane Abbott was eliminated and her second preference votes distributed to the others.

Second round

Ed Balls: 13.3%

Andy Burnham: 10.41%

David Miliband: 38.89% Won the vote

Ed Miliband: 37.47%

David won again but as he did not get more than 50% of the vote, Andy Burnham was eliminated and his preference votes distributed to the others.

Third Round

Ed Balls: 16.02%

David Miliband: 42.72% Won the vote

Ed Miliband: 41.26%

David won yet again but as he did not get more than 50% of the vote, Ed Balls  was eliminated and his preference votes distributed

Fourth Round

David Miliband 49.35% Lost

Ed Miliband 50.65%

David lost after being the main choice in 3 rounds, yet the loser of 3 rounds Ed Miliband passed the 50% threshold and was the winner. put there by 2nd or 3rd level preference votes.

With AV voting this could happen in Sandwell