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LOCAL COUNCILs must be held to account to the public....
Today’s [Wednesday 12 November 2008] staging of the PMQs is destined to go down as a defining one for Brown's entire career. Also it will seriously undermine Brown's attempts, at any stage in the future, to utter phrases and words that include 'vah-loos'. It was noticeable that Brown was not intent at all on stressing any of those ‘vah-loos’ as he battled to fend off the repeated questions...The treatment of Child B must not be allowed to become a party political, sectarian or religious or nationality issue at all.. It is the universal right of every child to be humanely and positively treated. And protected... That Haringey [The London local Council] has been the scene of two such monumental failures now in the past decade draws legitimate attention on to the role of local councils. Are they delivering democracy? And human and humane rights?
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
KHOODEELAAR! contextual analysis of Gordon Brown's Child P folly in failing to come forward, before being shown up as backing Haringey Council [250]
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2130 GMT London Wednesday 12 November 2008: KHOODEELAAR! contextual analysis of Gordon Brown's folly in failing to come forward, before being shown up as backing Haringey Council, with compassion, support and humility..
Wednesday's [weekly] Prime Minister's Questions [PMQs] at Westminster, fielded by Gordon Brown on the day of the latest jobless and economic bad news, got focussed on Brown’s refusal to show that he was disowning a negligent local Council disaster...This became very acute after David Ca-Moron had successfully included the reference to £100 Million that the public spends to keep the social service unit at Haringey in place.
What Brown showed instead was the classic lack of transparency; and democratic responsibility and accountability. Especially when it comes to the Blaired local councils. Each and every single p[person that has had any contact with any of these councils anywhere in England and Wales [ and with their counterparts in Scotland] will know that democracy, transparency and humility are not among the list of their ‘services’. Not at least at the top of their lists. If these are at all included in their lists... yet at a time like today, the day after one set of court cases ended aBOUT THE TRAGEDY OF THE CHILD, there should have been a straightforward expression of credible and humane regret and apology for the entire collection of careerists that are to blame for this known and identified instance.…Yet that was not forthcoming. Instead there had to be an almighty battle staged in the Commons before Brown’s administration was able to release contrition that should have been forthcoming 24 hours earlier... What this shows is that ordinary people who really need the services and support of their local councils are not any better off now than they were before... This is worrying for all of society...Brown lost a most historic opportunity in the Commons today by his obduracy, so tragically ms-exhibited, and by his refusal to show that holders of places and ‘powers’ in the name of the public are morally, ethically and demonstrably bound to show remorse and accountability on a matter that is typified and dare I say it, made unforgettable by Haringey’s negligent treatment of Child P.… …..
2130 GMT London Wednesday 12 November 2008: KHOODEELAAR! contextual analysis of Gordon Brown's folly in failing to come forward, before being shown up as backing Haringey Council, with compassion, support and humility..
Wednesday's [weekly] Prime Minister's Questions [PMQs] at Westminster, fielded by Gordon Brown on the day of the latest jobless and economic bad news, got focussed on Brown’s refusal to show that he was disowning a negligent local Council disaster...This became very acute after David Ca-Moron had successfully included the reference to £100 Million that the public spends to keep the social service unit at Haringey in place.
What Brown showed instead was the classic lack of transparency; and democratic responsibility and accountability. Especially when it comes to the Blaired local councils. Each and every single p[person that has had any contact with any of these councils anywhere in England and Wales [ and with their counterparts in Scotland] will know that democracy, transparency and humility are not among the list of their ‘services’. Not at least at the top of their lists. If these are at all included in their lists... yet at a time like today, the day after one set of court cases ended aBOUT THE TRAGEDY OF THE CHILD, there should have been a straightforward expression of credible and humane regret and apology for the entire collection of careerists that are to blame for this known and identified instance.…Yet that was not forthcoming. Instead there had to be an almighty battle staged in the Commons before Brown’s administration was able to release contrition that should have been forthcoming 24 hours earlier... What this shows is that ordinary people who really need the services and support of their local councils are not any better off now than they were before... This is worrying for all of society...Brown lost a most historic opportunity in the Commons today by his obduracy, so tragically ms-exhibited, and by his refusal to show that holders of places and ‘powers’ in the name of the public are morally, ethically and demonstrably bound to show remorse and accountability on a matter that is typified and dare I say it, made unforgettable by Haringey’s negligent treatment of Child P.… …..
KHOODEELAAR! updating evidence of lying, dishonesty and incompetence and irresponsibility by Jenny Jones, Boris Johnson, the Guardian.. [246]
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KHOODEELAAR! updating evidence of lying, dishonesty and incompetence and irresponsibility by Jenny Jones, Boris Johnson, the Guardian and ALL others backing the CORRUPTING ‘Crossrail’ scam [246]
Coming here in the next few hours...
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/nov/12/boris-london
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Boris Johnson called a liar over economic promise
Green assembly member barracks mayor over claims he is doing all he can to help Londoners
Hélène Mulholland
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday November 12 2008 16.02 GMT
Article history
Boris Johnson was today branded "a liar" in the London assembly chamber after he promised to help Londoners through the economic downturn.
Jenny Jones, a Green assembly member, barracked the mayor of London in front of a full public gallery for claiming he was doing all he could to help Londoners through the recession, while at the same time introducing above-inflation fares for the next eight years.
Jones charged the mayor with dishonesty after he vowed to "keep London going" through the recession through a number of measures, including freezing the London share of the council tax for the year.
Jones seized on a decision, announced last week, to hike up fares by inflation plus 1% until 2017, which she said contradicted Johnson's claim that he would not ask more Londoners for more money at a time when they were struggling with rising bills.
"You are charging bus passengers and tube passengers more and yet say you are not going to ask for more money but you are," Jones told the mayor. "You can't have it both ways."
Johnson said he was merely implementing budgetary plans put in place by Transport for London under the previous mayor, Ken Livingstone.
Johnson said: "I think it's the right thing. I don't take this decision with any joy. I think it's essential for investment in London's transport infrastructure."
Johnson's defence cut no ice with the Green assembly member – a former deputy mayor under Livingstone – who said: "You're showing a lack of respect to us and you're lying to us. That's a lie."
The mayor retorted that Jones was "demeaning politics" by deliberately misconstruing his claims. "You know perfectly well when I said I would not be asking Londoners for more money I meant the council tax."
The heated interchange took place just after Johnson began his monthly question time with the 25-strong assembly by making a statement about measures to stave off the worst effects of the economic downturn for London.
As unemployment figures published today reached an 11-year high, Johnson warned that 4% of London jobs in finance and construction were forecast to go to the wall.
The mayor said that the key to pulling Londoners through was nevertheless to "not overdo the gloom".
"I think London has every reason to be confident we will come through this period, if we get certain things right. The thing to get right is not to overdo the gloom."
Johnson cited positive indicators, such as year-on-year rises in bus and tube rides, which he called the traditional "canary in mineshaft of economic activity".
He said the falling value of the pound also presented "fantastic opportunities" for tourism and retail.
The mayor said it was imperative to "keep the big investment going" on projects that would help deliver London's long term recovery, such as Crossrail, upgrading the underground, and the Olympics.
Johnson told the assembly that he had appointed leading planning and development expert William McKee to set up and chair his Outer London Commission, with a view to boosting "the potential and actual powerhouses of outer London".
"It is our duty to do everything in our power to keep London moving and get Londoners back to work," said Johnson.
In a three-hour grilling from assembly members, Johnson also took the opportunity to say that people were "wrong" to think investment in the Olympics should be scaled back in light of the economic climate.
Johnson said: "At a time of economic downturns Londoners have to understand we are not just laying on fantastic games but it is something that is going to improve the community in the long term."
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KHOODEELAAR! updating evidence of lying, dishonesty and incompetence and irresponsibility by Jenny Jones, Boris Johnson, the Guardian and ALL others backing the CORRUPTING ‘Crossrail’ scam [246]
Coming here in the next few hours...
:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/nov/12/boris-london
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Boris Johnson called a liar over economic promise
Green assembly member barracks mayor over claims he is doing all he can to help Londoners
Hélène Mulholland
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday November 12 2008 16.02 GMT
Article history
Boris Johnson was today branded "a liar" in the London assembly chamber after he promised to help Londoners through the economic downturn.
Jenny Jones, a Green assembly member, barracked the mayor of London in front of a full public gallery for claiming he was doing all he could to help Londoners through the recession, while at the same time introducing above-inflation fares for the next eight years.
Jones charged the mayor with dishonesty after he vowed to "keep London going" through the recession through a number of measures, including freezing the London share of the council tax for the year.
Jones seized on a decision, announced last week, to hike up fares by inflation plus 1% until 2017, which she said contradicted Johnson's claim that he would not ask more Londoners for more money at a time when they were struggling with rising bills.
"You are charging bus passengers and tube passengers more and yet say you are not going to ask for more money but you are," Jones told the mayor. "You can't have it both ways."
Johnson said he was merely implementing budgetary plans put in place by Transport for London under the previous mayor, Ken Livingstone.
Johnson said: "I think it's the right thing. I don't take this decision with any joy. I think it's essential for investment in London's transport infrastructure."
Johnson's defence cut no ice with the Green assembly member – a former deputy mayor under Livingstone – who said: "You're showing a lack of respect to us and you're lying to us. That's a lie."
The mayor retorted that Jones was "demeaning politics" by deliberately misconstruing his claims. "You know perfectly well when I said I would not be asking Londoners for more money I meant the council tax."
The heated interchange took place just after Johnson began his monthly question time with the 25-strong assembly by making a statement about measures to stave off the worst effects of the economic downturn for London.
As unemployment figures published today reached an 11-year high, Johnson warned that 4% of London jobs in finance and construction were forecast to go to the wall.
The mayor said that the key to pulling Londoners through was nevertheless to "not overdo the gloom".
"I think London has every reason to be confident we will come through this period, if we get certain things right. The thing to get right is not to overdo the gloom."
Johnson cited positive indicators, such as year-on-year rises in bus and tube rides, which he called the traditional "canary in mineshaft of economic activity".
He said the falling value of the pound also presented "fantastic opportunities" for tourism and retail.
The mayor said it was imperative to "keep the big investment going" on projects that would help deliver London's long term recovery, such as Crossrail, upgrading the underground, and the Olympics.
Johnson told the assembly that he had appointed leading planning and development expert William McKee to set up and chair his Outer London Commission, with a view to boosting "the potential and actual powerhouses of outer London".
"It is our duty to do everything in our power to keep London moving and get Londoners back to work," said Johnson.
In a three-hour grilling from assembly members, Johnson also took the opportunity to say that people were "wrong" to think investment in the Olympics should be scaled back in light of the economic climate.
Johnson said: "At a time of economic downturns Londoners have to understand we are not just laying on fantastic games but it is something that is going to improve the community in the long term."
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KHOODEELAAR! No to "CRASS' talk by TUC Brendan Barber repeating the familiar Crossrail-peddling spin and fakery..[248]
1130 GMT London Wednesday 12 November 2008: KHOODEELAAR! Says No to wasting £ Billions on a fake programme like Crossrail... How is Crossrail fake? TUC General Secretary Brendan barber has confirmed this morning that he too is a backer of fakery in the economy.. Demand-Increasing measures, ‘stimulus’, etc..... infrastructure projects... to ‘keep the economy going’... This is the repetition of the same allegedly Keynesian ‘solution’ RUBBISH... This TAKES attention away from the URGENT NEED for sustainable economic policy.…... from real economic policy.…. Using Crossrail to ‘mend’ the economy is ANOTHER confirmation of the KHOODEELAAR! analysis.. That Crossrail is crass.. That it is NOT about transport priorities... [To be continued]