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Originally Posted by Chris
I guess you'll be enjoying a few celebratory pints down at the Oldham Labour Club tonight then.
Once you've toasted your success in Oldham though, don't forget to have a few to help drown Labour's sorrows elsewhere - overall, Ed Milliband has got a right kicking across the UK this week. Even William Hague managed to get more council seats as leader of the opposition.
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Chris, I'm not so naive to think that replacing one lot of snouts in the trough with another lot will make much change, what we need is a Government that will force Local Councils to become leaner.
Years ago Oldham Council paid a company to do a cost saving report, the company reported that the Council could reduce it's employee count by two thirds without impacting on services, the Council paid the company a small fortune then carried on hiring more staff.
In Oldham we have sixty paid Local Councillors, there is talk of reducing the number but then talk rarely leads to action at Council meetings. Sixty paid Councillors! it's hard to believe, then add the massive overmanning, it's no wonder our Poll Tax is so high.
Thankfully North Sea Oil and Gas revenues will dry up in the near future so whichever Government is in power they will have to face reality and make some real world decisions, something they haven't had to do for forty years or so.