Local elections

[Samdy Gray]

Never ever underestimate the ability of politicians of all parties at whatever level to find new things to fuck up, often combined with the ability to re-fuck up that which has already been fucked up but in new and interesting ways

That's Tucker-esque.

[Nemo]

Right, This is an appropriate place for me to state just how much right, I dislike Garry Perkins, right?

Anyone who's had the misfortune of talking with him may recognise the style of speech, right?

[ronnie21]

Wasn't Nick Martin the guy who was so anti-STFC that he was prepared to lay in front of the first bulldozer to arrive on site when the tory council offered us Shaw tip as a site for a new ground!!  That announcement of the new ground included none other than Mike Bawden in the picture if I remember correctly.  How times quickly changed.

[Ardiles]

To be fair to him, he did us a favour.  It would have been a terrible location for a ground.  Imagine fans arriving at Swindon Station and having to find their way over there.  Almost as inaccessible as the Kassam.

[Flashheart]

British politics is boring and needs jazzing up a bit.

A few drugs and murder scandals would help and a Berlusconi type would add a little colour. A coup attempt would definitely add a bit of spice.

[Shaw Rosso]

To be fair to him, he did us a favour.  It would have been a terrible location for a ground.  Imagine fans arriving at Swindon Station and having to find their way over there.  Almost as inaccessible as the Kassam.

He didint do me any favours, i live next to Shaw Forest so i could have staggered home in 5 minutes, but now Shaw Forest is starting to take shape i am sort of glad they didnt as its nice to have such a vast wooded area on your doorstep which the kids love.

Its a shame they didnt get the bulldozers in, they could have tested the crushability of Martin on Bob Holt first of all.

[Shaw Rosso]

Right, This is an appropriate place for me to state just how much right, I dislike Garry Perkins, right?

Anyone who's had the misfortune of talking with him may recognise the style of speech, right?

Thats the creature, right? I think this is his method of political persuasion. I saw him with on a litter pick with a few local schoolkids a couple of weeks back and onlooking photographers, you know an election is round the corner when this happens.

Hopefully Mr Perkins will come up with a plan on how to replace OUR £400k once he is undoubtedly re-elected tomorrow night. Failing that, he can go back to working as a a professional double for Baron Von Greenback.

[ronnie21]

Wasn't Perkins on the board of Rikki Hunt's wi-fi venture that has cost us all nearly half a mill?  Perhaps he should be held responsible for it now that Rikki has gone bust!!

[Shaw Rosso]

Wasn't Perkins on the board of Rikki Hunt's wi-fi venture that has cost us all nearly half a mill?  Perhaps he should be held responsible for it now that Rikki has gone bust!!

Yes, Digital City or something. He should be held responsible, but the chances of that?

[pauld]

Wasn't Nick Martin the guy who was so anti-STFC that he was prepared to lay in front of the first bulldozer to arrive on site when the tory council offered us Shaw tip as a site for a new ground!!

Nope, he was anti- "unlawfully giving away council assets to Diamandis" and building at Shaw Tip. He was very helpful when the Trust were drafting our proposals to redevelop the County Ground. Because that scheme was:
a) in the right location
b) not funded by the council giving Diamandis £25m of council land to make money off. Unlawfully.

Unlike the TipStad and subsequent Holt/Diamandis redevelopment proposals.

And re DigitalCity/Wifi/Rikki Rhyming Slang - never mind getting the money back, that's long gone, it might be quite nice to see some accounts so we can at least start trying to guess WHERE it's gone. SBC seem to have learned a lot from STFC's previous accounting practices - just don't file any in case someone asks awkward questions. Creating a WiFi network is, in many ways, a lot like building a house .....

[ronnie21]

Nope, he was anti- "unlawfully giving away council assets to Diamandis" and building at Shaw Tip. He was very helpful when the Trust were drafting our proposals to redevelop the County Ground. Because that scheme was:
a) in the right location
b) not funded by the council giving Diamandis £25m of council land to make money off. Unlawfully.

Unlike the TipStad and subsequent Holt/Diamandis redevelopment proposals.

And re DigitalCity/Wifi/Rikki Rhyming Slang - never mind getting the money back, that's long gone, it might be quite nice to see some accounts so we can at least start trying to guess WHERE it's gone. SBC seem to have learned a lot from STFC's previous accounting practices - just don't file any in case someone asks awkward questions. Creating a WiFi network is, in many ways, a lot like building a house .....

Unlawfully?  Couldn't the same be said then about the council giving away the green fields at Pickards Field for redevelopment?

[Simon Pieman]

Bluh is a Chartered Accountant as well, how ironic.

The Council were going to spend another £4k to get the accounts filed as well.

[Samdy Gray]

I realise I've left this late, but I've just being doing some reading up on my ward (Mannington & Western) and the candidates standing.

My ward boundaries were changed recently and I'm now in the half of Westlea that is paired with Rodbourne & Even Swindon. This in itself is ridiculous, given that all of my local services that I'd want to vote about aren't even covered within the boundary any more (the Link Centre for example). Even though I live in Westlea, Westlea School no longer falls within the boundary either!

Lib Dem have one candidate and I can't find anything about her pledges. Tory's have three candidates and their main pledges are better care for Farringdon Park (not in our ward!) and regeneration of the Oasis (not in our ward!).

Labour have three candidates and actually seem the only ones to want to help the people of their ward.

[Arriba]

Think you've outlined where and why your vote will go there samdy. Parks now fall into my ward so i'm hoping that will help boot the tories out. Only trouble is the odious Montaut is one of the candidates.

[leefer]

I realise I've left this late, but I've just being doing some reading up on my ward (Mannington & Western) and the candidates standing.

My ward boundaries were changed recently and I'm now in the half of Westlea that is paired with Rodbourne & Even Swindon. This in itself is ridiculous, given that all of my local services that I'd want to vote about aren't even covered within the boundary any more (the Link Centre for example). Even though I live in Westlea, Westlea School no longer falls within the boundary either!

Lib Dem have one candidate and I can't find anything about her pledges. Tory's have three candidates and their main pledges are better care for Farringdon Park (not in our ward!) and regeneration of the Oasis (not in our ward!).

Labour have three candidates and actually seem the only ones to want to help the people of their ward.

Best just leave it Sam