Topic: | Re:Re:Re:STENCH of the Tories prevails | |
Posted by: | Steve Taylor | |
Date/Time: | 15/08/11 23:00:00 |
Its perfectly fair to and correct to blame the Tories for the current mess and environmental disaster. It is true that Labour were in power for nearly 3 decades previously and little was done about Mogden but after several campaigns and mass action by residents from 1999 onwards, Labours' Lord Whitty and Lib Dems' Vince Cable finally persuaded OFWAT to order Thames Water to use £42 million of ratepayers money to improve the site which included covering all 8 of the open storm tanks. Unfortunately when Labour lost control of Hounslow Council the newly appointed dim-witted Tory lead member for environment allowed Thames Water to only cover 2 of the 8 tanks and spend only £26 million on the so called odour improvement project. Thames pocketed the rest of the money (used it on other sites) and the project failed. When Thames submitted its planning application in 2008 to expand the site, said dimwitted Tory Lead Member had the perfect opportunity to correct the misguided blunder and insist on Thames covering the remaining tanks as a pre-requisite to considering the application. However, instead of even demanding that Senior Officers consult/discuss with OFWAT, she led the Tory members to vote unanimously to approve the application. Every single ICG Councillor in the coalition opposed the application but their voices went unheard. Residents will never forget this U-turn by the Tories. The current mess rests firmly on their shoulders and they should hang their heads in shame! They are responsible for ruining the Borough. They were elected to take tough action to clean up the Borough but instead they made it worse and have simply secured their place on the opposition seats for another 3 decades. |