| Topic: | Re:Re:A basic maths lesson for Dave | |
| Posted by: | Phil Andrews | |
| Date/Time: | 29/11/09 12:53:00 |
| Dave With respect I don't think you've thought this through very well. Jiwan Virk - when are the Tories going to make him Mayor? We already have a Mayor, and he is the last one we'll have before the elections. Is Cllr. Virk going to be re-elected after May 2010? What as? Presumably Labour hasn't reselected him, the Tories won't want him and he hardly has the profile of a John Connelly or a Luke Kirton that would enable him to be elected as an independent. John an unknown quantity? Well if you don't know him after nearly 28 years I guess you never will. But he has already posted elsewhere that he opposes some of the current proposals so I have difficulty envisaging him becoming the saviour of this Conservative budget on the night. Likewise the Liberal Democrats have already made their position clear on some of the proposals by supporting the Labour amendment on Tuesday. I'm not quite sure how "getting rid of public transport" will "clear up pollution" and there are no proposals that I am aware of to ban buses from Hounslow, close train stations etc., but, moving swiftly on... The West Area Independents - a promise of area committee chairs? Like you say, I hardly think that one is a runner, considering. And so, we're back to the original conundrum - how to outvote 30 councillors in a council chamber comprising 60 councillors whilst allowing six of one's colleagues to mix their votes. That's accepting at face value that the ICG needs to be "allowed" to do anything - in fact we'll do as we please. No offence meant Dave, but I hope whoever is responsible for putting together Labour's alternative budget has a better head for figures than you have. |