

"There must be a seat at the table for everyone. We have a very real chance at something remarkable. "The question remains whether we will grasp it or waste it." Read Linzi McLaren: tinyurl.com/46n2cure
ruth allum
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Allum (nee Colville) I'm a 68yr old wife to himself. Mother of 2, granny of one. I play golf. Poorly 😬 Demonic clown. Proud to be an old fool.


"There must be a seat at the table for everyone. We have a very real chance at something remarkable. "The question remains whether we will grasp it or waste it." Read Linzi McLaren: tinyurl.com/46n2cure





I’m sat in my first Essex County Council meeting on Monday morning, listening to a councillor induction presentation. ‘Any questions?’ asks an officer. A hand goes up. ‘Yes’ says a recently elected Labour member. ‘Do I get a pension as a councillor?’. His first question was about how much money he gets. Not procedure, or meeting dates or where the loos are… but how much cash he can grab. Same old Labour.


Is the benefits system too generous? JCB chairman Lord Bamford has warned Britain "can’t get away" with people receiving up to £60,000 a year in benefits, saying soaring welfare costs risk a public ‘revolt’. Is he right? Is the benefits system out of control?






To clarify re Burnham (re 5 Live interview earlier): He remains Mayor of Gtr Man until/if he is elected MP for Makerfield. At that point he would legally forfeit his mayoral position and a GM Mayoral by-election process begins. If he loses in Makerfield he could continue as mayor

I would say this is probably the greatest joke ever written for the sheer fact of how many times your Dad or Granddad has said this line when an ambulance or Police car goes by with its sirens on







BBC News - Katie Simpson: Ex-PSNI detective made 'dismissive' remarks in case, documents show - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
