Flakey is Wighteye’s old banger, limping on until it’s MOT runs out in March, the decision is made, it’s going for recycling and I’ll have to share Mrs Wighteye’s newer model (Hannah)! I can comfort myself with the thought that it is a green, more environmentally friendly decision and that I can take advantage of [...]
Archive for January, 2008
It never rains but it pours
Posted in General, tagged cuts in bus services, Isle of Wight, Southern Vectis, Tory Council on January 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Further crackpot ideas for the Tory Council
Posted in General, tagged Isle of Wight Council, Tory on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
1 Replace teachers with classroom assistants as it is cheaper
2 Withdraw all grants to Arts Organisations as they are a waste of time and we all know that no good comes from being creative or thinking for oneself
3 Reduce transport subsidies just as local community services are withdrawn
4 Follow the lead taken in East Cowes in 2007, remove all [...]
Disembowelling communities
Posted in General, tagged Isle of Wight, Primary School closures, Tory Council on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
First it was the closure of Post Offices, now our Tory Council wants to put the boot in. No longer the firefighters (Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew etc), they’ve ignited public opinion with their proposals to close 23 of the Island’s 46 Primary Schools. To me it smacks of a return to Thatcherite policies and I [...]
