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Had a chuckle over Lib Dems

11:09am Wednesday 8th July 2009

I HAD to chuckle when I spotted a statement from Cornwall Council’s Liberal Democrat Group this week.

Cut this utter waste of money

10:38am Wednesday 1st July 2009

THE new Cornwall Council now has its line up – the Government-styled cabinet which will take the new authority forward - and the first words uttered by the new leader Alec Robertson was about tightening the belt and cutting out wasteful expenditure.

Funding bodies need educating

10:08am Wednesday 24th June 2009

IT seems that at a blink of the eye, or flick of the fingers, millions of pounds of funding from the taxpayer can be secured on behalf of Cornwall’s university.

We’ll battle on in spite of RDA

10:43am Wednesday 17th June 2009

THE Regional Development Agency’s decision to pull the plug on Falmouth’s cruise terminal plans is nothing short of a fingers up sign on Falmouth – a case of “hard luck, we have little money and what we have got you are not getting.”

Biggest loser is democracy

9:50am Wednesday 10th June 2009

Well the elections are over and Labour got the drubbing that they deserved. The Conservatives appear to have done well but the turnout of voters was frankly appalling. Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats lost control of the county at last. They probably weren't helped by publishing leaflets insulting the competition. I would love to be a fly on the wall in that little inquest!

I’m waiting for a good bus service

12:29pm Wednesday 3rd June 2009

When will the public transport system in Cornwall be something everyone can be proud of?

I’m keeping my good eye open!

10:42am Wednesday 27th May 2009

CORNWALL’S Lib Dem MPs have welcomed the announcement on expenses reform that will put the emphasis on transparency and accountability. I bet they have. They smell an election on the horizon and don’t want any more dirty linen washed in public.

Expenses and more expenses

11:51am Wednesday 20th May 2009

THE scandal that has involved our MPs during the past week has made good reading whatever your views. But methinks there is much more to it than meets the eye – and we will never know the real truth.



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