Congratulations to Cambridgeshire County Council for voting themselves "Knobheads of The Year".
How did they achieve this magnificent award?
Simples!
Despite protests outside Shire Hall, Cambridgeshire County councillors voted themselves a 25% pay rise.
What??
Even though we are in the middle of a recession, and facing years of austerity?
How could they possibly be so insensitive, arrogant and selfish?
Simples!
According to a review panel councillors were ‘undervalued’, on their existing allowances, and a rise to £9,500 was needed to allow ‘local democracy to prosper’.
Pass the sick bag someone!
Council Leader Nick Clarke does very nicely out of the deal. His pay rises from £29,246 to £38,000.
Remember folks, the more money councillors get the more "local democracy prospers!"
Councils are the enemies of the people, and Cambridgeshire County Council are Knobheads of The Year!
BTW, they are Tories!
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No, in my humble opinion, this isn't "allowing democracy to prosper", it's sheer greed and crass insensitivity at a time when ordinary people are struggling to make ends meet, and facing unprecedented cuts in public services. This is the same council that has cut all subsidies to bus operaters, which is likely to result in widespread withdrawal of uneconomic but socially necessary bus services, although this has been subject to a legal challenge. Nice to see they have their priorities rigjht, isn't it? A very well-deserved award!
ReplyDeleteA well deserved award indeed!
ReplyDeleteThis just illustrates the fact that Nanny lives in a completely different world to the rest of us.
It would appear that the only democratic process that these greedy fuckers recognise is that which got them voted into office in the first place.
ReplyDeleteOnce safely entrenched in their positions they have totally ignored the protesters who were exercising their democratic right to voice an opinion on where their taxes were being spent in regard to these totally unjustified pay rises.
Any fool who votes for the Lib/Lab/Con trick gets what they deserve - sadly, the rest of us who don't still get shafted.
ReplyDeleteI think it will only end when they fear for their personal safety - still I am sure they will then hire extra security and armoured limos (as in the good old days of the USSR)at our expense. But, seriously, while I do not advocate violence they are so cosseted from the real world and happy to rub the 'hard working famalies' noses in their excesses, that unless something seriously threatens them more than just a few placard waving plebs (as they view us) nothing will change. Desperate times produce desperate measures I am afraid.
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