14 September (Part 2) - A deceptionist’s delight
If
you are not on Twitter, and from tomorrow I might not be, you may not know that
a new facility was introduced last month; you can restrict who can reply to your comment.
This is an absolute boon to liars, crooks and Bexley Conservatives. They are now
free to lie their socks off content in the knowledge that no one can correct them on Twitter.
It is the sort of
dictatorial Conservatism that has unfortunately become the norm.
So the local Labour party cannot counter the Tory’s dishonesty. Bexley-is-Bonkers,
while a shadow of its former self fortunately can.
Ten years ago Bexley Council sold its Howbury Estate in Slade Green for £14
million to Redrow Homes and decided that nearly half of the proceeds should be spent on the
wealthier parts of the borough leaving only around 8 million for Slade Green.
2,280 residents protested about the loss of facilities and the price increases
proposed on those that were to be reinstated.
What the Labour Councillors voted against was the effective theft of £6
million by Bexley Council from the most deprived area in the borough.
In 2011 it was reported that 36·5% of children in Slade Green were living in
poverty, 36% left school with no qualifications at all and that the ward was in
the top 5% of most deprived wards in the country. Bexley Council had not
consulted sufficiently and was reducing their investment below what was possible
choosing to spend their windfall where there were more votes to be had.