6 March - Bexley under siege by a Labour Government
The figures coming out of the Council Chamber last night suggest that that is
not an unreasonable headline and at ten o’clock last night Bexley Council formally confirmed what has been known for a month or two. They will raise
Council Tax by the maximum amount permitted by law, 4·99%, to which the profligate Labour Mayor will add even more.
CT up by more than twice the rate of inflation for the umpteenth year
in a row. Twenty odd years ago when Council Tax was being racked up to ever
higher levels I calculated how long it would be before the whole of my
pre-triple-lock pension
disappeared down that particular drain. Not as long as you might think. Perhaps I
should run the calculation again.
Listening live caused me to conclude that any fool could balance his budget if
he borrowed ten million to cover the deficit.
Maybe I will change my mind on a re-listen but some, well one at least, of the
speeches had me cringing in embarrassment and, something I often wondered about,
some Labour supporters do actually believe in the financial nonsense coming out
of 11 Downing Street. The voices of demented youth I thought but then the two young chaps from St. Mary’s &
St. John’s came along to restore some credibility to the debate.
Two and a half hours of speeches will take a long time to summarise. Reporting
is likely to be in short dribs and drabs over the coming week. There are too
many higher priorities at the moment.