It started almost as soon as the SNP formed the administration and to date it looks like this.
Elderly Wardens - Out of School Learning - Supported Study for Higher Pupils - Computer project for unemployed - Homeless Hostel - Area Housing Offices - Libraries - Museum - and now Park Rangers and park Keepers.
All of the above are SNP cuts in Renfrewshire and it won't stop here, the Central Library is now under threat as well.
What will it be next ? ask the SNP at Renfrewshire Council, I'm not sure if even they know other than to say that it will be whatever the council officers tell them to cut next.
I'm sorry squire the record's stuck, sorry squire the record's stuck, squire the record's stuck, the record's stuck, record's stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck, stuck
ReplyDeleteYeah, you keep reading the Paisley Depress, it must be true.
ReplyDelete(Anonymous) 18:27
ReplyDeleteThe list I gave is true except for the Park Rangers and Keepers, they haven’t gone yet but they are going.
I would be delighted for you to tell me that the libraries are not closing, the Housing offices are staying open, supported study is OK. Well ?
anon - March 18 2008 6:27PM
ReplyDeleteThe SNP record is still spinning isn't it what will the Tartan Tories cut next ?
Unfortunately these cuts are happening. It is expected that there will be over 80 full-time teachers positions being cut this summer, (the equivalent of a large high school) in order to make way for centrally funded NQT's.
ReplyDeleteNot a cut in numbers you might say but for pupils and the impact on their learning this is horrendous. Continuity is very important in school. Pupils get to know the teacher and a bond of trust develops.
Also because the teacher knows their class better there is less issues regarding discipline, which in turn improves learning & teaching.
Secondly the departmental budgets are being slashed over the next 4 years by up to 25%. Even more when you take into account inflation.
I don't care what anyone says, in the coming months and years when the cuts begin to bite and services begin to fail it'll be decades before the country lets the SNP anyway near government again.
Who is benefiting from the masses of money saved then?
ReplyDeleteBe careful how you answer Councillor.
You forget to mention that, yes the library may close for a while -as part of a 15 million pound investment plan which will transform the run down (by Labour) museum, art gallery, library and Town Hall into something fit for the modern world.
ReplyDeleteA new theatre, cafe, disabled facilities, full internal upgrade and state of the art environmental controls. Why don't you want all this ???
The SNP record is still spinning isn't it what will the Tartan Tories cut next ?
ReplyDeleteYou hopefully......
Terry I sympathise. What you are experiencing now is life in the east end of Glasgow. Represented by Labour councillors that do whatever Council Officers tell them.
ReplyDeleteGod knows I'm not defending the SNP but it seems to me that no party is entirely free of this.
You call them 'Tartan Tories'. A colleague of yours called them 'Nationalist Socialists'. Clearly both cannot apply yet Labour members continue to use them as a stick with which to beat the SNP.
ReplyDeleteLabour certainly are consistent at being inconsistent.
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ReplyDeleteTartan Tories? Is that the ones that are in a coalition with Tories on Stirling council?
it must be frustrating having the Revolutionary brothers of the peoples party in the council agreeing with the administration on a huge range of issues and you spouting the opposite on your wee blog.
(Anonymous) 18/03/08
ReplyDeleteCouncil services rise in cost each year like most things, this cost rise is met by among other things, council tax.
If you freeze council tax you will have a shortfall in money and something has to be cut.
The job losses and cuts are a price worth paying for the SNP because they have conned people into seeing them as the party who saved them money by freezing this tax.
You’ll find the word for this is dishonesty.
(Anonymous) 18/03/08
ReplyDeleteA new theatre IMO would not be viable there are already 3 other venues for theatre in Paisley which aren’t viable. The rest is fine with me.
The proposal to close the central library and relocate it as part of the town hall is a howler. It is part of the fabric of the town and is an asset, moving it to occupy part of another building is an insult, it devalues it’s worth and could only be contemplated by a bunch of Philistines like the SNP.
inallhonesty - rapier wit I congratulate you.
ReplyDelete(alana) 19/03/08
ReplyDeleteCouncillors are charged with producing a budget it then becomes a matter of priorities, ours (Labour) are different from the SNP’s we are seeing that very clearly in Renfrewshire.
(Anonymous) 15:02
ReplyDeleteYou are referring to a row where someone is alleged to have accused them of being ’national socialists’ which was corrected to nationalist socialists.
Had the former description stood the person saying it would have been reported by the SNP to the Standards Commission.
They are not in any way Socialists.
(Anonymous) 16:55
ReplyDeleteThe jibe upsets you because it’s true, who gave us the Tory years ? Who gave us Thatcher ? Who were the ‘turkeys voting for an early Christmas’ as Jim Callaghan said, why none other than the Braveheart SNP, remember.
National Socialists?, Tartan Tories?.
ReplyDeleteLets call them by their real name which is the next government of Scotland.
(Inallhonesty) 19:34
ReplyDeleteWith the enthusiastic support of the capitalist media they could well be, that’s what the media love about them, the fact that they are ’Tartan Tories’
shotgun wed. March 19 2008 9:38:00PM.
ReplyDeleteLose the sleaze.
Kelly @ 12.38
ReplyDeleteTerry, a friendly word in your shell-like.
You've alienated America,Israel, the Royal Family, Glasgow Fire Brigade, the Mormons, women and the British Army.
Now you're having a pop at Shotgun.
Carry on like this and you'll finish up as Billy No-Mates (except for Cllr Williams) and then you'll be sorry.
(Shotgun) 14:00
ReplyDelete(Shotgun) I will control my fear at this latest abusive outburst and say I am still not printing you until you clean up your sleazy act.
(Macnasty) 15:00
ReplyDeleteThat should read, some Americans, some Israelis, all Royals if any know about me ? Some Firefighters, some Mormons, some women and some British Military.
As for Shotgun ? I’ve a sneaky suspicion he’s not really that fierce, I hope it’s safe to say that about someone who talks tough and plays with toy guns.
'Five years and £5b to bring Scottish schools up to an acceptable physical standard.'
ReplyDeleteThis is after years of Labour stewardship.
Hang your head in shame for your party, Councillor
(Shotgun) 20/03/08 10:04:00 PM
ReplyDeleteI operate to certain standards, you clearly don’t have any.
Stop sending me sleaze and clean up your language and you will get printed.
(Anonymous) 20/03/08
ReplyDeleteThe SNP administration in Renfrewshire will cut £4.5 million from the education budget this year.
I think you should put on that pointy hat and stand in the corner.
Terry,
ReplyDeleteDid Labour close any libraries in Renfrewshire? If so how many?
(Mother Abigail) 13:45
ReplyDeleteI have never said that nothing should ever close, Labour would look at each case on it’s merits.
The SNP are destroying services to vulnerable people in a bean counting exercise, people, particularly poor vulnerable people mean nothing to them.
Kelly @ 3.39
ReplyDeleteHow many libraries DID Labour close then? And what happened to the staff?
And are you saying that the SNP, unlike Labour, are not 'looking at each case on it's merits,' but are deliberately targetting already deprived areas?
(Macnasty) 17:06
ReplyDeleteDo your own research.
The answer to the last question is yes.
Mr Kelly
ReplyDeleteIn answer to mother abs earlier query, let me provide you with the stats.
1996 Houston Library closed by Labour
1996 Inchinnan Libary closed by Labour
1996 Langbank Library closed by Labour
1997 Brookefield Library closed by labour
1992 Howwood Library closed by Labour
1998 Johnstone Castle Library closed by Labour
1998 Johnstone Youth Library closed by Labour
1998 Kilbarchan Library closed by labour
2004 Spateston Library closed by Labour
Of course these were all GOOD closures. Not like those bad old SNP closures that threaten the very fabric of our existence
Get a life Mr Kelly.
So the word according to Kelly is that the SNP is deliberately targetting deprived areas when it comes to Library closures.
ReplyDeleteCould it be that usage in these areas didn't justify keeping the library open - you're the councillor, I suggest you do some research.
And the libraries Labour closed, why exactly did they close them?
(slightlyrightofleft) 20:28
ReplyDeleteLabour were in power for 27 Yrs. We opened some and closed some, I’ve never denied that.
The SNP have been power for under a year and closed 4 so, if you like stats, Renfrewshire will have no Libraries in 3 years time. Labour closed an average of 1 every 3 years and the SNP at this rate would, over the same period close, let‘s see 27 x 4, wow 107 closures !
You would have to invade other councils to maintain your ratio, there is no doubt about it you are the best when it comes to closures.
Do you want to count area housing offices as well ? Let’s compare those stats. Stats are great fun aren’t they.
And you told me to “get a life”
NEWSflash.
ReplyDeleteVulnerable poor people set to be axed by the SNP Labour opposes it.
I liked Labour voting with the Tories to try and block SNP plans to restrict the right to buy scheme. Dont Labour like social housing anymore?
More stats to come Terry.
ReplyDeleteIt is actually quite amazing the things that Labour have buried over the years.
I will drip feed these to you over the coming months.
I am delighted to have your forum as a means of unearthing some of these facts which will cause red faces on the previous administration.
You are so thick that you do not understand that 99% of visitors to your site treat you as a pathetic parody.
Within the coucil walls you have become the subject of much mirth.
You have become a valuable asset to the new administration.
Keep it up Terry, as life would be dull without your nonsensical rantings
(Macnasty) 21/03/08
ReplyDeleteDo you really expect me to do research for you.
(Anonymous) 21/03/08
ReplyDeleteAbolishing the right to buy like the abolition of prescription charges is a cynical SNP stunt the bottom line is that neither of them will be of any great benefit to the poor in society.
I don’t recall the SNP running with this policy at election time.
They continue to ‘chase the money
(slightlyrightofleft) 21/03/08
ReplyDeleteThis post has the clear ring of untruth about it, you try too hard and give it away
Kelly @ 10.58
ReplyDeleteForget researching for me Councillor.
Just give the background thinking behind Labours library closures.
(Macnasty) 18:44
ReplyDeleteYou insist in asking me to carry out research for you, do it yourself.
Terry,
ReplyDeleteIs it not the case that housing offices are actually being replaced with centres that can people can access with more facilities than just being a rent office?
Please correct me if I am wrong.
(Anonymous) 11:46
ReplyDeleteA reduction in wardens, the removal of £4.5 million from the education budget, the closure of Libraries, the closure of nurseries, the closure of housing area offices Etc. Etc.
It depends who you believe, the SNP tell us that all of the above will result in better service so, you have to make up your mind.
They have lied about all of these including area offices.
"It depends who you believe, the SNP tell us that all of the above will result in better service so, you have to make up your mind."
ReplyDeleteYou didn't answer my question Terry.
(Anonymous) 28/03/08
ReplyDeleteYou mean I didn’t give you the answer you wanted.