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Written by Alan Marsden. The views expressed here may not be shared by the entire association.
Saturday, 12 April, 2008
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Tuesday, 08 April, 2008
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Sunday, 06 April, 2008
| Letter of the Week 28/3/08 |
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I HAVE noted Kitty Ussher's vigorous campaigning on the future of post offices in her constituency and find it interesting she abstained in the recent House of Commons vote on a motion opposing the post office closure programme.
Is it the case that constituents' interests and intervention in contentious local issues are absolutely splendid ideals, provided they do not interfere with personal professional ambitions?
EDDIE GREEN Leaverholme Close, Cliviger
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It was good to see our large advert in the Burnley Express on 7th March 2008.
| Letter of Week 7/3/08 |
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Caution over passes
RE. the free off-peak bus passes for over-60s and disabled people. In December 2006, Kitty Ussher said: "I whole heartedly welcome the new Bill which will make the old boundaries irrelevant and allow pensioners and disabled people free off-peak travel, if they wanted they could even travel to Cornwall."
However, anyone thinking of making a lengthy journey using their free bus pass should be aware that these passes are for local services only and cannot be used on National Express buses. This means a journey to Cornwall will require several changes en route and given the speed of local buses this will probably mean the journey will take more than one day. This is hardly the picture Kitty painted when she made the above statement.
MR TERENCE ROBINSON Briercliffe Road, Burnley
www.burnleyexpress.net
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Defeated Mr Rowe said: "I'm not sorry we brought this case. I think it is good we brought it because it establishes what the law is. I don't want to be on bad terms with Mr Reynolds because a time may come when we will both be councillors.
www.burnleyexpress.net
| Too Little, far too late |
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It's good news that the Burnley Labour Party, which has been claiming Council Tax Relief on its premises due to a spurious claim made back in the early 90s that it possessed charitable status, is to repay over £8,000 in lost council tax revenue. Great. So why does this sum only go back to 2005?
Well done Burnley Labour. You managed to save 15 years' worth of Council Tax there. Well done indeed.
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Why is MP Kitty Ussher issuing press releases campaigning to save our Post Offices, when she failed to vote in Parliament to save them? Does this woman think we're stupid??
| Well Done, Sixth Form Centre |
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Well done to Mr JS Smith and all the staff of the new Burnley Sixth Form Centre for impressing OFSTED so well. This is a ray of light on the otherwise bleak BSF lanscape.
Other towns beware: If a Labour Government or County Council offers you sweets in exchange for knocking down and rebuilding all your schools, run away and call tell a grown-up.
Friday, 25 January, 2008
| Perceptive Dave |
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'Burnley MP Kitty Ussher has pledged to fight any prospective [post office] closures, if they affect her constituents' access to postal services.'
-www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
'No doubt she will go for a little protest walk with some residents just to get her photo in the local press.
Then she can cry her crocodile tears as her party allows the post offices to be closed.'
-Dave, Burnley
Sunday, 06 January, 2008
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Congratulations to Kitty Ussher MP on the birth of her second child.
Thursday, 03 January, 2008
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"Marcus Johnstone, county council cabinet member for education, hit back and said "schools run themselves not us".
Lancashire Telegraph
Can you believe that the numpty who constructed that sentence is in charge of an entire county's education system??
Labour at its best.
Wednesday, 26 December, 2007
| Letter of the Week 14/12/07 |
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Welcome rail news
THANK goodness for the improvements in the rail service to Manchester. If things carry on as they are doing the people of Burnley and surrounding areas will be visiting Manchester to find a hospital with the capability of operating on them.
MR TERENCE ROBINSON Briercliffe Road, Burnley
www.burnleyexpress.net
| BNP Shame |
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A teacher at school in Barnoldswick recently informed me of BNP activists handing out leaflets to school children, even asking them to display such papers around their school.
How low will these people stoop?
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