CONFUCIUS SAYS...

Only a Tameside councillor who purports to represent the residents of Mottram & Longdendale would have the 'brass neck' to publish an election leaflet, promising ‘a strong voice for Longdendale on Tameside council’ in which they tell of their introduction of a ‘shop local loyalty scheme’ to protect the independent retailers of the area; especially when one considers that it was only, 4 years ago that that same councillor chose to totally ignore her constituents; many who had lobbied and pleaded; despite over 3000 letters being delivered to Downing Street and hundreds of letters from local independent traders, emails and personal calls from residents for the local Labour councillors to stand with them  and refuse planning permission for TESCO to build a business destroying superstore, on their doorstep!

(Less the councillor forgets, we are still waiting to hear her explanation as to her 'promise' that once the giant superstore was built, 450 jobs would be created. However, once built, it turned out to be only 300!)

This was followed by yet another spurious election claim of; ‘Getting tough with pay-day lenders’ this again is total nonsense as ‘local councillors’ have no power what-so-ever to ‘get tough’ with anyone without primary legislation, which again is totally dependent on (a) the subject being included in a future Labour Party Manifesto and (b) Ed Miliband winning overall power in 2015.

Therefore, provided Labour wins an outright victory, it could well be 2017-18 before the law curbing the business ethics of pay-day lenders could possibly be passed and the councillors ‘promise’ realised. – In fact just in time to be released for the next bout of local election fictitious ‘promises’!

How these people have the audacity to make ‘promises’ at election time over which they cannot possibly have any influence, could be interpreted as being deliberate voter deception.