Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Liberal calls for more power
Most sensible people would be lost for words after hearing Cllr. Chris Foote-Wood, Liberal Democratic Vice Chair of the unelected North Assembly, calling for more power to be devolved to this "talking shop". Appearing before a Parliamentary Committee he urged more decision making and spending powers be given to the body (including authorising spending plans of up to 2 billion pounds.)
Just where was Mr. Foote-Wood when the people of the North-East massively defeated the pro assembly lobby in the referendum for an elected body? Such behemoths and hegenomies are NOT wanted in the North-East, and the people of South Shields would certainly NOT be happy at the prospect of millions of pounds worth of taxpayers' money being spent by an unelected non-accountable quango sitting atop the hill in Durham.
I sincerely hope that this is the message that will be taken back to him by Cllrs. Waggot and Malcolm our representatives on this Assembly.
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