KIRKLEES CONS MASOCHISM
Ever since the Tory/Lib Dem unholy alliance decided to ignore need in allocating grants to Local Authorities, Eric has been robbing the North to give to the South.Remember, this money is collected in tax by the Government from the North and only part is passed back to the Local Areas it is collected in. Remember also the largest part of this "Grant" is used to pay for the services the Government say we have to provide.
This years "settlement" is particularly insulting, in that whilst most areas of the North, which tend to be poorer areas, are being subjected to damaging cuts, some areas of the South, where Eric lives, are receiving more money.
Now most people in the North and nearly all economic institutions think this highly unfair, in fact all but one Group on Kirklees Council do. Last week Kirklees Council debated the settlement and were presented the evidence of its unfairness from multiple sources. For some inexplicable reason, the Conservative Group decided that it was only fair that the Rich South should get more money than the Poor North. Robert Light stated that it was only fair, whilst David Hall chanted his increasingly boring playground mantra "it wasn't us sir, it was the big boys who were here before us".
One can only deduce from this masochistic display that the Tories support the cuts and will be putting forward a budget to cut the services in areas where people have voted for this unfair cut by voting Conservative.
