Boundaries split plan a 'shambles'

“On second thoughts, I would restrict political party donations to a maximum of £100 per person with no company or group allowed to donate at all. Any Union funding would come directly from thousands of individual members, as they do now.

After all we are supposed to live in a democracy with one person's vote being equal to another, however wealthy or poor they are. So the maximum donation should be set at a level which almost all of us could manage if so desired.”

“Boundaries will be manipulated by whoever is in power. Ho , Ho the Boundary Commission is neutral you will say. Well, the government of the day are not neutral and they vote it in, or not. I am all for cutting bureaucracy, start with local councillors. Now they are paid they should work harder and cover more of the area's population . Better still, do not pay them as they never did years ago and plenty volunteered.
If North West joined with notts. it would get tainted by the tradition of voting Labour that Notts. seems too have, not Rushcliffe, which is a bad thing. I said Labour , not Socialist, as they gave up that idea in 1997 when BLiar took them over and sold them down the Trent to his capitalist chums. He's doing nicely though.”

“Bob

You missed out a response to to my first two paragraphs.

When the insults begin the argument is lost”

“democrat it is a shame you failed to learn comprehension and the importance of honesty and unselfishness plus the destructive nature of greed, at school.

As for political donations, I would restrict them to a maximum of £1000 per person or company. Any Union funds would come directly from thousands of individual members, as they do now.

I completely disagree with the Con policy of giving lucrative contracts to private companies that donate large sums to Con funds. This should be made illegal.

Why do you think that the Con party is mainly funded by over wealthy bankers and financiers who wish to keep their outrageous salaries and £million bonuses, plus private health company bosses who are being donated lucrative multi £million contracts to replace NHS services in return?”

“Bob

You missed Leicester City Council off the list - I wonder why?

Anyway, at least we now know that you cannot substantiate your accusation that the Government is forcing 'young families' out of 'Con' areas. We also know that you are happy with private rent as long as it is a Labour supporting landlord that is making the money.

I am intrigued by you obsession with donations to political parties though. I guess that Union donations are ok in your book (are they different in some way)?

We are making progress”

“gtnewparks, democrat, and any of your other names, why do you only know how to **** off Labour when the Conservative party is the worst for lining their own pockets from the public purse (and those of Con party donors) as can be seen from the Con government and Leicestershire council.”

“bob491 why do you only know how to **** off conservatives when the labour party are the worst for lining their own pockets from the public purse as can be seen from leicester council”

“Er Bob

She has two rental houses not one. I don't object by the way - nice to see our local public servants embracing the market economy - I am sure she is still really concerned about her 'tenants' though and all those young families seeking affordable housing! KERRCHING!! £££££££££££££££

I asked how the Government were forcing young familes OUT. You seem to be talking about young families struggling to get IN.

Please try a liitle harder when you go on a rant.”

“If two people come together each with their own house and they are unable to sell one of them in this desperate economic climate, it makes sense to rent one out to someone who does need one but can't afford a deposit on a mortgage. (Who can these days?) Isn't this much better than someone who keeps a second 'holiday' home which is rarely used, especially if they are not greedily charging over the odds for a badly maintained property?

The government forces out young families from villages because they do not insist on providing enough affordable housing there. This is aided by nimbys. But this also means that a leafy countryside constituency with 70,000 voters is likely to have many fewer people living there than a town constituency of 70,000 voters with large numbers of children, plus many others not on the voting register for one reason or another.

Constituencies should be equalised on the basis of the number of people, not on the number of registered voters. This could be achieved easily every ten years, in the year following a census return.

Andrew Bridgen, said: "I voted for equal-size communities". But as usual he was being dishonest. He did no such thing.”

“Thanks Bob for your slippery response as per usual. Can I assume that the Russell public sector and private rental empire is acceptable to you then?

I would be intrigued to hear how the Government is responsible for 'forcing young families out' though - if you dare.”