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Pawnshop Politics | kilfoyleonpolitics
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January 9, 2017. Many of you will recall the cheap sale of Liverpool City Council’s landmark offices, Millennium House. At the time, it was claimed that it was a steal at a price of around a third of the original independent valuation. The deal went along with a substantial subsequent upgrade in the building by the council, and included two cash cows a gymnasium and parking spaces. What due diligence is being done on potential buyers? What independent valuations have been done, and by whom? Address never...
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Unity is Strength | kilfoyleonpolitics
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December 14, 2016. There is a Biblical saying that a house divided against itself cannot stand. Looking around the world of politics today, it is striking how true this is. Post the Brexit vote, and with the election of Donald Trump as President of the USA, we can readily see how divided internally nations are on key issues. There are those who have been over confident in Labour success in the metro-mayoral elections due next May. They should wake up to reality. Those elections will be the next m...You a...
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Protecting our Young | kilfoyleonpolitics
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September 4, 2016. A shocking report was listed online by the Echo on Saturday evening. This is neither the best day nor the best way to inform the people of Liverpool of how they are being let down. The report stems from a joint inspection under the Children’s Act, and was compiled by Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary, and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation. One would think that, given their respective experiences, the two men who dominate all. Decision...
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New Year, New Politics | kilfoyleonpolitics
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New Year, New Politics. December 31, 2016. When I went for my Echo , I was given a promotional free gift with it. It was a two-roll pack of toilet paper! Follow the Money →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out. On Protecting our...
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September | 2016 | kilfoyleonpolitics
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September 30, 2016. September 30, 2016. A beguiling story emerges from a press report yesterday. A Grade 2 listed building goes up in flames on a prestigious and expensive site in Woolton. No one yet knows how the mystery blaze began, whether by accident or arson; but the rumour mill turns. The developers had high hopes for top end luxury homes on the sought-after site. Their names? The question of due diligence arises amongst those who allow this to happen. Now, I know that the mayor and council in ...
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Education Blues | kilfoyleonpolitics
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December 4, 2016. For once, I can say that I wholeheartedly agree on something with Mayor Anderson. His complaint about the Government’s failure to have a meaningful consultation on proposed NHS restructuring, struck a chord. I just hope that Mayor Anderson now applies the same thinking to any more proposals HE wishes to dump unannounced, on the city of Liverpool. It is particularly worrying to note the parlous educational standards in the boroughs of Liverpool and Knowsley. Unlike the rest of the ci...
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January | 2017 | kilfoyleonpolitics
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January 28, 2017. January 28, 2017. We are constantly told that the elusive quality of leadership is missing from contemporary politics; but what exactly is meant by leadership is a more difficult matter! The issue today is more focussed upon the notion of the leader rather than leadership per se. What do you do about an egomaniac as leader, especially if s/he heads up a supine and craven group of fellow travellers? How do you deal with a leader who blatantly lies and abuses with carefree abandon? It is ...
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A Christmas Carol | kilfoyleonpolitics
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December 19, 2016. 8220;Christmas is coming, the developers are getting fat,. Please put a fortune in the rich man’s hat. If you do not have a fortune, a contract will do,. If you haven’t got a contract then a grant is good, too.”. I know, I know I should be singing about a goose in the old Christmas song! Services must come first. Likewise, local businesses, paying their way locally and nationally, should be fostered wherever possible, rather than outside fly-by-nights being fast-tracked to indecent gai...
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November | 2016 | kilfoyleonpolitics
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November 25, 2016. Consider this: a politician wins power on the back of a litany of lies, and phoney promises. He such politicians are still invariably male is a crook, whose interest is himself, not the electorate. He treats public office as a business, not as a position of service. Do you recognise this template of so-called leadership? Is this the current role-model around which ambitious acolytes might coalesce? What ought to be different for those who consider themselves progressive, are the core v...
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Fake News and Alternative Facts. February 12, 2017. February 12, 2017. Perhaps it is a penalty of age that I tend to look back to when there were simple expectations of the media. It used to be assumed that there were basic standards to which all subscribed. For example, although a particular gloss might be put on an issue, the factual truth of a given issue was invariably agreed by all. Purpose other than to claw in more profits? Amongst many things, the letter claimed an investment in excess of 672 mil...
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