Burnley Labour leader slams rivals over A&E 'broken promises' (From This Is Lancashire)

An A&E unit IS needed in Burnley, the idiots who closed the unit seem to have forgotten that the extra time it takes to rush to Blackburn in a serious emergency could well mean the difference between life and death,time is everything these days in serious emergencies and delays can be fatal.

Whether it comes back to burnley or stays in blackburn is irrelevant ,it was your slimy , dodgy claiming LABOUR mp Ussher who instigated this crass decision in the first place.
Ref broken promises ,your free-loading labour party have broken their promises for 13 years !!
That is why you are not in power don't you get it ?
Look at the state this country is in because of YOUR party !!

Truth ? You & your ilk don't know the meaning of the word !!

“Burnley Labour leader slams rivals over A&E 'broken promises'.”
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Labour leaders - Your not talking about the last lot that ruled for over thirteen years and failed us all are you?
That last lot were just an idea thought up by Tony Blair and his pet dog Gordon. But they fell out over who would be in charge, went off to play war games and despite the help of even the grim pufter himself nothing could be put right leaving us all broke.
The only ones to come out shoes shining bright were those who thought it all up in the first place. All are doing very nicely now thank you very much. Perhaps Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Jack Straw, John Prescott and uncle Tom Cobley and all, could loan us some of their acquired wealth.
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As for New Labour spokespersons - Shut up, you’ve done too much damage already!

Who closed it in the first place? Errr.....that would be Labour.

akon wrote:
Whether it comes back to burnley or stays in blackburn is irrelevant ,it was your slimy , dodgy claiming LABOUR mp Ussher who instigated this crass decision in the first place. Ref broken promises ,your free-loading labour party have broken their promises for 13 years !! That is why you are not in power don't you get it ? Look at the state this country is in because of YOUR party !! Truth ? You & your ilk don't know the meaning of the word !!

What he said!

time.team wrote:
“Burnley Labour leader slams rivals over A&E 'broken promises'.” - Labour leaders - Your not talking about the last lot that ruled for over thirteen years and failed us all are you? That last lot were just an idea thought up by Tony Blair and his pet dog Gordon. But they fell out over who would be in charge, went off to play war games and despite the help of even the grim pufter himself nothing could be put right leaving us all broke. The only ones to come out shoes shining bright were those who thought it all up in the first place. All are doing very nicely now thank you very much. Perhaps Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Jack Straw, John Prescott and uncle Tom Cobley and all, could loan us some of their acquired wealth. - As for New Labour spokespersons - Shut up, you’ve done too much damage already!

And him!

Talk about pot kettle black!! It was your lot, labour, the so called party of the people who closed the thing in the first place, everyone is now suffering because of labour, keep your mouth shut Cooper, hypocrite !!

hasslem hasslem wrote:
Who closed it in the first place? Errr.....that would be Labour.

And Him!
Can you reach out and feel the anger Cooper?
Can't fool any of the people any of the time anymore.
We will detest your corrupt party forever for the damage you have inflicted upon us.
You are nothing but a shameless shower of self-serving, duplicitous liars!

It really is beyond belief the way in which this hypocrite of a Labour councillor is trying to pretend that the new alliance government aren't doing enough to get a full A&E back at Burnley.
A&E was closed under a Labour government, with a Labour county council and a Labour council who all told us it was for our own good.

Any honest person will gasp in amazement at the arrogance of these NuLab sycophants who have no conscience and no concept of truth or honour.

Since the decision to downgrade our A&E was made, my garden gnome has done more towards trying to get the decision reversed than Burnley's Labour Party.
Kitty Ussher, Labour Lancashire County Councillors and the Labour Government all take the blame for the situation where you can collapse in the grounds of a well equipped hospital, yet they have to call an ambulance to take you to an A&E over 13 miles away, and where a new birthing centre is being built, yet the childrens ward was going to Blackburn.

At least Gordon Birtwistle is doing something about it, and has been for the past couple of years.
He never promised an instant solution after the election, what he did do, was promise to take the fight to parliament, which he is doing now, and from all reports, was doing within hours of getting to Westminster.

If you go into Burnley on a Saturday morning, about 10:30am, you will see Gordon Birtwistle there, talking to people, taking signatures on his petition, just as he did before the election.
Funnily, I've never seen Julie Cooper doing anything similar.

The report is a step in the right direction, and I wouldn't be surprised to see GP's pushing for a full A&E service in Burnley if the new system of health budget controls come into place, as they will hold some of the purse strings.
It was never going to be easy, or simple, but it was never going to be a possibility under Labour.

Can we get enlargements of your picture?
Our pub dartboard is worn out

It was under HER party that we lost it in the first place, at least Gordon is trying!

Look at how the ConDem activists come out on mass. Yes it was closed under labour hence why they commissioned a report which has now reported back and suggested opening a low level minor injuries clinic. This foes not however disguise the betrayal of the ConDems who all came out before the election promising to reopen A&E and once in power decided now to after all. This issue was even mentioned by David cameron's servant, nick Clegg in the leaders debate. This issue is not about the A&E as obviously all parties are unanimous in supporting the decision to locate it in Blackburn otherwise they would have reversed it. This decision is about telling lies to win power and then going back on your word when you get it which is exactly what birtwistle and Stephenson have done. As for Birtwistle fighting in parliament - what a joke. His own leader is just there to face the wrath
of the public for the wicked cuts
Inflicted on the poorest areas and prop up the Tories. If Nick clegg has no voice then birtwistle may as
well take another job in camerons
Household such as door opener or
Toilet flusher. If he was so
Powerful why is it that councils in te wealthy south are paying less to reduce the national debt than those in east lancs?

Yo might be able to con the Labour supporters who blindly follow the party, but not the rest of us.
Gone are the days when a donkey could be put up for election in Burnley and get elected. I may be wrong there!

mr plod wrote:
Look at how the ConDem activists come out on mass. Yes it was closed under labour hence why they commissioned a report which has now reported back and suggested opening a low level minor injuries clinic. This foes not however disguise the betrayal of the ConDems who all came out before the election promising to reopen A&E and once in power decided now to after all. This issue was even mentioned by David cameron's servant, nick Clegg in the leaders debate. This issue is not about the A&E as obviously all parties are unanimous in supporting the decision to locate it in Blackburn otherwise they would have reversed it. This decision is about telling lies to win power and then going back on your word when you get it which is exactly what birtwistle and Stephenson have done. As for Birtwistle fighting in parliament - what a joke. His own leader is just there to face the wrath of the public for the wicked cuts Inflicted on the poorest areas and prop up the Tories. If Nick clegg has no voice then birtwistle may as well take another job in camerons Household such as door opener or Toilet flusher. If he was so Powerful why is it that councils in te wealthy south are paying less to reduce the national debt than those in east lancs?

You had better hope they have a Rectal Unit.
Ask them how you ended up with your vocal chords up there!

Kev wrote:

mr plod wrote:
Look at how the ConDem activists come out on mass. Yes it was closed under labour hence why they commissioned a report which has now reported back and suggested opening a low level minor injuries clinic. This foes not however disguise the betrayal of the ConDems who all came out before the election promising to reopen A&E and once in power decided now to after all. This issue was even mentioned by David cameron's servant, nick Clegg in the leaders debate. This issue is not about the A&E as obviously all parties are unanimous in supporting the decision to locate it in Blackburn otherwise they would have reversed it. This decision is about telling lies to win power and then going back on your word when you get it which is exactly what birtwistle and Stephenson have done. As for Birtwistle fighting in parliament - what a joke. His own leader is just there to face the wrath of the public for the wicked cuts Inflicted on the poorest areas and prop up the Tories. If Nick clegg has no voice then birtwistle may as well take another job in camerons Household such as door opener or Toilet flusher. If he was so Powerful why is it that councils in te wealthy south are paying less to reduce the national debt than those in east lancs?

You had better hope they have a Rectal Unit.
Ask them how you ended up with your vocal chords up there!

Bang on!! What an ****!

mr plod wrote:
Look at how the ConDem activists come out on mass. Yes it was closed under labour hence why they commissioned a report which has now reported back and suggested opening a low level minor injuries clinic. This foes not however disguise the betrayal of the ConDems who all came out before the election promising to reopen A&E and once in power decided now to after all. This issue was even mentioned by David cameron's servant, nick Clegg in the leaders debate. This issue is not about the A&E as obviously all parties are unanimous in supporting the decision to locate it in Blackburn otherwise they would have reversed it. This decision is about telling lies to win power and then going back on your word when you get it which is exactly what birtwistle and Stephenson have done. As for Birtwistle fighting in parliament - what a joke. His own leader is just there to face the wrath of the public for the wicked cuts Inflicted on the poorest areas and prop up the Tories. If Nick clegg has no voice then birtwistle may as well take another job in camerons Household such as door opener or Toilet flusher. If he was so Powerful why is it that councils in te wealthy south are paying less to reduce the national debt than those in east lancs?

in correct plod - life-long labour supporter of approaching 45 years until the nero-esque machinations of you labour govt post about 2000.
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First few years seemed to be filled with hope and willingness to do the right thing. from about 2000 self-interest and self-preservation seemed to take over. witness the four legs good, two legs better attitude of the likes of usher and anderson at a local level as well as straw's inability to add-up being his exuces for over-claiming on his exes....try doing that at your place of work.
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last august i had cause to be transported over to blackburn (as opposed to burnley) after an accident in the village where i live. ok it wasn't life threatening - but it seems stupid to me that i had to be taken in a neighbour's car about 18 miles when burnley general is less than 4 miles from home and is supposed to cater for burnley population 73k, and pendle 89k (total >160k) - - daft, just plain daft.

Mr Plod - "telling lies to win power and then going back on your word when you get it" - did you manage to keep a straight face when you wrote this?

Message to Councillor Cooper - ensure brain is in gear before allowing mouth to operate. Had you done that on this occasion, you may have avoided a hugely embarrassing own goal.

Kev wrote:

akon wrote:
Whether it comes back to burnley or stays in blackburn is irrelevant ,it was your slimy , dodgy claiming LABOUR mp Ussher who instigated this crass decision in the first place. Ref broken promises ,your free-loading labour party have broken their promises for 13 years !! That is why you are not in power don't you get it ? Look at the state this country is in because of YOUR party !! Truth ? You & your ilk don't know the meaning of the word !!

What he said!

Oh purleeeese! Don't embarrass yourself agreeing with Wayne Stank like that. The div's a moron. If you follow that line of 'reasoning', then you'd have to condemn the current government for England's abject showing in the World Cup.

Anyone who believes the Labour government closed Burnley's A&E can't be playing with a full deck. It is a fact that the Labour Party created the National Health Service and has saved it on more than one occasion, and will always seek to improve it for the benefit of all. Record levels of funds were invested in Burnley (more than ever before) but the PCT and the Hospital Trust delivered nothing like acceptable levels of care and shot themselves in the foot. It had extremely little to do with the Labour party at all. Anyone thinking that is doing so through bitterness and the lack of basic knowledge over the specific circumstances.

It was Labour that caused all this and called it "MEETING PATIENTS NEEDS" now people get to the RBH on spinal boards from trauma accidents with the start of bed sores because they have been on the board to long 20 min max time i believe so patients are arriving at A & E with the start of a complication due to the time it takes to get there. GEE thanks labour never vote for you again

But Chris P Bacon, these PCTs and the Hospital Trusts were set up by NuLab so they should have seen what was happening.
As for your statement "It is a fact that the Labour Party created the National Health Service and has saved it on more than one occasion, and will always seek to improve it for the benefit of all" I really think that you are talking about a different Labour party to the present collection of missfits and rogues who are running it now.

DaveBurnley wrote:
But Chris P Bacon, these PCTs and the Hospital Trusts were set up by NuLab so they should have seen what was happening.
As for your statement "It is a fact that the Labour Party created the National Health Service and has saved it on more than one occasion, and will always seek to improve it for the benefit of all" I really think that you are talking about a different Labour party to the present collection of missfits and rogues who are running it now.

Well to start with, I'm no Labour fan and like the recent lot turfed out like them even less so my comments weren't to excuse what they did. Similarly, I also thought Ussher was a right waste of time. Being associated with the current set-up in Burnley though, and my wife is senior management there so knows more than me, we know for certain that the blame for the disgraceful closure of the A&E unit does not lay at Labour's door.

It was actually a Conservative government that started Trusts and, to be fair, when Labour were elected (repeatedly) they should have done away with them, but didn't. To get the most out of Trusts, they did, indeed, create PCTs but the government of any time cannot govern how they are managed, it's not their jobs. I think it's incredibly naive (malicious in Akon's case) to believe the closure of that unit was the fault of Labour. Let's face facts; if it WAS Labour's fault, then the present government will be re-opening it toot-de-sweet. But we're probably better off not holding our breath for that eventuality.