Darwen deprived area ‘is missing out on vital funds’ (From This Is Lancashire)

1 - to quote from the above article .

Labour Councillor Eileen Entwistle, who also represents the Sudell ward, said: “The £1million for Shadsworth was nothing to do with the council, it was given by the Lottery without an application, and a lot of work has gone on there to consult and set up a committee.”

I see - so one day the Lottery people decided "Let's give Shad a million quid , not that they've asked for it " .

Bit far-fetched don't you think ?

What isn't far-fetched is that the first thing Labour do is set up a committee . Oooh , we can claim expenses .

2 - I have to agree with Paul and Roy .

Yes I do vote Liberal - locally - as I regard them as the best for our community - though not in General Elections as I regard Clegg (and Cable) as halfwits .

Where exactly are the boundaries , by the way ? - I notice that Nancy St. and Bank St. houses have been done up beautifully , but up in Sudell - nothing .

Yes it's political .

3 - Anyone any news on The Highfield ? (Glad it's gone by the way ) .

Most Blackburn councillors are Muslim anyway so they will always push for investment into their own areas.It is up to Darwen to push harder for cash.

fireonthemountain wrote:
1 - to quote from the above article .

Labour Councillor Eileen Entwistle, who also represents the Sudell ward, said: “The £1million for Shadsworth was nothing to do with the council, it was given by the Lottery without an application, and a lot of work has gone on there to consult and set up a committee.”

I see - so one day the Lottery people decided "Let's give Shad a million quid , not that they've asked for it " .

Bit far-fetched don't you think ?

What isn't far-fetched is that the first thing Labour do is set up a committee . Oooh , we can claim expenses .

2 - I have to agree with Paul and Roy .

Yes I do vote Liberal - locally - as I regard them as the best for our community - though not in General Elections as I regard Clegg (and Cable) as halfwits .

Where exactly are the boundaries , by the way ? - I notice that Nancy St. and Bank St. houses have been done up beautifully , but up in Sudell - nothing .

Yes it's political .

3 - Anyone any news on The Highfield ? (Glad it's gone by the way ) .

Very occasionally Coun Davies & Browne say something sensible - unfortunately these comments are not in this category !

* The money in Shad was indeed lottery money & nothing to do with the Council - who did not apply for it. The £1m is over 10 years - hardly a mega amount. And Councillors CANNOT claim any expenses for sitting on any Committee connected to this funding.
* Both Sudell & Ewood wards have recently received extra funding for various schemes based on deprivation index
* Sudell ward IS NOT the most deprived ward in the Borough. It is the 7th most deprived - it is, however, the most deprived within Darwen.
* Quite rightly, Sudell Ward has a great Sure Start Centre & Community Centre - no other ward in Darwen has these, apart from a Childrens Centre in Earcroft Ward.
* Sudell Ward has the best & biggest play area in Darwen (Olive Ln)
* Nancy St & Bank St etc are in Sunnyhurst Ward and the houses in that area have had about £12k each spent on them. Coun Davies & Browne were AGAINST the HMR scheme that enabled these houses to be done up. When money was available for housing they didn't want it in their ward !
* Coun Davies also campaigned against Darwen Academy at Sudell Rd and all the benefits that it has brought. Indeed Coun Davies gave evidence at the public enquiry that helped to waste nearly £1m of taxpayers money - money that could have been spent in Sudell Ward.
* Both nationally & locally Coun Browne & Davies both support deals with the Tories. The Government has taken away £millions from deprived areas like Sudell.
* Given the above facts how anyone can think that these 2 councillors are good for Sudell is rather baffling !

Last I heard about the Highfield is that some private hire firms want it as a taxi base.

In reply to Reality50 most Blackburn Councillors are NOT muslim - I'm not sure how many of the Darwen Councillors are christian ?

fireonthemountain wrote:
1 - to quote from the above article .

Labour Councillor Eileen Entwistle, who also represents the Sudell ward, said: “The £1million for Shadsworth was nothing to do with the council, it was given by the Lottery without an application, and a lot of work has gone on there to consult and set up a committee.”

I see - so one day the Lottery people decided "Let's give Shad a million quid , not that they've asked for it " .

Bit far-fetched don't you think ?

What isn't far-fetched is that the first thing Labour do is set up a committee . Oooh , we can claim expenses .

2 - I have to agree with Paul and Roy .

Yes I do vote Liberal - locally - as I regard them as the best for our community - though not in General Elections as I regard Clegg (and Cable) as halfwits .

Where exactly are the boundaries , by the way ? - I notice that Nancy St. and Bank St. houses have been done up beautifully , but up in Sudell - nothing .

Yes it's political .

3 - Anyone any news on The Highfield ? (Glad it's gone by the way ) .

Very occasionally Coun Davies & Browne say something sensible - unfortunately these comments are not in this category !

* The money in Shad was indeed lottery money & nothing to do with the Council - who did not apply for it. The £1m is over 10 years - hardly a mega amount. And Councillors CANNOT claim any expenses for sitting on any Committee connected to this funding.
* Both Sudell & Ewood wards have recently received extra funding for various schemes based on deprivation index
* Sudell ward IS NOT the most deprived ward in the Borough. It is the 7th most deprived - it is, however, the most deprived within Darwen.
* Quite rightly, Sudell Ward has a great Sure Start Centre & Community Centre - no other ward in Darwen has these, apart from a Childrens Centre in Earcroft Ward.
* Sudell Ward has the best & biggest play area in Darwen (Olive Ln)
* Nancy St & Bank St etc are in Sunnyhurst Ward and the houses in that area have had about £12k each spent on them. Coun Davies & Browne were AGAINST the HMR scheme that enabled these houses to be done up. When money was available for housing they didn't want it in their ward !
* Coun Davies also campaigned against Darwen Academy at Sudell Rd and all the benefits that it has brought. Indeed Coun Davies gave evidence at the public enquiry that helped to waste nearly £1m of taxpayers money - money that could have been spent in Sudell Ward.
* Both nationally & locally Coun Browne & Davies both support deals with the Tories. The Government has taken away £millions from deprived areas like Sudell.
* Given the above facts how anyone can think that these 2 councillors are good for Sudell is rather baffling !

Last I heard about the Highfield is that some private hire firms want it as a taxi base.

In reply to Reality50 most Blackburn Councillors are NOT muslim - I'm not sure how many of the Darwen Councillors are christian ?

Oh - the Sudell ward boundaries are Argyle St - Sudell Rd (east of railway line) up to Roman Rd.

Most of the investment in Darwen has gone into the town centre - the new health centre, the new leisure centre, the new Market Square, the Academy. Altogether over £30 million of investment.

For some reason, the town centre is in Sunnyhurst ward, not Sudell ward. But it would have been daft to have put these buildings in Sudell ward not in the Town Centre.

History shows Muslim councillors look after their own -and I am not knocking that-but it is such a shame our own councillors can't look after us-but sadly they are only after looking after themselves.

english rose 1 wrote:

fireonthemountain wrote:
1 - to quote from the above article .

Labour Councillor Eileen Entwistle, who also represents the Sudell ward, said: “The £1million for Shadsworth was nothing to do with the council, it was given by the Lottery without an application, and a lot of work has gone on there to consult and set up a committee.”

I see - so one day the Lottery people decided "Let's give Shad a million quid , not that they've asked for it " .

Bit far-fetched don't you think ?

What isn't far-fetched is that the first thing Labour do is set up a committee . Oooh , we can claim expenses .

2 - I have to agree with Paul and Roy .

Yes I do vote Liberal - locally - as I regard them as the best for our community - though not in General Elections as I regard Clegg (and Cable) as halfwits .

Where exactly are the boundaries , by the way ? - I notice that Nancy St. and Bank St. houses have been done up beautifully , but up in Sudell - nothing .

Yes it's political .

3 - Anyone any news on The Highfield ? (Glad it's gone by the way ) .

Very occasionally Coun Davies & Browne say something sensible - unfortunately these comments are not in this category !

* The money in Shad was indeed lottery money & nothing to do with the Council - who did not apply for it. The £1m is over 10 years - hardly a mega amount. And Councillors CANNOT claim any expenses for sitting on any Committee connected to this funding.
* Both Sudell & Ewood wards have recently received extra funding for various schemes based on deprivation index
* Sudell ward IS NOT the most deprived ward in the Borough. It is the 7th most deprived - it is, however, the most deprived within Darwen.
* Quite rightly, Sudell Ward has a great Sure Start Centre & Community Centre - no other ward in Darwen has these, apart from a Childrens Centre in Earcroft Ward.
* Sudell Ward has the best & biggest play area in Darwen (Olive Ln)
* Nancy St & Bank St etc are in Sunnyhurst Ward and the houses in that area have had about £12k each spent on them. Coun Davies & Browne were AGAINST the HMR scheme that enabled these houses to be done up. When money was available for housing they didn't want it in their ward !
* Coun Davies also campaigned against Darwen Academy at Sudell Rd and all the benefits that it has brought. Indeed Coun Davies gave evidence at the public enquiry that helped to waste nearly £1m of taxpayers money - money that could have been spent in Sudell Ward.
* Both nationally & locally Coun Browne & Davies both support deals with the Tories. The Government has taken away £millions from deprived areas like Sudell.
* Given the above facts how anyone can think that these 2 councillors are good for Sudell is rather baffling !

Last I heard about the Highfield is that some private hire firms want it as a taxi base.

In reply to Reality50 most Blackburn Councillors are NOT muslim - I'm not sure how many of the Darwen Councillors are christian ?

Oh - the Sudell ward boundaries are Argyle St - Sudell Rd (east of railway line) up to Roman Rd.

Politicians look after who they think provide them with their votes. They are ‘bought’ by those voters to help look after their own particular affairs. The voting population remains low because of the low trust in politicians as a whole just as much as the weather during that particular voting day. Not an ideal situation!

It’s all down to statistics as ‘english rose 1’ knows only too well. We don’t know who vote or for what reason nor how knowledgeable they are about why they vote. The majority vote because that is how they have always voted which is why Blackburn remains an old Labour voting area and for no other reason. Anyone would be voted into power under that badge for no other reason as can be seen within the Blackburn political structure from the top down. Those who vote get what they vote for and those who don‘t can’t complain. But nobody knows who voted or why they did so. A political mystery?

PS - Roy Davis would be the one to get my vote within that area. The others get it because of old party loyalty. He and his party have to earn it, and they do!

English Rose -

My thanks for your reply .

You have certainly brought up something(s) of which I was unaware .

Specifically -

That the million for Shad is over 10 years .

Councillors cannot claim expenses for attending said meetings .

I look forward to your links to these "facts" .

Now -

What was it again ?

Voted against £12,000 per house being spent in a different ward ?

Sounds good to me .

Voted against The Academy ?

Ah - was that the building that destroyed a perfectly happy community ?

Smashed a row of shops - and associated employment ?

Flattened a small business park , again adding to unemployment ?

Made traffic , parking much worse ?

Made walking up Sudell at night an utterly no-go area ?

I'll take it you are a Liebour voter .

Says it all really .

P.S. - what does "&amp" mean ?

district01 wrote:
PS - Roy Davis would be the one to get my vote within that area. The others get it because of old party loyalty. He and his party have to earn it, and they do!

Well said.