I'll spare the full story of how this stage was reached, for no other reason than I get angry every time I do and with health not being it's best at the moment (yes I know it makes a refreshing change) it's probably best if I don't add more stress but basically the local Labour Ward Councillors have decided that a Residents Association has to be formed in the area and have been lying to residents to do it.
The whys and associated nonsense for this, as mentioned, I won't go into but basically it's something that isn't needed, when we have better and more powerful alternatives to use - the RA is basically just another tier of pointless bureaucracy we simply do not need and the fact they have been lying to try and get it in , despite all that just makes things worse.
Anyway, long story short, after strongly advising against the need for this RA, then opposing the need for this RA and then complaining about the introduction of this RA, as much as I was loathed to do it to my Tory MP because of the sheer ignorance of the Labour Party to deal with the lying ward councillors I received this letter:
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| Letter from SRBC denying a Residents Association exists |
In the letter the council claims "There is a local residents group which cover St Ambrose but it is not a Residents Association".
The letter also makes a few other false statements but that not in the least bit surprising, I've been battling with them for years about it but for the purpose of the blog post and reasons above won't bother with that either.
Below is a flyer delivered by our local Labour Ward Councillors:
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| Flyer delivered by local Labour Ward Councillors |
Top of the flyer : St Ambrose Ward Residents Association.
So the thing that SRBC claims doesn't exist is being advertised by our Labour Ward Councillors as being in place.
Lesson I suppose is if you're going to lie to someone don't document it.
