Scandal hits Wigan Town hall yet again

Lord Peter Smith Leader of Labour run Wigan council just received an award believe it or not, this is what he leads....

Live in Bryn/Landgate/Ashton area? take the UKIP Wigan Poll on the new development

Stephen Jones our UKIP spokesperson in Bryn says the proposal to develop the land near Bryn/Landgate Ashton in Makerfield (near Wigan) appears to have taken off.

As usual full details have only been provided to a select few on Wigan Council (us not included). But he understands 450 houses have been designated for the area with a supermarket, industrial units and other buildings earmarked for the development.

Would you like to shape UKIP Local Policy?

UKIP is the only party that will base its policies on the views of the residents. Unlike the main political parties we believe in listening to the people. One of our key aims is to have referendums on key issues just like this one.

(Unlike the Labour party who railroad this kind of thing through and seem to have a fixation on building on every bit of green land we have, regardless of what local residents say)

As with any development there are advantages and disadvantages. The concern is of course the effect it will have on the immediate area in terms of losing the fields. The 'For' camp say more jobs may be created in the area as a plus point, but the 'Against' camp say more pressure will be put on our local amenities such as medical facilities, schools and the increase in traffic to name a few.

But as a resident (local residents only please) what do you think?

Stephen Jones our spokesperson in Bryn would like you to take our poll below and/or to the right of this blog  make your views known, no names, e-mails, addresses etc required it's completely anonymous.

Taxpayers foot Wigan MPs trip to South Pacific

Remember this from, Sept 1999 about ex Wigan MP Neil Turner?

Fast forward ten years to 2009, to see what he won......

Taxpayers foot MPs junket to South Pacific 'to investigate climate change'
A group of politicians spent tens of thousands of pounds to investigate the impact of climate change.

Their itinerary calling at Kiribati, Tonga and Fiji included a 7 night stay in this Hotel...

Wigan Labour, party of the workers? make you own judgement

Environmental crime hits Wigan

Wigan Council goes soft on Eco terrorist according to the Media reports

Pigeons are vermin, according to Wigan Council.





and this is what environmental criminals look like according to Labour Cllr Kevin Anderson.


Pensioners gathering in large numbers

“Feeding pigeons is an environmental crime that encourages them to gather in large numbers and there are very real health effects resulting from this"

UKIP Wigan's view?  Jobs Worth First Class

Many complaints about ATOS dealing with people with disabilities, but it's another Labour party idea

There have been lots of complaints about how ATOS has dealt with assessments for people with a disability.

But like the bedroom Tax it was another Labour party idea...

UK Government flood support in perspective

UKIP Wigan accuses Wigan Labour Councillors of wasting a £1,000 on Twitter training.

UKIP in Wigan have called on the Labour controlled council to stop wasting money on teaching Councillors to tweet after a freedom of information request to Wigan council showed £1,126.70 was spent on 'media training' for Councillors in how to use Facebook and Twitter.

Lord Smith of Leigh asked Wiganers in January to make sacrifices and contribute with their time free of charge to support his cuts, but here we see yet more money wasted by Labour Councillors.

Independent Cllr Gareth Fairhurst offered to provide free internet training to Councillors last year. Wigan and Leigh Housing trust provide very good online training free of charge. All the Councillors had to do was to make a phone call or send an e-mail, we can only assume that they aren’t capable of either and think this form of training is beneath them and they had to bring in a paid media consultant.

What’s disappointing is hardly any of the Labour councillors are using the training on Twitter or putting any information on it of use. You have Lord Smith of Leigh making wise cracks about the sexual misconduct allegations in the Liberal party, which we don’t think is funny for the women concerned and you have Cllr Susan Loundon making flippant comments about Alzheimer’s sufferers.