Mr Garvie's letter in the NWN today (20/12) is disingenuous Options

[GMR]

LETTER IN THE NWN TODAY (20^TH Dec) by Richard Garvie

"With you in tough times?

FAILING schools, rising fuel prices and help for the growing number of homeless in West Berkshire. All subjects featured in last week's letters in Newbury Weekly News.

Is this what people vote for at the last General Election when they voted Tory, or Lib Dem? Did they vote for longer waiting times at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, the withdrawal of support for those in full-time education, or the need to reply on food banks?

The economic policies of this Government have failed, and whilst our local MP 'praises' the work of local food banks, I feel he, and our local Liberal Democrat candidate, need to think about why these food banks exist in the first place.


Richard Garvie,
Newbury Labour Party"

I must take umbrage with Richard Garvie's letter in the Newbury Weekly News today. Either he is stupid or playing politics.

In his letter he says "The economic policies of this Government failed". Did anybody really expect that any government, any economic policies would solve our crisis – which I might add were caused by the Labour Government – within 2 years of being elected? The state of our debt was going to take many years into the future and properly beyond. I also must remind Mr Garvie that Alistair Darlings and Brown's economic policies weren't that far of from the Tories. All the failures that Mr Garvie pointed out would have happened whoever was in power.

Mr Garvie say the government's economic policies have failed? According to whom (apart from Labour politicians and Mr Balls)? If you listen to independent economic experts the governments polices have better chance than the current Labour parties policies of spend, spend, spend.



Mr Garvie said in today's paper "is that what people voted for at the last General Election? That is a stupid comment. We are in debt and whoever would have been in power would have created the same results. Even Balls said he wouldn't undo the coalition's government current economic policies. He is being totally disingenuous and insulting with his letter. To suggest that Labour would have solved the problems that Labour created themselves is laughable.



Just a matter of interest; we had soup kitchens and food parcels under the last failed Labour government. And didn't Brown and Darling praise those soup kitchens and food parcels when they were in government?

[motormad]

I personally think you should get out more.

I'm not saying I disagree with you, but rather that nothing is really going to change because of it.

[user23]

I personally think you should get out more.

When he does he just ends up chasing traffic wardens.

[GMR]

When he does he just ends up chasing traffic wardens.

For somebody who claims he doesn't like drivel you half write some. Too much time sitting at your computer at WBC with nothing to do.

[user23]

For somebody who claims he doesn't like drivel you half write some. Too much time sitting at your computer at WBC with nothing to do.

I've only used the word "drivel" once before on this form, and then I was quoting you.

[GMR]

I've only used the word "drivel" once before on this form, and then I was quoting you.

That is not the point. You criticise others for spoiling threads (and not saying anything intelligent) and that we all should put so-and-so on "ignore" when you do exactly what you condemn others for. Which makes your a hypocrite. It is all right for you to spoil threads but when somebody does it to you, you get on your high horse. By your own admission you should put yourself on "ignore".

[user23]

That is not the point.

Of course it is. You've claimed I've said something I haven't; in fact it was you that said it.

In this thread I was just replying to a post by motormad with a quick quip about your traffic warden stalking antics. No need to take it so personally.