Wednesday, January 16, 2008

2005 TORY MANIFESTO PROMISE SHATTERED

The Tory promise to the Island electorate back in May 2005 said in their so-called 'Timetable for Action' they would,

"Maintain local village schools as vital centres of the community"

Consequently they swept the board in 35 of the 48 Council wards. Swept the board on what is clearly yet another LIE to Islanders.

Of the 24 schools that are guaranteed to close under each of the 3 proposed reorganisations, I can offer the following list of the local councillors:

Gurnard Primary - Hobart; Love Lane - Brown; Holy Cross - Webster; Greenmount - Taylor; Bembridge - Pigot/McRobert; St Helens and Brading - Joyce; Gatten & Lake - Williams; Chale - Arnold; St Margarets' CE - Scoccia; St Wilfreds RC - Fitzgerald-Bond; Godshill and Wroxall - Wood; Weston - Cameron; Yarmouth - Burt; Arreton and Chillerton & Rookley - Oulton; Carisbrooke CE - Whittaker; Summerfields - Cousins; Nodehill - Cunningham

St Johns CE - Humby; St Thomas' RC - Foster; St Mary's RC - Bowker; Hunnyhill - Price.

All but the last four were elected as Tory councillors. I have asked my local councillor in that list why she is breaking her pledge. I suggest everyone does the same.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

But luckily not Pugh or Wells? What an amazing coincidence....

Cllr. Geoff Lumley said...

Isn't it. But that's more than half their Group, excluding Cabinet members. If only they could discover their backbones......

Anonymous said...

Presumably this is why Mrs Swan left the Tory group before Christmas!

Anonymous said...

Wonder what RSM Sutton thinks?

Cllr. Geoff Lumley said...

To his credit, I doubt if this would be happening if he was leader

Anonymous said...

Then he should speak!