Taken from Steve Middletons site read it. a shocking post what concerns me is the number of houses still void.

Salford housing at crisis point

Filed Under (Salford) by Steve Middleton on 25th August 2009

Shocking new figures obtained by the BBC show that Salford’s housing shortage has reached crisis point. The corporation reveals that 19,700 people are on the social housing list in Salford, but there are only 177 available homes.

The decision to demolish thousands of homes in Broughton and Langworthy as well as elsewhere across the city have done nothing but bring misery and uncertainty to Salfordians, who should expect at the very least to have a roof over their heads.

The housing shortage has further been acerbated by the introduction of the Conservative ‘right to buy’ scheme introduced in the 1980s, which removed hundreds of thousands of homes (nationwide) from the public sector. Even the limited council-led builds of recent years have barely scratched the surface of demand.

In Scotland, where my father-in-law is a Scottish Highland SNP Councillor, they are working to solve their housing shortage. Back in April of this year, the Scottish Government announced a consultation on their intention to scrap the right to buy scheme for all new council and housing association builds, a move supported by the Liberal Democrats. They are also considering plans to make it easier to suspend the right to buy in areas where there is a shortage

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Great to see such a mixed bag of readers, every one from MPs to a Guy who writes Porn. What the hell he takes a look for i don’t no unless it’s something to do with the Brothel on Chorley Road. Blame you for that Richard

PS no i am not putting links on.

Just been with Mrs Mole on Swinton Precinct stimulating the ecomomy.

Ok i was in the pound shop getting some paint brushes, but had a chin wag with some of the residents and met out Local PCSO’S. They are working on a new scheme to beat the burglar handing out marker pens etc. Good to see them working within the community.We are in the grip of burglary but there is a better why to beat it.

                 DONT BUY GEAR THAT AS BEEN NICKED.

This from the mail.shock treatment perhaps, i went to a police meeting last night and the most shocking crime reported was Motor bikes perhaps Swinton South isn’t that bad

A CITY IN THE GRIP OF GANGS

Salford has been blighted by the rise in violent gangs and gun culture across the UK in recent years.

Like other major cities in Britain, it saw a major decline in jobs as mining and textile industries folded. This led to a massive rise in poverty.

A major explosion in gun and gang crime in the 1990s in Manchester spilt over into Salford and there have been a series of tit-for-tat shootings, beatings and executions in recent years.

Salford gangs stepped in to seize drug-dealing turf, throwing down the gauntlet to the more notorious Greater Manchester gangs of Moss Side and Longsight.

Increased deprivation has led to whole suburban estates being abandoned and boarded up. The situation became so bad that after an attack on father of four Phil Carroll in 2005, one police chief famously said the streets of Lower Broughton in Salford were being ruled by lawless gangs of ‘feral youths’.

In 2007, twin pistol-toting hoodlums from Salford, Marvin and Michael Berkeley, were jailed after a terrifying spate of crimes. They hijacked cars, kidnapped motorists and shot their way around Greater Manchester and told one terrified man he would be ‘chopped to pieces’ unless he agreed to work for their gang.

The city still has high-levels of unemployment, housing and social problems but major regeneration

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1208782/Britains-drug-gun-culture-bad-U-S-crime-The-Wire-say-Tories.html#ixzz0PCFbhfFx

Got this today of one of my Lib Dem Coleagues by email. Old story but i don’t think they have changed much.

UK Politics Labour activists told: ‘Smear Lib Dems’ Ashdown and Blair: The two leaders get on – their parties’ activists don’t An internal Labour briefing document on how to tackle the Liberal Democrats at council level tells local parties to smear them and make secret deals with the Tories and others to attack them jointly. The briefing paper, leaked to the left-wing Red Pepper magazine and seen by BBC News Online, advises inner-London Labour officials to use virtually any tactic to see off the local threat of the Lib Dems. The briefing paper has been circulated to party officials Titled Beating the Liberals, the document draws lessons from Labour’s fight against the Lib Dems in Lambeth, where Labour lost control of the council in 1994 but regained it at the local elections earlier this year. The paper has been circulated to party officials in other boroughs – including Hackney, where Labour lost control of the council following a long stretch of bad publicity over sleaze and incompetence, and increased support for the Lib Dems. Lib Dems ‘on the rampage’ Written by a senior Lambeth Labour councillor, it acknowledges that “in some Labour heartlands [the Lib Dems] are on the rampage because they tap into, and express, the severe dissatisfaction of residents with the local council”. Newsnight: Labour says the report is the work of a junior researcher and was never used Labour officials are starkly warned that “no matter how hard you work they can overrun even the strongest Labour wards. This is because in addition to mobilising the volatile independent voters they attract huge swathes of traditional Labour supporters.” The solutions proposed are more than cynical enough to gain entry into an updated version of Machiavelli’s The Prince. One suggestion is to call for a pact with local Lib Dems, “then slam them for opposing it. The Liberal Democrats will never do a deal with Labour so you can offer them one in complete safety.” Another is to “use the other opposition groups. They tend to hate the Liberal Democrats as much as you do and with their support you can win in the council chamber and the press…. Do deals with them and build their confidence in working with you ‘off the record’.” ‘Smear them all’ At the top table: Ashdown and other Lib Dems sit on the cabinet’s constitutional reform committee In the most controversial section, Labour officials are advised to smear their Lib Dems opponents: “The Liberal Democrats always have a fuzzy image so redefine them clearly in a negative light. “Check their declarations of interest and their records. Find one flaw and smear them all – after all they put up with it and would do the same to you. Go negative until swamped by complaints. Then do it again.” The leaking of the document comes at a sensitive time. At national level relations between Labour and the Lib Dems are, according to the leadership of both parties, good. Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown sits alongside Labour ministers on a cabinet committee on constitutional reform. But while Mr Ashdown’s policy of “constructive opposition” is pursued at the top and in parliament, at grassroots level the animosity between the two parties is unmistakable. The leak also coincides with the Lib Dems’ annual conference, where relations with Labour is the single issue forecast to dominate the week – and Lib Dem activists have been asking if Paddy Ashdown is getting too close to Labour for the good of his own party. Advanced options | Search tips Back to top | BBC News Home | BBC Homepage | © var si = document.location+”"; var tsi = si.replace(“.stm”,”").substr(si.length-10, si.length); if (!tsi.match(/\d\d\d\d\d\d/)) {tsi = 0;} document.write(‘‘);

Well interesting morning Budget Training.

Surprised it was really informative. Of course people on the video came out with what people like to hear but no real answers. But some food for thought. I will ask if i can borrow it for the group to look at.

It’s allmost leaflet time that time of the year when the brown stuff comes out on paper any helpers will be welcome to join me.

Yes that time off the year when you dig out your files and produce leaflets that are shocking, against the rules, not true, disgraceful. well not really but i am sure a certain party will accuse me of it, but it’s the part of politics that we all  use,not the best but a tool, i hope i can put together a campaign in both the National and Local arena that will lets say make people think. I can tell you i will not be using pictures of my hero Winston Churchill. or foreign workers dressed as English workers or doctors of the Internet, is that a skit?  yes but who cares.

Just had a thought while i was eating my kellogs

If a leader of a Council openly supported someone in high office and later it was found that judgement was let’s say not very wise, would that make his position difficult. And if so should he resign?

Wednesday 11.00 princess st the Valley

Any one who can help, myself Mole junior and Mrs Mole are at the valley clean-up. Come along and help your community.

Just a quick note to Residents within Swinton South.

Myself and Mole Junior attend Police Pact meetings which are advertised within the area and we are there to discuss any issues with you. We are also running a range of multi agency surgeries  the First one this Month will be at the Phil Snowden Centre Overdale Swinton  Thursday 6.30 pm any one is welcome if you have a problem and we can help you  please call.