Hello, and a warm welcome to my new website!

This new website is savvy and much, much faster to load than my old website.

I'm pleased that you have found this site and I hope you shall find some interesting snippets of local and national politics. All too often, local politics is shrouded in secrecy. This site shall reveal the darker side of local politics. You can read how residents who reside upon the Galleys Bank Estate [former Miners' Estate] had to use the 'Freedom of Information Act' to find out about the Tory/Lib Dem Cabinet who approved in principle 'Option 6' as the other options were 'not' viable.

One must remember that some of the Lib Dem Councillors reported the chairman of the Galleys Bank Residents' Association to Staffordshire Police Force.  The chairman of the Galleys Bank Residents' Association is Les Goldspink and Les was shocked by the shameless actions of the Lib Dem.   Unsurprisingly to say, Staffordshire Police Force found 'not' a shred of evidence that Les Goldspink had acted in a criminal manner and the case was 'dropped'.  Should the Lib Dems be held responsible for gross misuse of taxpayers' money?

Please don't forget to visit Cllr Astle's blog!  I'll guarantee that you shall be shocked by the unpleasant statements that have been made by some of the Lib Dems regarding the residents who reside upon the Miners' Estate.

I shall use this website to name and shame the Lib Dem and Tory councillors who 'previously' approved mass demolition of the Galleys Bank Estate.

Please feel free to visit the photo gallery, Kyle Robinson's Butt Lane Blog, Margaret Astle's Blog, Oliver Clews and his excellent  Blog  and don't forget to visit the web links, there's some really useful links to other interesting sites.

The Tories and Lib Dems are making drastic cuts to our services.  Services that we often take for granted!  Please take part in our poll and let us know your views about the cuts in child benefits, tax credits, housing allowance and that's just for starters!

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service shall have their budget cut and there is a serious threat that some of our most talented and hard-working firefighters shall be made redundant.  It's interesting to note that Staffordshire County Council is controlled by the Tories/Lib Dems/UKIP Councillors.

I would welcome your suggestions about the contents of this site. Perhaps you may wish me to include a snippet of information, or some local news! Please feel free to contact Margaret Astle with your views!

Thank you for visiting and I hope to see you again.

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