The Liverpool Times

In a week that saw a smug thirty something cabinet member target benefit claimants, it’s been muted that MPs may be banned from claiming lucrative payments from second part time jobs. Many new labourites are bxlls deep with the corporate’s in the City of London

For the millions suffering from new labours crushing taxation policies this will cause even more to turn away from them

MPs are paid a flat salary of £65,000.00 a year. Most claim, on average £120,000 00 a year in expenses: no questions asked: no receipts required. In most cases this money is recycled and remains in the MPs circle of family and friends.

It’s been reported that G Howarth MP is paid £30,000 00 a year by the bookmaker William Hill. One has to ask what for? This is while he has rarely been seen by many of his constituents during the row over the Tesco controversy in Kirkby.

Meanwhile Frank Field MP pulls in a extra £50,000.00 on top of his £200,000 00 parliamentary payout. He however looks so pained and troubled with new labour.

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It’s the rich who have their snouts into the trough of state hand-outs!

New labour, in their mission to dismantle the British system of welfare benefits, has threatened to force unemployed people to work for their benefits. Perhaps some of the idiots up there have already missed the boat – but the fact remains that unemployed people are already forced to work for their dole.

The ‘leaked’ plans (they want us know what’s coming to see if we object) propose that incapacity benefit will be scrapped within five years and the unemployed will have to ‘work full-time after two years out of work in exchange for the dole’. American style work-projects are already being set up.

The rewards for those involved in running the companies and agencies which will oversee the destruction of the welfare state are colossal, but the actual rate of return for the tax-payer, will be of little significance. Like most of the privatisation schemes – the actual loss is staggering when we see the massive rewards handed out to the various chairmen and chief executives and other chiefs at the top. Bonuses of a million pounds are not unusual – and the disparity of wealth is surely going to lead to the poor, the working class, being reduced to peasant status.

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Parish Priest of St Mary Mother of God 1958 – 1968

This last weekend marks the 40th Anniversary of the passing of Dean Patrick Spain the founder of the Parish of St Mary Mother of God in Northwood Kirkby.

He passed away suddenly on the 19th July 1968, at the relatively early age of 54.

Father Patrick Spain arrived in Northwood in 1957 moving into a house in Retford Road. He said the first ever mass in Northwood in Quarry Green School Hall, Christmas Eve midnight 1957.

To the many Catholics who lived in Northwood during this time Fr Spain evoked many stories of his impact on our community. He personally oversaw the building of the new Churches, and schools including the biggest and most modern Comprehensive School in the country, St Kevin’s.

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In a further twist in the “war” of attrition being waged by the pro Tesco camp over their plans for Kirby, the Walton MP Peter Kilfoyle has gone public to throw his weight behind the move to urge the Government to rubber stamp the Tesco plans for Kirkby.

This unprecedented and unusual move by Kilfoyle is out of character for man whose is normally outspoken against new labours extreme right wing agenda.

It is also a breach of a long standing parliamentary protocol that MPs don’t poke their noses into Constituencies they are unconnected to. Kilfoyle is politically too savvy not to know this. Which raises concerns as to why this act of desperation took place.

His claim the Everton FC are in his constituency, and therefore allows him to comment, simply doesn’t hold water.

It will not be his constituents whose lives and community’s will be permanently ruined by the impact of a stadium on their doorsteps.

There are not 77 families in Walton whose Homes will demolished to make way for a stadium. (and possible hundreds more Homes along County road that have the Council dared not reveal)

His local environment will not be decimated to accommodate the thousands of cars for the journey to Kirkby on roads without the capacity to handle these levels of traffic on match days.

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Protests planned along route also!

Plans have been announced to line up for Maggie Thatcher a public funded state funeral to see her off to Hell. The old witch, it seems, is happy to have the ultimate welfare state funeral – all costs paid, courtesy of the British taxpayer.

This final ‘F-Off’ to the poor.

To actually qualify for funeral payments in the U.K., you need to prove that close relatives are in receipt of some state benefit. You need to be poor.

But for some, of course, handouts are given out freely.

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Unconfirmed reports have come in to say the Ministerial decision on whether to “Call In” the Everton/ Tesco Plan is likely to be announced next Monday 21 July 2008.

It is also understood that George Howarth MP, and Council leader Ron Round, were involved in some last ditch intense lobbying of Secretary of State Hazel Blears last week on behalf of Tesco.

One can only speculate on the details of the decision. For anybody who has been on the Planet Mars during the last two years these are the rudimentary facts that are being chewed upon

The plan itself is in conflict with the Councils Statutory Unitary Development Plan, (UDP). This alone would normally mean an inquiry.

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“Kirkby is a ghetto that people are forced into and have to leave to look for jobs, shops or entertainment.”

Heres the link here .Paragraph 11

The outrageous comments of the Knowsley Councils Chief Executive in describing Kirkby as a ghetto must be based on pure ignorance on an area that produced so many people who reached to top in so many walks of life.

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Welcome to Kirkby.

At a meeting of the Quarry Green Tenants group tonight, a matter was raised which needs reporting.

The matter concerns an incident in which police were called out to Old Rough Wood on Sunday afternoon. The person who called the police reported that young trees planted a few years back, were being chopped down with what sounded like an axe.

It was stipulated to the police that no axe could be seen, but the unmistakable sound of trees being cut and trees-a-falling, seemed to suggest that local kids had gotten hold of an axe.

Rather than burn the trees down, it seemed that they had decided to chop some down with an axe.

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The Liverpool Times should have received a well deserved accolade, when it first highlighted the cosy deal between BT and Liverpool City Council back in 2003.

As others kept quiet, the Liverpool Times exposed the deal that netted BT £31million pounds a year in management fees from the City Council to run their entire telecommunication systems and its workforce.

We were the first to identify the man who drew together the Privatisation plan, whilst a City Council employee, and who later left with a Council payoff, to work for, err… BT

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In an interview posted on the local government website here The Chief Executive of Knowsley Council Sheena Ramsey talks about the proposed Everton/ Tesco plans for Kirkby.

“Kirkby is a ghetto that people are forced into and have to leave to look for jobs, shops or entertainment.”

She repeats the mantras that have been the stock in trade during debates about Kirkby since it was tragically lumped into the artificial edifice known as Knowsley in 1974

Knowsley Council should be put in the dock for taking the Council workforce from Kirkby by stealth, and by privatising thousands of Clerical, Technical, and Manual Council jobs- to Kings Construction- Parkman – BT and Vertex that once provided diverse work opportunities for Kirkby people.

Why were Kirkby’s law courts allowed to close? This caused legal firms to the pull out of Kirkby town centre. The Kirkby residents who have to use the Court Services now face a seven mile hike to Huyton which is not served by a regular bus service or rail link. Would Huyton residents do the reverse journey ? Is Gordon Brown “ Santa”

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A reader writes…

Don’t know whether you saw the Panorama programme on BBC the other week about Page Moss and the gangs of kids with guns.

After having watched it and as I live not far from the area myself, I am of the opinion that this programme actually glamourises the situation.

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Gets red lighted and stopped in his tracks.

A man who roams Liverpool and beyond, and who likes to stalk and feel the muscles of young lads, has failed to overturn the injunction which stops him touching up any passing lad with a well formed calf muscle.

Akinwale Arobieke, better known as ‘Purple Aki’, is a bit of a twisted pervert and an intimidating one at that. At 6 foot five inches high and weighing in at 20 stone, he looks intimidating enough to grown men let alone the younger lads he picks on.

Like many criminals these days, he sees himself as the victim. A victim of oppressive laws and so on. His right to grope people has been curtailed.

Oh! the injustices of the times we live in!

On a serious matter (and one that needs confirmation) Purple Aki was also reported as being in the vicinity of an accident resulting in the death of a young teenage lad named Gary Kelly. The young man is reported as having fled from Purple Aki onto a live electrical railway line at Runcorn or New Brighton. The story needs confirming as there are literally thousands of Purple Aki anecdotes which are out there. Some of the stories are obviously made up such as Aki slashing buttocks with the initials AK. Exaggerations aside, your man Purple Aki, is definitely someone you’d like to avoid.

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Includes football coaching session by two former Everton players!

Plus Olympic gymnastics coaches!

Plus celebration of The Beatles AND the Summer Fete!

Below is the news of a busy school still keeping up the old traditions and throwing a few new ones into the melting pot of traditions!

Thanks Miss!….

“Tomorrow, Thursday 3/7/08 St John Fisher Catholic Primary School is having a Lambanana day. This combines our school health week with the Capital of Culture, culminating in a sponsored walk in school tomorrow afternoon. As part of this children (and staff!) will be dressing as a Lambanana (or as close to it wearing yellow). The pupils are very excited by this, as are parents who have been invited to join in.

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