'Baldrick' Actor Tony Robinson in Watford to launch Labour MP Claire Ward's election campaign (From Watford Observer)

She has a cunning plan me thinks!

God help us all if it works!!!

"Mr Robinson left to travel to Leicester"........do
nt think so,or at least not straight away.he was in lynch's with our beloved claire,i'm sure i heard her say,whilst i was earwigging,"what am i going to do for work,come the month of may"

I think Balders we are in the same league as your team,Bristol City.Seems like a perfect match,he's obviously as detached from reality as La Ward.

“I'm hoping to see Watford move into the same league as my team, Bristol City......"

Errr, Watford and Bristol City are in the same league. Some supporter you are Baldrick!!

Ah a new series of Black Adder with Baldrick and what part does Ms Ward play???

'We can talk politics rather than slagging people off'- if only!

Clearly the Fib Dems live in Lala land.

When we wake up on the Friday after polling day we know one thing for certain, it won't be to a Fib Dem Government.

If there is a hung Parliament it will only last a short while because the majority party (you can be certain it won't be Fib Dem) will simply return to the country for a clear mandate to govern.

Good choice Time Team for a team whose time is up. Can someone please get Arthur to change his record? Most countries in Europe and beyond run perfectly well with concensus politics. It is the UK which is out of step and (sadly) out of money.

Good choice Time Team for a team whose time is up. Can someone please get Arthur to change his record? Most countries in Europe and beyond run perfectly well with concensus politics. It is the UK which is out of step and (sadly) out of money.

flyinghornet wrote:
"Mr Robinson left to travel to Leicester"........do

nt think so,or at least not straight away.he was in lynch's with our beloved claire,i'm sure i heard her say,whilst i was earwigging,"what am i going to do for work,come the month of may"

Flyinghornet is obviously into the realms of a space cadet.

I saw Claire Ward in Lynch's with Tony Robinson and about 7pm and left when they did to go to the meeting. Tony Robinson left early because he was filming at the crack of dawn this morning in Leicester.

When I popped into Lynch's after the meeting, I noticed Claire, her husband and a couple of other Labour, definitely no Tony Robinson.

I did think that I caught a glimpse of someone slumped in the corner obviously out of it, was that you flyinghornet? I was surprised because Jim doesn't allow that kind of thing.

Tudor247 wrote:
Good choice Time Team for a team whose time is up. Can someone please get Arthur to change his record? Most countries in Europe and beyond run perfectly well with concensus politics. It is the UK which is out of step and (sadly) out of money.

Clearly someone else living in Lala land. Doubtless their favourite TV program is Fantasy Island (what was the name of that little fellow?)

Get real, we have a different electoral system. Look at history if you want to know the likely outcome of a hung Parliament. In recent times the only occasion we had a coalition government was during WW2.

As for out of money, according to the Paris based OECD think-tank, UK growth will outstrip Germany, Japan and the US this year, thanks to Alistair Darling.

Osborne, isn't that some kind of biscuit? More's the pity Cable left the Labour Party with the gang of four. He'd be quite an asset in Government, I don't understand why he's thrown his lot in with these no-hopers. Maybe he just hasn't got the balls for it.

Cometh the hour, cometh the ballot box! Goodbye Ms Ward...

Nascot wrote:
Cometh the hour, cometh the ballot box! Goodbye Ms Ward...

Ever onward!

Just remember these 50 Labour Achievements when you're voting


1. Labour created a rising National Minimum Wage - the annual uprating benefits for million people every year.

2. The shortest waiting times since NHS records began – thanks Gordon

3. Three million more operations carried out each year than in 1997, with more than double the number of heart operations - thanks Gordon.

4. Labour provided over 44,000 more doctors

5. Labour provided over 89,000 more nurses

6. Thanks to Labour over three quarters of GP practices now offer extended opening hours for at least one evening or weekend session a week.

7. Under Labour all prescriptions are now free for people being treated for cancer or the effects of cancer, and teenage girls are offered a vaccination against cervical cancer.

8. The NHS can now guarantee that you will see a cancer specialist within two weeks if your GP suspects you may have cancer. Whatever your condition, you will not have to wait more than 18 weeks from GP referral to the start of hospital treatment – and most waits are much shorter than this - thanks to Gordon.

9. Under Labour 22 million people are benefiting from real tax cuts to boost their income this year.

10. 12 million pensioners benefit from increased Labour’s Winter Fuel Payments

11. Labour has taken 900,000 pensioners out of poverty

12. Labour lifted 500,000 children out of relative poverty and measures already in train will lift around a further 500,000 children out of poverty.

13. Labour gives free TV licences for over-75s

14. Labour’s New Deal has helped over 2 million people into work

15. Labour started Over 3 million Child Trust Funds

16. Thanks to Labour nearly 3,000 Sure Start Children’s Centres opened, reaching 2 million children and their families

17. Labour has given us over 42,400 more teachers and 123,000 more teaching assistants than in 1997

18. Under Labour there have been approximately 3,700 rebuilt and significantly refurbished schools; including new and improved classrooms, laboratories and kitchens.

19. A free nursery place for every 3 and 4 year old thanks to Labour.

20. Labour doubled the number of registered childcare places to more than 1.5 million, one for every four children under eight years old

21. More young people attending university than ever before

22. Labour more than doubled the number of apprenticeships starts, with figures for 2008/9 showing 234,000 started an apprenticeship this year compared to 75,000 in 1997.

23. In 1997 more than half of all schools saw less that 30% of their pupils fail to get 5 good GCSEs including English and Maths. Now under Labour only 270 schools fail this benchmark and they guarantee that no school should fail this mark after 2011.

24. Labour increased school funding to support the delivery of higher standards. Between 1997-98 and 2009-10, total funding per pupil has more than doubled from £3,030 in 1997-98 to £6,350 in 2009-10 in real terms, an increase of 110%

25. The Northern Ireland peace process

26. The UK is now smoke-free, with no smoking in most enclosed public places thanks to Labour.

27. Under Labour the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions are now 21% below 1990 levels, beating our Kyoto target.

28. Labour invested over £20 billion in bringing social housing to decent standards

29. Under Labour rough sleeping has dropped by two thirds and homelessness is at its lowest level since the early 1980s

30. Free off-peak travel on buses anywhere in England for over-60s and disabled people thanks to Labour

31. Under Labour since 1997 overall crime is down 36 per cent; domestic burglary is down 54 per cent; vehicle related crime is down 57 per cent; and violent crime is down 41 per cent.

32. A new flexible points-based system to ensure only those economic migrants who have the skills our economy needs can come to work in the UK.

33. Police numbers up by 16,000 since 1997, alongside more than 16,000 Police Community Support Officers thanks to Labour

34. Every community now has its own dedicated neighbourhood police team, easily contactable by the people who live in that community and working with them to agree local priorities and deal with people’s concerns thanks to Labour.

35. Labour equalised the age of consent and repealed Section 28.

36. Through the introduction of civil partnerships, Labour has for the first time given legal recognition to same-sex partners. Gay couples now have the same inheritance, pension and next-of-kin rights as married couples.

37. Labour more than doubled Britain’s overseas aid budget. UK aid helps lift an estimated 3 million people out of poverty every year

38. Labour cancelled up to 100 per cent of debt for the world’s poorest countries

39. Under Labour Britain now has more offshore wind capacity than any country in the world. Wind last year provided enough electricity to power 2 million homes

40. Labour launched the £1.5 billion Housing Pledge to speed up the delivery of new affordable housing and embarked on the biggest program of council house building for twenty years

41. Labour launched the Swimming Challenge Fund to support free swimming for over 60s and under 16s. LIb Dem Dorothy Thornhill decided this was not for Watford, Lib Dem Anne Shaw decided that it was brilliant so 3 Rivers pensioners now swim for free in Watford Pools

42.Labour banned fox hunting.

43. Labour led the campaign to win the 2012 Olympics for London. Today the program remains on time and on budget with over 40% of the construction program completed and all major venues under construction.

44. Labour gave us free admission to our national museums and galleries.

45. Devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, an elected Mayor and Assembly for London and directly-elected mayors for those cities that want them.

46. Labour created a new right of pedestrian access to the English coast, so that every family has the opportunity to enjoy the length and breadth of our coastline

47. In the last 4 years Labour’s work overseas has helped over 7 million people in sub-Saharan Africa access clean water and sanitation

48. In Europe Labour signed the Social Chapter and introduced measures including: four weeks’ paid holiday; a right to parental leave; extended maternity leave; a new right to request flexible working; and the same protection for part-time workers as full-time workers.

49. Labour led efforts to agree a new international convention banning all cluster munitions.

50. Labour will deliver a state of the art Health Complex for Watford.

Bernard Goode wrote:

Nascot wrote: Cometh the hour, cometh the ballot box! Goodbye Ms Ward...

Ever onward! Just remember these 50 Labour Achievements when you're voting 1. Labour created a rising National Minimum Wage - the annual uprating benefits for million people every year. 2. The shortest waiting times since NHS records began – thanks Gordon 3. Three million more operations carried out each year than in 1997, with more than double the number of heart operations - thanks Gordon. 4. Labour provided over 44,000 more doctors 5. Labour provided over 89,000 more nurses 6. Thanks to Labour over three quarters of GP practices now offer extended opening hours for at least one evening or weekend session a week. 7. Under Labour all prescriptions are now free for people being treated for cancer or the effects of cancer, and teenage girls are offered a vaccination against cervical cancer. 8. The NHS can now guarantee that you will see a cancer specialist within two weeks if your GP suspects you may have cancer. Whatever your condition, you will not have to wait more than 18 weeks from GP referral to the start of hospital treatment – and most waits are much shorter than this - thanks to Gordon. 9. Under Labour 22 million people are benefiting from real tax cuts to boost their income this year. 10. 12 million pensioners benefit from increased Labour’s Winter Fuel Payments 11. Labour has taken 900,000 pensioners out of poverty 12. Labour lifted 500,000 children out of relative poverty and measures already in train will lift around a further 500,000 children out of poverty. 13. Labour gives free TV licences for over-75s 14. Labour’s New Deal has helped over 2 million people into work 15. Labour started Over 3 million Child Trust Funds 16. Thanks to Labour nearly 3,000 Sure Start Children’s Centres opened, reaching 2 million children and their families 17. Labour has given us over 42,400 more teachers and 123,000 more teaching assistants than in 1997 18. Under Labour there have been approximately 3,700 rebuilt and significantly refurbished schools; including new and improved classrooms, laboratories and kitchens. 19. A free nursery place for every 3 and 4 year old thanks to Labour. 20. Labour doubled the number of registered childcare places to more than 1.5 million, one for every four children under eight years old 21. More young people attending university than ever before 22. Labour more than doubled the number of apprenticeships starts, with figures for 2008/9 showing 234,000 started an apprenticeship this year compared to 75,000 in 1997. 23. In 1997 more than half of all schools saw less that 30% of their pupils fail to get 5 good GCSEs including English and Maths. Now under Labour only 270 schools fail this benchmark and they guarantee that no school should fail this mark after 2011. 24. Labour increased school funding to support the delivery of higher standards. Between 1997-98 and 2009-10, total funding per pupil has more than doubled from £3,030 in 1997-98 to £6,350 in 2009-10 in real terms, an increase of 110% 25. The Northern Ireland peace process 26. The UK is now smoke-free, with no smoking in most enclosed public places thanks to Labour. 27. Under Labour the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions are now 21% below 1990 levels, beating our Kyoto target. 28. Labour invested over £20 billion in bringing social housing to decent standards 29. Under Labour rough sleeping has dropped by two thirds and homelessness is at its lowest level since the early 1980s 30. Free off-peak travel on buses anywhere in England for over-60s and disabled people thanks to Labour 31. Under Labour since 1997 overall crime is down 36 per cent; domestic burglary is down 54 per cent; vehicle related crime is down 57 per cent; and violent crime is down 41 per cent. 32. A new flexible points-based system to ensure only those economic migrants who have the skills our economy needs can come to work in the UK. 33. Police numbers up by 16,000 since 1997, alongside more than 16,000 Police Community Support Officers thanks to Labour 34. Every community now has its own dedicated neighbourhood police team, easily contactable by the people who live in that community and working with them to agree local priorities and deal with people’s concerns thanks to Labour. 35. Labour equalised the age of consent and repealed Section 28. 36. Through the introduction of civil partnerships, Labour has for the first time given legal recognition to same-sex partners. Gay couples now have the same inheritance, pension and next-of-kin rights as married couples. 37. Labour more than doubled Britain’s overseas aid budget. UK aid helps lift an estimated 3 million people out of poverty every year 38. Labour cancelled up to 100 per cent of debt for the world’s poorest countries 39. Under Labour Britain now has more offshore wind capacity than any country in the world. Wind last year provided enough electricity to power 2 million homes 40. Labour launched the £1.5 billion Housing Pledge to speed up the delivery of new affordable housing and embarked on the biggest program of council house building for twenty years 41. Labour launched the Swimming Challenge Fund to support free swimming for over 60s and under 16s. LIb Dem Dorothy Thornhill decided this was not for Watford, Lib Dem Anne Shaw decided that it was brilliant so 3 Rivers pensioners now swim for free in Watford Pools 42.Labour banned fox hunting. 43. Labour led the campaign to win the 2012 Olympics for London. Today the program remains on time and on budget with over 40% of the construction program completed and all major venues under construction. 44. Labour gave us free admission to our national museums and galleries. 45. Devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, an elected Mayor and Assembly for London and directly-elected mayors for those cities that want them. 46. Labour created a new right of pedestrian access to the English coast, so that every family has the opportunity to enjoy the length and breadth of our coastline 47. In the last 4 years Labour’s work overseas has helped over 7 million people in sub-Saharan Africa access clean water and sanitation 48. In Europe Labour signed the Social Chapter and introduced measures including: four weeks’ paid holiday; a right to parental leave; extended maternity leave; a new right to request flexible working; and the same protection for part-time workers as full-time workers. 49. Labour led efforts to agree a new international convention banning all cluster munitions. 50. Labour will deliver a state of the art Health Complex for Watford.

What have they done for family carers - nout

Mr Goode name 50 things Ms Ward has acheived for Watford

Winston, it is notable that you claim to live in Bushey, if this is true then your MP is James Clappison, not Claire Ward.

I've already listed the 50 things that Claire Ward has done for Watford, but if you insists:

1. A rising National Minimum Wage - the annual uprating benefits for million people every year.
2. The shortest waiting times since NHS records began.
3. Three million more operations carried out each year than in 1997, with more than double the number of heart operations
4. 44,000 more doctors 5. Labour provided over 89,000 more nurses 6. Over three quarters of GP practices now offer extended opening hours for at least one evening or weekend session a week. 7. All prescriptions are now free for people being treated for cancer or the effects of cancer, and teenage girls are offered a vaccination against cervical cancer.
8. The NHS can now guarantee that you will see a cancer specialist within two weeks if your GP suspects you may have cancer. Whatever your condition, you will not have to wait more than 18 weeks from GP referral to the start of hospital treatment – and most waits are much shorter than this
9. 22 million people are benefiting from real tax cuts to boost their income this year.
10. 12 million pensioners benefit from increased Labour’s Winter Fuel Payments
11. 900,000 pensioners taken out of poverty
12. 500,000 children lifted out of relative poverty and measures already in train will lift around a further 500,000 children out of poverty.
13. Free TV licences for over-75s 14. New Deal has helped over 2 million people into work
15. Over 3 million Child Trust Funds 16. 3,000 Sure Start Children’s Centres opened, reaching 2 million children and their families 6 in Watford
17. Over 42,400 more teachers and 123,000 more teaching assistants than in 1997
18. 3,700 rebuilt and significantly refurbished schools; including new and improved classrooms, laboratories and kitchens.
19. A free nursery place for every 3 and 4 year old.
20. Double the number of registered childcare places to more than 1.5 million, one for every four children under eight years old
21. More young people attending university than ever before
22. More than doubled the number of apprenticeships starts, with figures for 2008/9 showing 234,000 started an apprenticeship this year compared to 75,000 in 1997.
23. In 1997 more than half of all schools saw less that 30% of their pupils fail to get 5 good GCSEs including English and Maths. Now only 270 schools fail this benchmark and there is a guarantee that no school should fail this mark after 2011.
24. Increased school funding to support the delivery of higher standards. Between 1997-98 and 2009-10, total funding per pupil has more than doubled from £3,030 in 1997-98 to £6,350 in 2009-10 in real terms, an increase of 110%
25. The Northern Ireland peace process
26. The UK is now smoke-free, with no smoking in most enclosed public places.
27. UK’s greenhouse gas emissions are now 21% below 1990 levels, beating our Kyoto target.
28. Invested over £20 billion in bringing social housing to decent standards
29. Rough sleeping has dropped by two thirds and homelessness is at its lowest level since the early 1980s 30. Free off-peak travel on buses anywhere in England for over-60s and disabled people
31. Since 1997 overall crime is down 36 per cent; domestic burglary is down 54 per cent; vehicle related crime is down 57 per cent; and violent crime is down 41 per cent.
32. A new flexible points-based system to ensure only those economic migrants who have the skills our economy needs can come to work in the UK.
33. Police numbers up by 16,000 since 1997, alongside more than 16,000 Police Community Support Officers
34. Every community now has its own dedicated neighbourhood police team, easily contactable by the people who live in that community and working with them to agree local priorities and deal with people’s concerns .
35.Equalised the age of consent and repealed Section 28.
36. Through the introduction of civil partnerships, for the first time same-sex partners have legal recognition. Gay couples now have the same inheritance, pension and next-of-kin rights as married couples.
37.More than doubled Britain’s overseas aid budget. UK aid helps lift an estimated 3 million people out of poverty every year
38. Cancelled up to 100 per cent of debt for the world’s poorest countries
39. Britain now has more offshore wind capacity than any country in the world. Wind last year provided enough electricity to power 2 million homes
40. £1.5 billion Housing Pledge to speed up the delivery of new affordable housing and embarked on the biggest program of council house building for twenty years
41. Swimming Challenge Fund to support free swimming for over 60s and under 16s. LIb Dem Dorothy Thornhill decided this was not for Watford, Lib Dem Anne Shaw decided that it was brilliant so 3 Rivers pensioners now swim for free in Watford Pools
42.Banned fox hunting.
43. Won the 2012 Olympics for London. Today the program remains on time and on budget with over 40% of the construction program completed and all major venues under construction.
44. Gave us free admission to our national museums and galleries.
45. Devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, an elected Mayor and Assembly for London and directly-elected mayors for those cities that want them.
46.Created a new right of pedestrian access to the English coast, so that every family has the opportunity to enjoy the length and breadth of our coastline
47. In the last 4 years work overseas has helped over 7 million people in sub-Saharan Africa access clean water and sanitation
48. In Europe, signed up to the Social Chapter and introduced measures including: four weeks’ paid holiday; a right to parental leave; extended maternity leave; a new right to request flexible working; and the same protection for part-time workers as full-time workers.
49. Led efforts to agree a new international convention banning all cluster munitions.
50. Deliver the first stage of a state of the art Health Complex for Watford which has already saved hundreds of local residents lives.

How about letting us know what your Tory MP's doing for you? Methinks s*d all - especially for carers

£1.2 TRILLION pounds of debt.Any thoughts on how your great,great,great grandchildren are going to pay it back ? Arthur you and your socialist friends have run out of our money,imbeciles !

enlightened one wrote:
£1.2 TRILLION pounds of debt.Any thoughts on how your great,great,great grandchildren are going to pay it back ? Arthur you and your socialist friends have run out of our money,imbeciles !

The current National debt is just over 50% of our annual GDP. In case you haven't noticed our "Socialist" Government ran up this debt bailing out your capitalist friends, because if they hadn't as Cameron recommended we would all be completely in the doodoo now.

This level of National Debt is not a great deal more that when Maggie Snatcher was in power and it is a great deal less that we had at the end of WW2 when it was just shy of 240% of our GDP.

The simple question is, do you have a mortgage? Youngsters these days, when they can get one, regularly have mortgages which represent 4 times their joint income, in other words 400% of their gross annual income.

Against this background just over 50% is chicken feed. Have a look at your own mortgage and compare it to your annual income.

For more information have a look at http://www.ukpublics
pending.co.uk/uk_nat
ional_debt_chart.htm
l

Like Cameron, self-styled "enlightenedone", who in reality seems to be just another Hooray Henry trying to scare us, is not very enlightened at all and seemingly hoping to gain credence by using "cap-shift" writing.

Doesn't work on me old chap.

What does work for me is Alastair Darling's brilliant handing of this undoubted crisis.

As "Arthur" rightly points out UK growth under Alastair's steady stewardship is likely to exceed that of Germany, Japan and the US according to the Paris based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and I 'd rather put my faith in their qualified opinion than some dork who styles himself as "enlightened".

So there's a good chap run along to nurse and get her to give you some more of those happy pills, because things will only get better under Labour however uncomfortable that may make you feel.

Au contraire, Slackbladder!!! You forgot to add the wars in Iraq and other faraway places that Labour has embroiled us in and and MP's needing to buy another home nearer to Westminster because they don't travel well, (about 20 miles I guess). I'd also like someone to tell me what their definition of 'free' is, eg. 'free' swimming. I've always believed that you never get something for nothing but it seems that some deluded correspondents believe otherwise. What about the PCSO funding that Labour pulled the plug on and then asked you to fund via your council tax. As I see it you already pay a large amount to the police so this is just another stealth tax that they hope no-one notices.

Bernard Goode wrote:
Winston, it is notable that you claim to live in Bushey, if this is true then your MP is James Clappison, not Claire Ward. I've already listed the 50 things that Claire Ward has done for Watford, but if you insists: 1. A rising National Minimum Wage - the annual uprating benefits for million people every year. 2. The shortest waiting times since NHS records began. 3. Three million more operations carried out each year than in 1997, with more than double the number of heart operations 4. 44,000 more doctors 5. Labour provided over 89,000 more nurses 6. Over three quarters of GP practices now offer extended opening hours for at least one evening or weekend session a week. 7. All prescriptions are now free for people being treated for cancer or the effects of cancer, and teenage girls are offered a vaccination against cervical cancer. 8. The NHS can now guarantee that you will see a cancer specialist within two weeks if your GP suspects you may have cancer. Whatever your condition, you will not have to wait more than 18 weeks from GP referral to the start of hospital treatment – and most waits are much shorter than this 9. 22 million people are benefiting from real tax cuts to boost their income this year. 10. 12 million pensioners benefit from increased Labour’s Winter Fuel Payments 11. 900,000 pensioners taken out of poverty 12. 500,000 children lifted out of relative poverty and measures already in train will lift around a further 500,000 children out of poverty. 13. Free TV licences for over-75s 14. New Deal has helped over 2 million people into work 15. Over 3 million Child Trust Funds 16. 3,000 Sure Start Children’s Centres opened, reaching 2 million children and their families 6 in Watford 17. Over 42,400 more teachers and 123,000 more teaching assistants than in 1997 18. 3,700 rebuilt and significantly refurbished schools; including new and improved classrooms, laboratories and kitchens. 19. A free nursery place for every 3 and 4 year old. 20. Double the number of registered childcare places to more than 1.5 million, one for every four children under eight years old 21. More young people attending university than ever before 22. More than doubled the number of apprenticeships starts, with figures for 2008/9 showing 234,000 started an apprenticeship this year compared to 75,000 in 1997. 23. In 1997 more than half of all schools saw less that 30% of their pupils fail to get 5 good GCSEs including English and Maths. Now only 270 schools fail this benchmark and there is a guarantee that no school should fail this mark after 2011. 24. Increased school funding to support the delivery of higher standards. Between 1997-98 and 2009-10, total funding per pupil has more than doubled from £3,030 in 1997-98 to £6,350 in 2009-10 in real terms, an increase of 110% 25. The Northern Ireland peace process 26. The UK is now smoke-free, with no smoking in most enclosed public places. 27. UK’s greenhouse gas emissions are now 21% below 1990 levels, beating our Kyoto target. 28. Invested over £20 billion in bringing social housing to decent standards 29. Rough sleeping has dropped by two thirds and homelessness is at its lowest level since the early 1980s 30. Free off-peak travel on buses anywhere in England for over-60s and disabled people 31. Since 1997 overall crime is down 36 per cent; domestic burglary is down 54 per cent; vehicle related crime is down 57 per cent; and violent crime is down 41 per cent. 32. A new flexible points-based system to ensure only those economic migrants who have the skills our economy needs can come to work in the UK. 33. Police numbers up by 16,000 since 1997, alongside more than 16,000 Police Community Support Officers 34. Every community now has its own dedicated neighbourhood police team, easily contactable by the people who live in that community and working with them to agree local priorities and deal with people’s concerns . 35.Equalised the age of consent and repealed Section 28. 36. Through the introduction of civil partnerships, for the first time same-sex partners have legal recognition. Gay couples now have the same inheritance, pension and next-of-kin rights as married couples. 37.More than doubled Britain’s overseas aid budget. UK aid helps lift an estimated 3 million people out of poverty every year 38. Cancelled up to 100 per cent of debt for the world’s poorest countries 39. Britain now has more offshore wind capacity than any country in the world. Wind last year provided enough electricity to power 2 million homes 40. £1.5 billion Housing Pledge to speed up the delivery of new affordable housing and embarked on the biggest program of council house building for twenty years 41. Swimming Challenge Fund to support free swimming for over 60s and under 16s. LIb Dem Dorothy Thornhill decided this was not for Watford, Lib Dem Anne Shaw decided that it was brilliant so 3 Rivers pensioners now swim for free in Watford Pools 42.Banned fox hunting. 43. Won the 2012 Olympics for London. Today the program remains on time and on budget with over 40% of the construction program completed and all major venues under construction. 44. Gave us free admission to our national museums and galleries. 45. Devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, an elected Mayor and Assembly for London and directly-elected mayors for those cities that want them. 46.Created a new right of pedestrian access to the English coast, so that every family has the opportunity to enjoy the length and breadth of our coastline 47. In the last 4 years work overseas has helped over 7 million people in sub-Saharan Africa access clean water and sanitation 48. In Europe, signed up to the Social Chapter and introduced measures including: four weeks’ paid holiday; a right to parental leave; extended maternity leave; a new right to request flexible working; and the same protection for part-time workers as full-time workers. 49. Led efforts to agree a new international convention banning all cluster munitions. 50. Deliver the first stage of a state of the art Health Complex for Watford which has already saved hundreds of local residents lives. How about letting us know what your Tory MP's doing for you? Methinks s*d all - especially for carers

Na Clare Ward MP for Watford what you stated is what Labour has achieved NOT Clare Ward the question was what has Clare Ward done for Watford apart from support the Health Complex - oh oy yeah I state Bushey infact is Bushey and Watford and Ms Ward is my MP

Winston, has it not dawned on you that as a Government Minister Claire Ward was instrumental in every single one of Labour's achievements that I listed?

Watford is not an isolated enclave, so we residents also benefit from every single one, except of course pensioners and youngsters who thanks to the intransigence of our Mayor are denied access to free swimming, unlike those residents in Three Rivers who often enjoy their free swimming in a pool in the Borough of Watford - how daft is that?

When we wake up on May 7th we know one thing for sure, we will not have a Lib Dem Government; it will be either Labour or Tory. If the government do not have a clear majority they will simply return to to Country in due course to secure a clear majority. So any idea that Nick Clegg will have any long term influence is as ludicrous as him forming a government.

As a carer, what you should think about is who, on balance, will give you the best deal, Labour or Tory? Realistically that won't be the Tories because there the ones who look after "rich" people like their prospective candidate for Watford.

Whoever you are caring for will have a state-of-the art Medical complex right here in Watford if you return a Labour MP. If you don't then everything is up for review and Mike Penning the Tory Health spokeman and MP for Hemel will do his level best to unpick everything and fragment the service, moving bits of it back to Hemel.

The whole idea of the Medical Complex is to have all the serious specialist under one roof and immediately available, not half of them in Hemel or St Albans. Most of the time A&E deals with minor injuries and the facilities in Hemel will continue to do just that.

We have an excellent ambulance service staffed by experts in their field. They are able to get anyone who is seriously ill to Watford Hospital very quickly from any where in the catchment area and stabilise them while they are doing that. Once there the patients will all have far better help that can be administered under the present system. We already have a new £50 million cardiac unit which is saving more lives daily. Not only that but patients are experiencing less trauma and outcomes are much, much better.

It's not really a hard choice is it?

Bernard Goode wrote:
Winston, has it not dawned on you that as a Government Minister Claire Ward was instrumental in every single one of Labour's achievements that I listed? Watford is not an isolated enclave, so we residents also benefit from every single one, except of course pensioners and youngsters who thanks to the intransigence of our Mayor are denied access to free swimming, unlike those residents in Three Rivers who often enjoy their free swimming in a pool in the Borough of Watford - how daft is that? When we wake up on May 7th we know one thing for sure, we will not have a Lib Dem Government; it will be either Labour or Tory. If the government do not have a clear majority they will simply return to to Country in due course to secure a clear majority. So any idea that Nick Clegg will have any long term influence is as ludicrous as him forming a government. As a carer, what you should think about is who, on balance, will give you the best deal, Labour or Tory? Realistically that won't be the Tories because there the ones who look after "rich" people like their prospective candidate for Watford. Whoever you are caring for will have a state-of-the art Medical complex right here in Watford if you return a Labour MP. If you don't then everything is up for review and Mike Penning the Tory Health spokeman and MP for Hemel will do his level best to unpick everything and fragment the service, moving bits of it back to Hemel. The whole idea of the Medical Complex is to have all the serious specialist under one roof and immediately available, not half of them in Hemel or St Albans. Most of the time A&E deals with minor injuries and the facilities in Hemel will continue to do just that. We have an excellent ambulance service staffed by experts in their field. They are able to get anyone who is seriously ill to Watford Hospital very quickly from any where in the catchment area and stabilise them while they are doing that. Once there the patients will all have far better help that can be administered under the present system. We already have a new £50 million cardiac unit which is saving more lives daily. Not only that but patients are experiencing less trauma and outcomes are much, much better. It's not really a hard choice is it?

who said I was a carer I said and I quote "What have they done for family carers - nout" Bernard you still have not answered the question what has Ms Ward done for Watford oh yeah Bernard why dont you stand for MP cause you sound like won never answering the question at hand. Ms Ward was instrumental in every single one of Labour's achievements that you listed you say yeah with the Chief Whip behind her

Winston wrote:

Bernard Goode wrote:
Winston, has it not dawned on you that as a Government Minister Claire Ward was instrumental in every single one of Labour's achievements that I listed? Watford is not an isolated enclave, so we residents also benefit from every single one, except of course pensioners and youngsters who thanks to the intransigence of our Mayor are denied access to free swimming, unlike those residents in Three Rivers who often enjoy their free swimming in a pool in the Borough of Watford - how daft is that? When we wake up on May 7th we know one thing for sure, we will not have a Lib Dem Government; it will be either Labour or Tory. If the government do not have a clear majority they will simply return to to Country in due course to secure a clear majority. So any idea that Nick Clegg will have any long term influence is as ludicrous as him forming a government. As a carer, what you should think about is who, on balance, will give you the best deal, Labour or Tory? Realistically that won't be the Tories because there the ones who look after "rich" people like their prospective candidate for Watford. Whoever you are caring for will have a state-of-the art Medical complex right here in Watford if you return a Labour MP. If you don't then everything is up for review and Mike Penning the Tory Health spokeman and MP for Hemel will do his level best to unpick everything and fragment the service, moving bits of it back to Hemel. The whole idea of the Medical Complex is to have all the serious specialist under one roof and immediately available, not half of them in Hemel or St Albans. Most of the time A&E deals with minor injuries and the facilities in Hemel will continue to do just that. We have an excellent ambulance service staffed by experts in their field. They are able to get anyone who is seriously ill to Watford Hospital very quickly from any where in the catchment area and stabilise them while they are doing that. Once there the patients will all have far better help that can be administered under the present system. We already have a new £50 million cardiac unit which is saving more lives daily. Not only that but patients are experiencing less trauma and outcomes are much, much better. It's not really a hard choice is it?

who said I was a carer I said and I quote "What have they done for family carers - nout" Bernard you still have not answered the question what has Ms Ward done for Watford oh yeah Bernard why dont you stand for MP cause you sound like won never answering the question at hand. Ms Ward was instrumental in every single one of Labour's achievements that you listed you say yeah with the Chief Whip behind her

Obviously you're thick, so there is no point in discussing this any further. It might be a good idea for you to purchase a dictionary. That way at least you'll be able to improve your written English; if you can do that who knows what the future holds? You may even be able to engage your brain before opening your mouth.

Bernard Goode wrote:

Winston wrote:

Bernard Goode wrote: Winston, has it not dawned on you that as a Government Minister Claire Ward was instrumental in every single one of Labour's achievements that I listed? Watford is not an isolated enclave, so we residents also benefit from every single one, except of course pensioners and youngsters who thanks to the intransigence of our Mayor are denied access to free swimming, unlike those residents in Three Rivers who often enjoy their free swimming in a pool in the Borough of Watford - how daft is that? When we wake up on May 7th we know one thing for sure, we will not have a Lib Dem Government; it will be either Labour or Tory. If the government do not have a clear majority they will simply return to to Country in due course to secure a clear majority. So any idea that Nick Clegg will have any long term influence is as ludicrous as him forming a government. As a carer, what you should think about is who, on balance, will give you the best deal, Labour or Tory? Realistically that won't be the Tories because there the ones who look after "rich" people like their prospective candidate for Watford. Whoever you are caring for will have a state-of-the art Medical complex right here in Watford if you return a Labour MP. If you don't then everything is up for review and Mike Penning the Tory Health spokeman and MP for Hemel will do his level best to unpick everything and fragment the service, moving bits of it back to Hemel. The whole idea of the Medical Complex is to have all the serious specialist under one roof and immediately available, not half of them in Hemel or St Albans. Most of the time A&E deals with minor injuries and the facilities in Hemel will continue to do just that. We have an excellent ambulance service staffed by experts in their field. They are able to get anyone who is seriously ill to Watford Hospital very quickly from any where in the catchment area and stabilise them while they are doing that. Once there the patients will all have far better help that can be administered under the present system. We already have a new £50 million cardiac unit which is saving more lives daily. Not only that but patients are experiencing less trauma and outcomes are much, much better. It's not really a hard choice is it?

who said I was a carer I said and I quote "What have they done for family carers - nout" Bernard you still have not answered the question what has Ms Ward done for Watford oh yeah Bernard why dont you stand for MP cause you sound like won never answering the question at hand. Ms Ward was instrumental in every single one of Labour's achievements that you listed you say yeah with the Chief Whip behind her

Obviously you're thick, so there is no point in discussing this any further. It might be a good idea for you to purchase a dictionary. That way at least you'll be able to improve your written English; if you can do that who knows what the future holds? You may even be able to engage your brain before opening your mouth.

Thick na but I do suffer with Dyslexia we cant all be perfect like Bernard Goode from Oxhey Village and you still hav'nt answered the question. You are spot on with the Health Campus just one point of Mr Goode you satated "We already have a new £50 million cardiac unit which is saving more lives daily" are you refering to the new AAU unit opened by HEALTH Secretary Andy Burnham MP who officially opened the new £12 million unit, cant recollect £50m being spent correct me if I wrong I'm sure you will

Winston wrote:

Bernard Goode wrote:

Winston wrote:

Bernard Goode wrote: Winston, has it not dawned on you that as a Government Minister Claire Ward was instrumental in every single one of Labour's achievements that I listed? Watford is not an isolated enclave, so we residents also benefit from every single one, except of course pensioners and youngsters who thanks to the intransigence of our Mayor are denied access to free swimming, unlike those residents in Three Rivers who often enjoy their free swimming in a pool in the Borough of Watford - how daft is that? When we wake up on May 7th we know one thing for sure, we will not have a Lib Dem Government; it will be either Labour or Tory. If the government do not have a clear majority they will simply return to to Country in due course to secure a clear majority. So any idea that Nick Clegg will have any long term influence is as ludicrous as him forming a government. As a carer, what you should think about is who, on balance, will give you the best deal, Labour or Tory? Realistically that won't be the Tories because there the ones who look after "rich" people like their prospective candidate for Watford. Whoever you are caring for will have a state-of-the art Medical complex right here in Watford if you return a Labour MP. If you don't then everything is up for review and Mike Penning the Tory Health spokeman and MP for Hemel will do his level best to unpick everything and fragment the service, moving bits of it back to Hemel. The whole idea of the Medical Complex is to have all the serious specialist under one roof and immediately available, not half of them in Hemel or St Albans. Most of the time A&E deals with minor injuries and the facilities in Hemel will continue to do just that. We have an excellent ambulance service staffed by experts in their field. They are able to get anyone who is seriously ill to Watford Hospital very quickly from any where in the catchment area and stabilise them while they are doing that. Once there the patients will all have far better help that can be administered under the present system. We already have a new £50 million cardiac unit which is saving more lives daily. Not only that but patients are experiencing less trauma and outcomes are much, much better. It's not really a hard choice is it?

who said I was a carer I said and I quote "What have they done for family carers - nout" Bernard you still have not answered the question what has Ms Ward done for Watford oh yeah Bernard why dont you stand for MP cause you sound like won never answering the question at hand. Ms Ward was instrumental in every single one of Labour's achievements that you listed you say yeah with the Chief Whip behind her

Obviously you're thick, so there is no point in discussing this any further. It might be a good idea for you to purchase a dictionary. That way at least you'll be able to improve your written English; if you can do that who knows what the future holds? You may even be able to engage your brain before opening your mouth.

Thick na but I do suffer with Dyslexia we cant all be perfect like Bernard Goode from Oxhey Village and you still hav'nt answered the question. You are spot on with the Health Campus just one point of Mr Goode you satated "We already have a new £50 million cardiac unit which is saving more lives daily" are you refering to the new AAU unit opened by HEALTH Secretary Andy Burnham MP who officially opened the new £12 million unit, cant recollect £50m being spent correct me if I wrong I'm sure you will

You're wrong

BTW I am dyslexic but since we live in an age of spellchecker and the WO site highlights all spelling mistakes even if you suffer from dyslexia, which I note you can spell correctly, there's no excuse for this slovenly behaviour.

Are a Tory Toff pretending to be thick or simply a Lib Dem fibber?

Mr Goode you stated "We already have a new £50 million cardiac unit" were is it? its not in Watford.

Winston wrote:
Mr Goode you stated "We already have a new £50 million cardiac unit" were is it? its not in Watford.

Try
http://www.yorkon.co
.uk/watford-hospital
.html

That was just the building and the fit out, then there's all the latest state-of-the-art medical life-saving equipment

It cost £4 million to fit out Oceana
see:
http://www.luminar.c
o.uk/media/upload_fi
les/Luminar_Prelims_
FINAL.pdf

and that's just a nightclub with no expensive medical equipment

Get real, many people in the area have already received life-saving treatment in the unit. Health care of this caliber doesn't come cheaply

see:

http://www.watfordob
server.co.uk/news/42
71363.print/

Try to do your homework before posting garbage.

Bernard Goode wrote:

Winston wrote: Mr Goode you stated "We already have a new £50 million cardiac unit" were is it? its not in Watford.

Try http://www.yorkon.co .uk/watford-hospital .html That was just the building and the fit out, then there's all the latest state-of-the-art medical life-saving equipment It cost £4 million to fit out Oceana see: http://www.luminar.c o.uk/media/upload_fi les/Luminar_Prelims_ FINAL.pdf and that's just a nightclub with no expensive medical equipment Get real, many people in the area have already received life-saving treatment in the unit. Health care of this caliber doesn't come cheaply see: http://www.watfordob server.co.uk/news/42 71363.print/ Try to do your homework before posting garbage.

So i was correct your reference is to the new AAU unit

Bernard Goode wrote:

Winston wrote: Mr Goode you stated "We already have a new £50 million cardiac unit" were is it? its not in Watford.

Try http://www.yorkon.co .uk/watford-hospital .html That was just the building and the fit out, then there's all the latest state-of-the-art medical life-saving equipment It cost £4 million to fit out Oceana see: http://www.luminar.c o.uk/media/upload_fi les/Luminar_Prelims_ FINAL.pdf and that's just a nightclub with no expensive medical equipment Get real, many people in the area have already received life-saving treatment in the unit. Health care of this caliber doesn't come cheaply see: http://www.watfordob server.co.uk/news/42 71363.print/ Try to do your homework before posting garbage.

So i was correct your reference is to the new AAU unit

Directions to Parliament Square for Claire Ward.
Junction 5 M1, ten minutes to staples corner, pick up Claremont road, cross over Cricklewood Lane and continue as the crow flys to Mill Lane, turn left towards West End Lane, turn right and head towards Abbey Road and then Lisson Grove, cross Marylebone Road and drive the full length of Seymour Place, then turn left and then turn right into Great Cumberland Place to Marble Arch, drive down Park Lane to Hyde Park Corner, take second exit, Constitution Hill, comply QVM, turn left into Bird Cage Walk, forward into Great George Street to Parliament Square.
Time outside of the rush hour, approx 45 mins.
A little birdie tells me Claire Ward new the way and how long it took all the time, but decided she could make a killing buying a second home close to Parliament Square at the taxpayers expense and wasn't interested in being a commuter like Mr and Mrs average.
Goodriddance Claire.
Directions to Parliament Square for Claire Ward. Junction 5 M1, ten minutes to staples corner, pick up Claremont road, cross over Cricklewood Lane and continue as the crow flys to Mill Lane, turn left towards West End Lane, turn right and head towards Abbey Road and then Lisson Grove, cross Marylebone Road and drive the full length of Seymour Place, then turn left and then turn right into Great Cumberland Place to Marble Arch, drive down Park Lane to Hyde Park Corner, take second exit, Constitution Hill, comply QVM, turn left into Bird Cage Walk, forward into Great George Street to Parliament Square. Time outside of the rush hour, approx 45 mins. A little birdie tells me Claire Ward new the way and how long it took all the time, but decided she could make a killing buying a second home close to Parliament Square at the taxpayers expense and wasn't interested in being a commuter like Mr and Mrs average. Goodriddance Claire.

Rochdale under pressure: How the Home Office was warned Gillan Duffy's town is at risk of race riotsBy Neil Sears- daily mail
Last updated at 5:48 PM on 28th April 2010
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When grandmother Gillian Duffy suggested immigration was a problem in Rochdale, she was swiftly dismissed as a 'bigot' by Gordon Brown.
But the Prime Minister was betraying not only his real feelings about the worries of millions of Britons, but also his ignorance of what has been going on in the northern town - which provides an acute case study of issues afflicting the whole nation.
For ethnic populations in Rochdale, ten miles north of Manchester, have been rising so fast that the Home Office has been warned it is at risk of race riots, and the council has had to draw up a special housing plan for minorities.
The Falinge area of Rochdale which had the highest number of benefit claimants in Britain
Government research last year showed more than a quarter of primary school pupils in Rochdale spoke English as a foreign language - and named one school. Heybrook Primary, where every single one of the 453 pupils spoke English as a second language.
More...Gordon goes back to grovel in person to life-long Labour voter he called a 'bigot' for complaining about immigration

Large scale immigration to the town began in the post-war years, when thousands of Asians arrived to work in dozens of cotton mills.
Gillian Duffy was called a 'bigoted woman' by Gordon Brown when she quizzed him about immigration in Rochdale
The mills have now gone, but the Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims who came to work in them have remained, along with their children and grandchildren.
And census figures have shown that while the white population is actually falling by 2.3 per cent a decade, thanks to high birth rates the Asian population is doubling every 20 years. One church has reacted by offering services in Urdu and Punjabi.
Statistics produced in 2006 counted 16,000 people of Pakistani-origin in Rochdale, one in twelve of the population, along with 3,100 Bangladeshis, and another 8,000 non-whites.
On top of that there were another 5,000 eastern Europeans and other non-British whites.
Yet even in the four years since those figures were produced, the ethnic minority numbers have grown rapidly.
For the opening of European Union borders has led to ever larger numbers of Poles and other eastern Europeans coming to take up low-paid jobs in the town.

The Daily Mail found that numerous Poles were working in a Woolworths depot in Rochdale, while sleeping up to 13-at-a-time in cramped terrace houses.
Rochdale Borough Council recently produced a special 'Black and Minority Ethnic' housing strategy for the town 'in recognition of the increasing ethnic diversity in Rochdale' and the minorities' 'level of housing need'.
In addition to the Asians established locally for decades, the document goes on, there are 'newer and emerging ethnic minority groups' making up the 'refugee and asylum seeker communities for Africa, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries', as well as eastern Europeans, mainly Poles.
The council document notes: 'In 2007, Rochdale borough had a black and minority ethnic population of 12 per cent, which is projected to increase to 20 per cent by 2021.'
Boarded up shops in Rochdale's main shopping strip last year
Three years ago it was reported that taxpayers were funding the refurbishment of 500 homes a year for asylum seekers in Rochdale - at a cost of £3,000 a time, with fittings including, freezers, microwaves and even ash trays.
Even before extra strain was placed on resources by the arrival of east Europeans and asylum seekers, recently released Home Office papers showed that in 2001 Rochdale was highlighted as potential race riot 'hot-spot' following violent anarchy in nearby Oldham.
And race relations in the town caused problems for Labour in the last General Election too, when it was claimed a raid on 25 suspected illegal immigrants on a council estate inundated by Africans had been postponed to avoid embarrassing Tony Blair.


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