Cameron V. The Conservatives

[jim360]

Not entirely sure if this counts as "news" since the original story dates back as far as September although this article appeared in Today's Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/11/david-cameron-letter-cuts-oxfordshire#_=_

and the original story here

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/13948252.David_Cameron_clashes_with_council_over_cuts_to_frontline_services/

How'd this one happen? Accepting Ian Hudspeth's version of the figures suggests that Cameron has an awfully inaccurate understanding of how his policies are actually working. This is, to say the least, not very impressive.

[Gromit]

A revealing exchange of letters.

I enjoyed the line...

// Explaining the issue gently, as if to a slow learner, the council leader, Ian Hudspeth, points out... //

[ToraToraTora]

so what does that say about your man then farrier?

[Svejk]

Cuts? On another thread today, presumably left wing, people thought that Cottaging Officers and Breastfeeding Coordinators were a perfectly fine way for councils to spend money.
If they didn't close the odd library, I'm at a loss to think where they could save money.
http://www.taxpayersalliance.com/3_483_council_staff_on_more_than_100_000

Ps. You should have read some of letters beneath the local paper's story before using it to bolster your argument.

[jim360]

Not really sure what TTT's point is, unless it's that "well our man may be totally crap but at least he's not even crapper" -- which doesn't really provide much comfort as that still leaves us with crap in charge!

Also svejk, what letters? If you mean the comments underneath the Oxford article, I've not read them no. But that would still leave us with a letter written (or, more likely, read and signed) by Cameron that is filled with mistakes, or worse. Coming from the Prime Minister, or from his office, it does not bode well when the lawmakers don't appear to appreciate the full consequences of their laws and decisions.