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  • "BILL if you think we have democracy in ST HELENS you must be wearing your rose tinted specs,in a democracy we the people have a vote,this was taken away from us in the regional/local mayoral elections by MARIE RIMMER she said it was in our interest not to have one so vetoed it,why did we the people not get a chance to decide for ourselves,or was it as most people believe to stop her from being ousted from power."
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Can we trust Labour with fiscal policy for the town?

9:17am Thursday 3rd May 2012 in News By Reader letter

Is there no penalty when politicians publish dubious information to tempt or frighten sections of the electorate into voting for them?

I cite the recent ‘Labour literature’ which states that a family earning £20,000 per annum loses £450 per annum because of the 2.5 per cent increase in VAT.

Simple mental arithmetic shows that they would have to spend £18,450 on 20 per cent VAT items, leaving only £1,550, which would just cover electric and gas, with nothing left to spend on food, rates, etc.

Can we really trust people with such arithmetical ability to run a tight fiscal policy for our town?

DG

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