Sunday, January 31, 2010

Audit Commission's anti-Tory ‘plot’ was a serious political mistake of epic proportions and stupidity














Dear All

The recurring theme of this blog is that we live in a corrupt country.

This is highlighted in the system best by Quango system or Non Government Organisations.

They are filled to the gunnells with Labour placemen and women.

They are a government within a government through interconnecting social networks.

The Audit Commission is the English local government spending watchdog as such it is supposed to be politically neutral.

It isn’t, it has been taken over by Labour placemen and operates as a politicised entity.

The truth of this fact is the money paid to a lobbying firm with links to the Labour Party on how to undermine the Tories who challenge its activities.

At its head is Stephen Bundred, he is paid £208,000-a-year as its chief executive and is a former Labour councillor.

This is the only member of the quango attached to the Labour Party, Eight of 23 of Connect staff on the company’s website have worked for Labour.

One is contesting a seat for the party at the coming general election.

This politicisation is a matter for all and cuts across party boundaries, the system can only retain confidence if the neutrality is upheld.

The Quango system cannot be allowed to continue as another tier of Labour Government.

In attacking the Tories, it is now clear that any incoming Tory Government should start a review on the make up of quango boards and start a process of removal of those who are overt politicised.

The report from the lobby company said that a good tactic is to foment a rebellion in the Tory grassroots;

“Many Conservative local authority leaders do not follow national party lines. Therefore there is a good opportunity for the commission to exploit any potential differences in opinion.”

Eric Pickles for the Tories said;

“It is disgraceful that I and other taxpayers have had to pay for the Audit Commission to do the Labour party’s dirty work”.

And he has a valid point.

After the next election, I suspect that an incoming Tory Government will be curtailing the activities of quangos and return powers back to local communities.

The dismantling of Labour’s government within a government can only be seen as a good step back towards accountable both to government and the people.

Corrupt Britain has flourished under the Labour Party to the determent of the people.

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

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