A Tell theTelegraph Moderator wanted to know what I thought about his Post:-

 This is what he posted

(Prominent Liberal Democrat councillors have today criticised the scale and pace of government cuts at local council level. In particular, they claim that because councils are facing the bulk of budget cuts in the coming financial year, they have little time "to spread the cost of reorganisation and downsizing". As a result, they claim, front-line services such libraries, youth groups and public toilets will be hit harder than they would if cuts were more spread out.

Do the Lib Dems have a point? Or are they just looking for ways of stalling what is necessary?)

This is my response

I'm surprised Mr Moderator, at you falling for this guff about cuts. There are no cuts I cannot repeat this often enough. The Coalition is spending more than Chancellor Darling planned to do. What is happening is a redistribution of the deficit, to promote growth. We need to make up the difference between income and outgoings.

Labour and the Lib-Dems in my experience always scream cuts at the drop of a hat. The Lib-Dems in particular because they are so used to being in opposition where you can promise the world, because you know you'll never have to deliver on it.

Labour controlled local councils were always going to feel the worst effects of this redistribution, because they jumped on the bandwagon when the new Labour government decided to use Local Councils as a job creation scheme back in '97.

We edged up towards having around seven million pen pushers on the books. A fair proportion of them will have to go for the sake of the prudence Gordon Brown forgot how to spell.

Watch this space, I’ll be Back!

Tom.