Northumberland Tories linked with “Career Psychopath” who’s made the Conservative Party into a

“Mean Minded Sect”

Durham Born media guru, Dominic Cummings who worked with the North-East Conservatives against the  Labour Parties wish to form an elected regional assembly has been attacked by the former PM Sir John Major who accused him of not caring a fig for the Conservative Party and Former Prime Minister David Cameron who wasn’t a fan, once described him as a 'career psychopath'.

Cummings has links into the heart of Northumberland society through his wife Mary Wakefield, the deputy editor of The Spectator magazine, whom he married in 2011. She is the Daughter of Sir Humphrey Wakefield and Lady Mary Cecil Grey, whose family own Chillingham Castle in Northumberland.

His early work which demonstrated his war-like defeat planning, bullying tactics and spin ability was when Sir John Prescott pushed the project to have elected regional assemblies and Cummings used what are now the accepted methods of ‘false news’ pushed out through the Tory press that has become the operating methodology of the Conservatives to break down Labour in the County.

Tory Campaigns that included attacking at every opportunity the Northumberland Labour Group former Deputy Leader, Councillor David Ledger, who was vice chairperson of the regional assembly for many years and a leading advocate of the Elected Assembly model to challenge the power growing speedily over the Border of the ability to fund regional economic growth via the Scottish Assembly.

Cummings who also worked with Boris Johnson on the fabric of lies that brought about a leave vote which kickstarted the Brexit fiasco was fawned over by Conservative media crew in the north-east region which included Berwick MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan’s press officer Ms now Councillor Georgina Hill and the vice-chair of the North-east Conservatives, Councillor Richard Wearmouth whose nasty party plans to discredit staff and opposition Council members have been disclosed during bullying cases against the Tory regime at County Hall, allegedly written in the discolored image designed by his mentor Cummings.

It’s said that ‘proof in the pudding is in the eating’ and now that the Northumberland Conservative term has only 18 months left to deceive and cheat the electorate we can point with the blade of a spoon towards the mixed flavours that make up what for the Tories may be a wonderful delight. The destruction of the reputation of the company ARCH and its directors and employees, the spin doctoring in Bedlington to bring in three Tory Independent councillors who said they had an agreement to redevelop their Town Centre, a quality redevelopment that died with the ending of the Arch model. The downscaling of the Ashington, Blyth and Tyne line project to cut out Labour held areas from the benefits and growth the project would bring and the huge spend on an almost worn out County Hall building in Morpeth which is a vanity project beyond belief.

When looked at in conjunction with the retention of a hole in the middle of Ashington and the Cummings style attack on Labour using right-wing activists in Blyth over a planning matter, all of these pseudo Tories operating in this blindingly obvious scam, hope to become Independent Tories after 2021, we all can now see why the ex-Tory PM, John Major, stated that Dominic Cummings and his disciples have turned the Conservative Party into a “mean minded sect” and we trust that your estimation is completely correct.

 

  Northumberland Tories linked with “Career Psychopath” who’s made the Conservative Party into a

“Mean Minded Sect”

Durham Born media guru, Dominic Cummings who worked with the North-East Conservatives against the  Labour Parties wish to form an elected regional assembly has been attacked by the former PM Sir John Major who accused him of not caring a fig for the Conservative Party and Former Prime Minister David Cameron who wasn’t a fan, once described him as a 'career psychopath'.

Cummings has links into the heart of Northumberland society through his wife Mary Wakefield, the deputy editor of The Spectator magazine, whom he married in 2011. She is the Daughter of Sir Humphrey Wakefield and Lady Mary Cecil Grey, whose family own Chillingham Castle in Northumberland.

His early work which demonstrated his war-like defeat planning, bullying tactics and spin ability was when Sir John Prescott pushed the project to have elected regional assemblies and Cummings used what are now the accepted methods of ‘false news’ pushed out through the Tory press that has become the operating methodology of the Conservatives to break down Labour in the County. Tory Campaigns that included attacking at every opportunity  the Northumberland Labour Group former Deputy Leader, Councillor David Ledger who was vice chairperson of the regional assembly for many years and a leading advocate of the Elected Assembly model to challenge the power growing speedily over the Border of the ability to fund regional economic growth via the Scottish Assembly.

Cummings who also worked with Boris Johnson on the fabric of lies that brought about a leave vote which kickstarted the Brexit fiasco was fawned over by Conservative media crew in the north-east region which included Berwick MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan’s press officer Ms now Councillor Georgina Hill and the vice-chair of the North-east Conservatives, Councillor Richard Wearmouth whose nasty party plans to discredit staff and opposition Council members have been disclosed during bullying cases against the Tory regime at County Hall, allegedly written in the discolored image pushed out by his mentor Cummings.

It’s said that ‘proof in the pudding is in the eating’ and now that the Northumberland Conservative term has only 18 months left to deceive and cheat the electorate we can point with the blade of a spoon towards the mixed flavours that make up what for the Tories may be a wonderful delight. The destruction of the reputation of the company ARCH and its directors and employees, the spin doctoring in Bedlington to bring in three Tory Independent councillors who said they had an agreement to redevelop their Town Centre, a quality redevelopment that died with the ending of the Arch model. The downscaling of the Ashington, Blyth and Tyne line project to cut out Labour held areas from the benefits and growth the project would bring and the huge spend on an almost worn out County Hall building in Morpeth which is a vanity project beyond belief. When looked at in conjunction with the retention of a hole in the middle of Ashington and the Cummings style attack on Labour using right-wing activists in Blyth over a planning matter, all of these pseudo Tories operating in this blindingly obvious scam, hope to become Independent Tories after 2021, we all can now see why the ex-Tory PM, John Major, stated that Dominic Cummings and his disciples have turned the Conservative Party into a “mean minded sect” and we trust that your estimation is completely correct

Northumberland Tories linked with “Career Psychopath” who’s made the Conservative Party into a

“Mean Minded Sect”

Durham Born media guru, Dominic Cummings who worked with the North-East Conservatives against the  Labour Parties wish to form an elected regional assembly has been attacked by the former PM Sir John Major who accused him of not caring a fig for the Conservative Party and Former Prime Minister David Cameron who wasn’t a fan, once described him as a 'career psychopath'.

Cummings has links into the heart of Northumberland society through his wife Mary Wakefield, the deputy editor of The Spectator magazine, whom he married in 2011. She is the Daughter of Sir Humphrey Wakefield and Lady Mary Cecil Grey, whose family own Chillingham Castle in Northumberland.

His early work which demonstrated his war-like defeat planning, bullying tactics and spin ability was when Sir John Prescott pushed the project to have elected regional assemblies and Cummings used what are now the accepted methods of ‘false news’ pushed out through the Tory press that has become the operating methodology of the Conservatives to break down Labour in the County. Tory Campaigns that included attacking at every opportunity  the Northumberland Labour Group former Deputy Leader, Councillor David Ledger who was vice chairperson of the regional assembly for many years and a leading advocate of the Elected Assembly model to challenge the power growing speedily over the Border of the ability to fund regional economic growth via the Scottish Assembly.

Cummings who also worked with Boris Johnson on the fabric of lies that brought about a leave vote which kickstarted the Brexit fiasco was fawned over by Conservative media crew in the north-east region which included Berwick MP Anne-Marie Trevelyan’s press officer Ms now Councillor Georgina Hill and the vice-chair of the North-east Conservatives, Councillor Richard Wearmouth whose nasty party plans to discredit staff and opposition Council members have been disclosed during bullying cases against the Tory regime at County Hall, allegedly written in the discolored image pushed out by his mentor Cummings.

It’s said that ‘proof in the pudding is in the eating’ and now that the Northumberland Conservative term has only 18 months left to deceive and cheat the electorate we can point with the blade of a spoon towards the mixed flavours that make up what for the Tories may be a wonderful delight. The destruction of the reputation of the company ARCH and its directors and employees, the spin doctoring in Bedlington to bring in three Tory Independent councillors who said they had an agreement to redevelop their Town Centre, a quality redevelopment that died with the ending of the Arch model. The downscaling of the Ashington, Blyth and Tyne line project to cut out Labour held areas from the benefits and growth the project would bring and the huge spend on an almost worn out County Hall building in Morpeth which is a vanity project beyond belief. When looked at in conjunction with the retention of a hole in the middle of Ashington and the Cummings style attack on Labour using right-wing activists in Blyth over a planning matter, all of these pseudo Tories operating in this blindingly obvious scam, hope to become Independent Tories after 2021, we all can now see why the ex-Tory PM, John Major, stated that Dominic Cummings and his disciples have turned the Conservative Party into a “mean minded sect” and we trust that your estimation is completely correct.

Treasury in Distress over Javid’s Bribes Speech for the Election

Chancellor Sajid Javid presented his Spending Round — what other people would call his election Bribes to Parliament.

Javid told the House of Commons: “We are turning the page on austerity and beginning a new dacade of renewal. A new economic era needs a new economic plan and today we lay the foundations, with the fastest increase in day-to-day spending in 15 years” 

Showing no grace, he said: “These aren’t just numbers on a spreadsheet” Clearly a snidey reference to the former chancellor Phillip Hammond, known as “spreadsheet Phil” who lost the Tory whip the night before over his part in the Government defeat.

Whether it’s an auspicious Spending Round and whether the details remain the same after a General Election remain to be seen.

Nevertheless, in its briefing on the round, the Resolution Foundation think tank said “The scale of extra spending in 2021 means the treasury is almost certain to have broken its fiscal mandate  To keep borrowing below 2% of GDP next year on the basis of the last forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) published in March. The Chancellors £13.4 Billion borrowing increase could have just fitted within his £14 billion of Fiscal Headroom.”

However, higher borrowing and slower growth since March reinforced by very weak surveys released just ahead of Todays spending round, mean that this headroom is now likely to be far less than todays spending and borrowing increases”

Unfortunately for the Treasury, its twitter feed covering the round gave the game away. Its animated graphic featured a union jack which was upside down. As one twitterer pointed out, ‘flying the union jack in an upside down position is a signal indicating a situation of distress’ 


Day-to-day departmental spending will now grow by 4.1% above inflation in 2020-2021 compared to the previous year, according to Javid with £13.4 billion more for public services.


 

Northumberland Conservatives Circling Around Blowing Trumpets before a Decision is made.

This week has seen Northumberland Conservatives spinning their plates as usual, attempting to steal the limelight and turn a ‘Take a Break’ style competition into a win-win for the Town of Blyth.

On the back of what is a simple ask by the homes and communities agency to develop a business case and enter into phase two of a competition in an attempt to harvest cash from the ‘Governments future high street fund’ we find the Head of the Decision Making body for the County of Northumberland, Councillor Peter Jackson, a Conservative from Ponteland claiming a deceitful victory on social media.



The Council have simply received a very small amount in the production of Government business case terms of £150,000 to be used by the County Councils Business programming team to work with the Blyth Town Forum, a group made up of Town and Local County Councillors along with agents from the larger group of landlords and companies working in the Town.
The problem with this fund is the history of the Conservative Party when it comes to progressing the work required and the investment needed to bring life back into Blyth’s Town Centre.

Peter Jacksons one party cabinet none of whom live or even have connections with the Town have not began to invest in the highway network expansion required to link up with the Blyth Relief Road. They proclaimed the fact that they put a bid in for the Construction of the link road itself, a usual Tory publicity stunt, but have not even began to set aside the borrowing requirement to develop the work the people of Blyth need to lower pollution across the Towns most populated areas and ease the traffic problems of Cowpen Road and Laverock Hall Road through opening up the network.

The heralding in of the next step in the reopening of the AB&T Line also takes the biscuit with the announcement of no new transport hub at Blyth Bebside, no new station in the first phase and ensuring that in the area of Blyth with the highest number of people sitting in negative equity no rise in house prices to brighten their future hopes, leaving thousands living in fear of monetary problems carrying on for many years to come.

They have dropped off the planned building of a new Leisure Centre and Swimming Baths sited in the Town Centre to increase the economy through a greater footfall, instead they are conning the public with a refurb. of Blyth’s sixty year old facility on the edge of town

They have stopped the planned development of a new Phoenix Theatre on the Dun Cow Quay site which would have enriched the night time economy of the Town Centre.

We have reproduced Labour’s ideas below along with the letter out to the press from the Government, Labours manifesto plans were well developed and did not include an increase in bail hostels across Blyth, as it was centred around a Core Strategy that protected Towns from shabby development but the Tory decision makers removed that from inspection by Government in order that the Developers had to work hand in glove with the Council.




Future High Streets Fund – Northumberland

I am delighted to inform you that this local authority, within your constituency, (Blyth Valley) has been selected to go forward into the next phase of the Future High Streets Fund (FHSF). Blyth has a desire to energise its town centre through the integration of historical, industrial and natural assets with a mix of uses. This would be achieved by creating a new, sustainable environment for residents, businesses and visitors, with investment in commercial and residential infrastructure and spaces. We will now be inviting the authority to submit a full business case to the FHSF, and plan to announce the list of authorities that are successful in obtaining capital funding for their transformational schemes by spring 2020. The FHSF will provide capital funding to places to invest in infrastructure, housing and work spaces. These projects will transform our high streets and town centres, bringing long-term economic benefits.

Last month, we were delighted to set out this Government’s plan to unite and level up across our country, turbo-charging our cities, our towns, our coastal communities and rural areas. We committed to a £3.6 billion Towns Fund demonstrating our commitment to prosperity in towns across the country, which included increasing the FHSF to £1 billion. As such, we will be able to extend the shortlist of places progressing to the next stage of assessment for the FHSF.

 There was a very high degree of interest in the FHSF, which received more than 300 expressions of interest and was heavily oversubscribed. It is a great achievement for the authority to have made it into the business case development phase of the FHSF and demonstrates that its expression of interest document was one of the very best that my department received.

To help the authority to develop a compelling business case around its ambitious plans to renew and reshape its high street and town centre we will be awarding a revenue grant of up to £150,000; this will be paid shortly and will enable the authority to commission expert advice or commit internal resources to assist in the development of its business case.

In addition, we are setting up a High Streets Task Force as part of our wider offer to high streets and town centres. The Task Force will provide hands-on support to local areas to develop data-driven, innovative strategies, provide training and connect local areas to relevant experts. This will include providing support to some authorities in development of their business cases.

I know that you will want to congratulate the authority team for getting this far and wish them every success in the next phase of assessment. I will write to you again if the authority is successful in obtaining funding for its scheme.

RT Hon. Robert Jennick MP


Labours Manifesto Plans for Blyth
Blyth
1. A new Blyth relief road will be constructed leading to the creation of 600 jobs in the wider economy through the additional employment that will be created in the Port of Blyth through easier traffic movements.

2. A New Town Centre Plan will regenerate the town, it will include shops, a new theatre to improve the night time economy and offices and homes increasing the number of people living and working in the town.

3. A new Leisure Centre will be built as close to the Town Centre as possible to replace the existing one and will include modern facilities that are being heavily used at our other sites.

4. Two new stations will be built on the AB&T Line to increase the use of public transport for those working in the conurbation and beyond.

5. We will work with partners like Blyth Town Council and the National Market Traders Federation to improve Blyth market contributing to increasing commerce to the town.

6. Energy Central is a 218 Hectare site nestled around the river Blyth estuary, a deep water port the project to refresh the renewable energy sector, training for the sector and expand the catapult program. This will be locked in through the arrival of the 430Ml long 1.400KvA cable from Norway bringing green energy ashore in the estuary. Energy Central will create an estimated 3000 over the lifetime of this administration.


What did Peter Jackson’s Conservative Manifesto offer the people of Blyth?

Read the link: they promised NOTHING and their delivering everything they promised.
https://www.northumberlandconservatives.org.uk/sites/www.northumberlandconservatives.org.uk/files/2017-03/Northumberland%20Manifesto.pdf



 

Historic Repeat of the ‘Bedlington Cheat’

SOCIAL Media has been running red hot in the Town of Blyth in Northumberland against a planning application for a home of multiple occupancy being sited right beside the centre of the Towns most historic area, its Market Place.

The Town which includes many of the poorest and most deprived wards in the County of Northumberland already has a large number of Homes of Multiple Occupancy (HMO’s) many being used by those awaiting sentencing by the Courts, local people use the term ‘Bail Hostel’ when referring to them and accuse the Unitary County Council for allowing as many HMO’s to be developed as the majority of people living in these properties are NOT from the Town of Blyth.

A local facebook page has been running a campaign for a number of weeks and an electronic petition was run to show opposition to the latest development. It is to be heard at the Unitary Councils area committee meeting, called the ‘Ashington and Blyth Area Council’ at 17:00hrs on 11 Sept. to be held at Newbiggin by the Sea, Leisure Centre. and the Councils announcement that it has been chosen to put a second stage bid into the Future High Streets fund has led to messages being posted by known local Tories and ex-UKIP members whipping up an ad-hoc public meeting on the back of the public interest in this matter on Saturday 7^th Sept. 2019. five days before their petition is to be heard.

This is not new ground for Northumberland Conservatives about whom its said pulled the same scam on the people of the nearest Town to Blyth, Bedlington, during  2016 when the then Labour administration for Northumberland County Council were busy putting a land package together to build a new Town centre for Bedlington. Grief was whipped up by local Tories and a march and wild public meeting held to demand change.
Labour put together the land package and plans then through the massive amount of false news put out lost the seats to ‘Secret’ Independents who immediately took the ‘shilling from the Conservatives.
The Conservatives have not delivered for the people of Bedlington and won’t deliver in time for the next election in May 2021.

The same tactics are now being used in Blyth, even though the subject is really a planning matter over an HMO, its expected the Northumberland Conservatives and their allies will run this as an attack against Labour and the way the Town has run down in the last decade. They wont mention that the Tories have been in Governmental power for 90% of that decade and that none of the Tories in power at County Hall live in the Town of Blyth.

The matter is quite complex, to stop a planning application going through, because planning is a quasi-judicial function of a unitary Council a planning reason has to be given.

Is that planning reason available? It was, the Labour Party when in power had developed a planning document known as a Core Strategy and it was under examination by Government. The Core Strategy, which discussed within it the development of unsuitable domestic dwellings in certain areas was removed from inspection by the Tories as soon as they got into power at County Hall.

In place of the Core Strategy which looked at all aspects of planning and development and ensured they aligned with the needs and wishes of Communities the Tories have developed a ‘Local Plan’ its a simple planning only document that can be challenged by developers who don’t get their way.

The costs of running a ‘Local Plan’ are enormous and challenges cost the Council Taxpayer a fortune for lost planning appeals. Northumberland loses the majority of its appeals as their plan is not robust and simply unsuitable for communities.

Its expected that the hearing of the petition will swing the way of the Community on 11^th Sept. But the Councillors who will hear the appeal are not the same ones who will hear the planning application as the ‘Strategic Planning Committee’ of the Unitary Council does not contain a single elected member from Blyth, Northumberland’s largest Town, and normally simply accepts the views and recommendations of Council Officers, but does seem weak when farmers want to develop buildings in greenbelt areas.

This is one to watch as the Tories exploit both the people and their allies to grasp hold and cling to power even if its through ‘fringe benefits' to so called false ‘independent Councillors’.
 

 

 

Strategy without ambition is not enough to aid recovery or assist families suffering housing insecurity.

Northumberland’s new affordable homes strategy, heralded in this month for delivery, is in reality, another spinning plate from Councillor Peter Jackson’s Tories.

Trumpeting in their supposed 1000 increase in affordable homes; ‘Which is a major cut in both the Counties ambition and its planned timeline for delivery while lowering expectations and ambition by two-thirds’, Councillor Jackson said  “Delivering quality affordable housing is one of the key priorities for this council and will further enhance the county’s ever-growing reputation as a great place to live and work. Our population is dispersed over a  large geographical area and they have varying housing needs.  The new housing will reflect this with homes designed for families, the elderly, single people and our most vulnerable residents.”

When Councillor Jackson removed the County Councils core strategy planning document from inspection by Government he also stopped a garden village project from proceeding at Dissington in mid-Northumberland. The Garden Village project would have delivered 2000 affordable homes at no cost to the Council. When coupling the fantastic vision to develop such a scheme in the County with the ambition of the last Labour administration at County Hall who developed 1000 social houses and planned 1500 more by 2021 it shows how dire and small minded the new hailed strategy is; it’s a strategy that lines up with Councillor Jacksons ambition to not develop affordable or social housing in much needed rural Northumberland and shows the chasm between Jacksons ‘Local Plan’ and the former visionary Core Strategy.

The numbers of affordable and social homes in Labour’s plans would have been able to help those with the financial ability to get on the foot of the ladder the opportunity to purchase a new affordable home, whilst aiding those who are currently suffering housing insecurity to answer their dreams and relieve the constant pressure of becoming a statistic labelled by the Tories as the ‘working homeless’ and the design of delivery within the 'core strategy' would have benefitted those people who find themselves cut off from housing through the growth of second homes in the North and rural West of the County.

The current ‘strategy' issued by Councillor Jackson, to deliver 1000 affordable homes by 2021 supports our view as laymen that his administration shows a zero level of ambition and that his latest false promise is top of the charts for spin.

When developers ask the Council for planning permission they have to comply with certain aspects of planning legislation, part of which is the development at their cost of a certain level of affordable homes. Planners attempt to talk up high numbers usually about a third of the homes developed should be classed as truly ‘affordable’. Developers of course try every trick in the book to reduce that number and often succeed, but with over 19,000 planning permissions in train across Northumberland questions need to be asked regarding the Tories utter lack of ambition in only expecting to deliver 1000 affordable homes by 2021 and as explained this will be at no cost to the Council at all.  When amalgamated with the fact that six times the number of social homes have been sold under the Tories than developed with 62% of those homes falling into the hands of private landlords who hide behind the dreaded section 21 of the Housing Act shows that thousands of people now live with the curse of housing insecurity and why the handle of ‘Working Homeless’ has been pushed by the Tory press in an attempt to blind the public from the atrocities of developing an underclass right below our noses.


https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/News/2019/Aug/Council-s-bold-plans-for-1-000-affordable-homes.aspx