Comments on: Bare market http://www.hangbitching.com/2009/11/bare-market/ Interviews around the UK. Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:35:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Low earners won’t thrive in Big Society | Liberal Conspiracy http://www.hangbitching.com/2009/11/bare-market/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Low earners won’t thrive in Big Society | Liberal Conspiracy Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:01:13 +0000 http://www.extemporaries.com/?p=1#comment-232 [...] ‘big society’ concept with council tenants Ted and Hazel Scully, and Sandra Porter. I spent time with them last year as [...] [...] ‘big society’ concept with council tenants Ted and Hazel Scully, and Sandra Porter. I spent time with them last year as [...]

]]> By: Big society: in Skelmersdale’s dreams – Hangbitch http://www.hangbitching.com/2009/11/bare-market/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Big society: in Skelmersdale’s dreams – Hangbitch Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:19:35 +0000 http://www.extemporaries.com/?p=1#comment-228 [...] ‘big society’ ideas with council tenants Ted and Hazel Scully, and Sandra Porter. I spent time with them last year as [...] [...] ‘big society’ ideas with council tenants Ted and Hazel Scully, and Sandra Porter. I spent time with them last year as [...]

]]> By: hangbitch http://www.hangbitching.com/2009/11/bare-market/comment-page-1/#comment-176 hangbitch Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:21:12 +0000 http://www.extemporaries.com/?p=1#comment-176 Hi Hazel, I'm going to come up again - will be in contact shortly. Cheers, Kate. Hi Hazel,

I’m going to come up again – will be in contact shortly. Cheers, Kate.

]]> By: Hazel Scully http://www.hangbitching.com/2009/11/bare-market/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Hazel Scully Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:34:32 +0000 http://www.extemporaries.com/?p=1#comment-175 Hi Kate;Three years on and we are still at a standstill.Council have had "nothing to tell us" for twelve months now.Cabinet have agreed demolition but haven.t seen fit to inform the tenants and residents,nor the Campaign Group.The decision was made months ago.Maybe that gives you and your readers an inkling of the manner in which we have been treated.The HRA Reform and cuts in Communities and Local Government funding may have some bearing on the Skelmersdale Vision but we are in the dark at the moment. Hi Kate;Three years on and we are still at a standstill.Council have had “nothing to tell us” for twelve months now.Cabinet have agreed demolition but haven.t seen fit to inform the tenants and residents,nor the Campaign Group.The decision was made months ago.Maybe that gives you and your readers an inkling of the manner in which we have been treated.The HRA Reform and cuts in Communities and Local Government funding may have some bearing on the Skelmersdale Vision but we are in the dark at the moment.

]]> By: Real Left politics couldn’t be more personal « Though Cowards Flinch http://www.hangbitching.com/2009/11/bare-market/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Real Left politics couldn’t be more personal « Though Cowards Flinch Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:10:45 +0000 http://www.extemporaries.com/?p=1#comment-160 [...] Hazel Scully was a long-time Skelmersdale council tenant who was told in 2007 that her estate would be demolished as part of town-centre upgrade plans. She and other residents fought the proposal – their argument was that council tenants should not be shifted to less desirable parts of town to make way for private apartments for sale. Residents still don’t know if their estate will be demolished. ‘We don’t fit in. We don’t fit in with their vision of a new, updated Skem.’ [...] [...] Hazel Scully was a long-time Skelmersdale council tenant who was told in 2007 that her estate would be demolished as part of town-centre upgrade plans. She and other residents fought the proposal – their argument was that council tenants should not be shifted to less desirable parts of town to make way for private apartments for sale. Residents still don’t know if their estate will be demolished. ‘We don’t fit in. We don’t fit in with their vision of a new, updated Skem.’ [...]

]]> By: Standing by – Hangbitch http://www.hangbitching.com/2009/11/bare-market/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Standing by – Hangbitch Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:35:56 +0000 http://www.extemporaries.com/?p=1#comment-44 [...] months ago, we went to West Lancashire town Skelmersdale to talk to council tenants about their fight to stay in flats that were due for demolition. Here we [...] [...] months ago, we went to West Lancashire town Skelmersdale to talk to council tenants about their fight to stay in flats that were due for demolition. Here we [...]

]]> By: admin http://www.hangbitching.com/2009/11/bare-market/comment-page-1/#comment-19 admin Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:06:03 +0000 http://www.extemporaries.com/?p=1#comment-19 Hi Hazel, Rosie was not, alas, specific in her comments to me about which ministers she had met with. I'll send Chris an email now and ask what she's doing now that the big decision's in. If Gordon was visiting, he may have been casing out his Olympic stadium, of course. V nice. Hi Hazel,

Rosie was not, alas, specific in her comments to me about which ministers she had met with. I’ll send Chris an email now and ask what she’s doing now that the big decision’s in. If Gordon was visiting, he may have been casing out his Olympic stadium, of course. V nice.

]]> By: Hazel Scully http://www.hangbitching.com/2009/11/bare-market/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Hazel Scully Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:49:38 +0000 http://www.extemporaries.com/?p=1#comment-18 No more info in Press on that yet.Maybe you can find out more.By the way,if Rosie Cooper MP for W.Lancs has spoken to Ministers on our behalf it would have been gracious to let us know.Yes,Ms.Cooper has entertained Ministers in the Borough in recent monthe-namely Gordon Brown(in Aughton meeting selected few),Harriet Harman(visited the Concourse,just across the way from this estate) and Hazel Blears(still Communities Minister then).We were not invited to even witness these visits,let alone be given the time of day . No more info in Press on that yet.Maybe you can find out more.By the way,if Rosie Cooper MP for W.Lancs has spoken to Ministers on our behalf it would have been gracious to let us know.Yes,Ms.Cooper has entertained Ministers in the Borough in recent monthe-namely Gordon Brown(in Aughton meeting selected few),Harriet Harman(visited the Concourse,just across the way from this estate) and Hazel Blears(still Communities Minister then).We were not invited to even witness these visits,let alone be given the time of day .

]]> By: admin http://www.hangbitching.com/2009/11/bare-market/comment-page-1/#comment-17 admin Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:14:28 +0000 http://www.extemporaries.com/?p=1#comment-17 Gordon's getting involved, is he - that is interesting. Do you know any more about it? I'm going to ask around about that. Cheers, Kate Gordon’s getting involved, is he – that is interesting. Do you know any more about it? I’m going to ask around about that. Cheers, Kate

]]> By: Hazel Scully http://www.hangbitching.com/2009/11/bare-market/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Hazel Scully Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:40:01 +0000 http://www.extemporaries.com/?p=1#comment-15 Hi Kate.Gordon Brown intervening in Kirkby decision--wants a Stadium for Olympics.Be interesting to see where that goes.No info from Council for us yet.People beginning to see the appaling situation we are in . Hi Kate.Gordon Brown intervening in Kirkby decision–wants a Stadium for Olympics.Be interesting to see where that goes.No info from Council for us yet.People beginning to see the appaling situation we are in .

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