Standish Voice's plan - is Labour Trohjan Horse

So residents of Standish have been given voting cards and to vote for a neighbourhood plan. Many residents have asked me, in person, via email and rang me, about what the F it is?

Well, Standish Voice is Labour's Trojan Horse in Standish. It didn't start that way to be fair. It was started by a Labour support Paul Ogden. The link rd was coming out at the side of his house and he didn't like it. Now up till that point, he hadn't attended 1 single house meeting to stop any of the 2000 proposed houses coming to Standish, nor had he objected to any. He still hasn't! But as soon as it affected him he started the stop the link rd campaign. That didn't work so he did what Ex-Labour Cllr (Who was jailed for claiming allowances she wasn't entitled to) start this thing call Neighbourhood plan.

He and the Labour's trojan Horse - Standish Voice -  says it would stop house building in Standish - IT WOULDN'T!!! IT WILL HELP MORE !!!!!! FACT !!!!!!

The reason I say this is because I have read their plan and what a waste of time. I say this because of the only thing it says on houses is the developers have to build all the houses they are building and then at that point they can come back for more. Shocking !!!! Here they are saying they will stop houses but they won't. In fact, it is the Government's policy that these plans can not stop developments. 

The only thing for sure the plan says is that takeaways should be kept at the level that they are at. Everything is just a wish list. No new rds plans, no new car parks, no new anything apart from more houses after this lot has been built. 

Also, the founder of Standish Voice has been consistent - looking out for No.1. He was worried that the link rd would affect the value of his house. After he couldn't stop the link rd at the side of his house he has been able to get 10'000's of benefits out of developers for himself and improvements to his house- more land, new driveway, kitchen and the list goes on. So while he says vote for his plan he doesn't give 2 hoots about you, he only worries about what is in it for himself. Typical Socialist !!! He even tried to stab his own family in the back and affect the values of their house whilst he was worried about just himself. 

So July 18, the day of the is the vote, Standish Voice, Labour and Wigan Council all want a low turn out to keep the turn out low. Why? Because the rule they need 50.01% to vote for it and if people knew what this plan will do then they will vote against it. So in essence if out of the 10,000's of people that live in the area just 5 people went to vote for it and 3 people voted for it then it passes. There should be an extra rule in there to say for the policy to be passed the turnout needs to be of a certain % too. But Labour always hates that.

So I know most people wouldn't be voting because they can't be bothered or don't have 1 bit of a clue what it is then they will not be voting But I would say go and vote and go and vote against it The developers, Wigan Council and Labour love this plan as it allows more house building later. Although I suspect after 2021 new house building will slow down quite dramatically as the scheme Help to Buy scheme is having restrictions on it. So I guess when that happens Labour, the Council and their trojan horse - Standish Voice - will say our plan worked when it hasn't it is just because of the Government Help to Buy scheme slowing down in 2021 and then stopping in 2023.

May’s Update

Well, May is over ( No not the PM I mean the Month, although Theresa May is also done) and done with, what a month.

So, we all know that at the beginning of the month we had the local elections. I have not said anything on social media about this, and this was for a reason. Cheating B@stards!

So, Wigan Council said the result was I lost by 93 votes. Wrong! I won by 7 votes. So what happened then? 

The count was done and my ward’s count was taken off to head of legal services Brendan Whitworth- for some reason – he had it for an hour and people were around me where saying, “ look at his and Charnock Jones ( Council officer Christine Charnock Jones) face. They are like thunder”.

The ladies that did the counting where like why can’t we just go. In the discussions I said to the girls, “don’t give the number of votes but the bundles of 25 ( ballot papers are counted in bundles of 25) are they the same between me and Labour?” as mine was a little longer. One of the ladies counted them – as she was sick of waiting -and said yes, exactly the same. Then we can see the loose ballot papers of 13 for Labour and 20 for me. Therefore, I had won by 7 votes. Gee that was close.  

After more waiting the girls said, “we all know you have won why will they just not announce it?” A cllr who was near said, “they are up to something Gareth”.

So, the process of the count is the returning officer calls candidates and agents over. She then meant to

1/ tell the candidates the “provisional” vote.

2/Then she has to “allow enough time” for the result to sink in.

3/Then, remind candidates they have a legal right to ask for a recount.

4/Then once all that process has been completed, she completes the declaration and

5/announces it.

With mine we were called to the stage and we were shown the actual declaration page. The stage 4 above and then said right I am announcing it. Wow, talk about fast track. She completely missed stages 1, 2 and 3 out.

So, do I simply accept it or do something about it? Once a declaration sheet is completed that is it. I could not request a recount, she had just cheated the residents of Shevington out of Democracy. The ONLY way to resolve the matter was to go to the Royal Courts in London and do an election petition. I started this the week after the election. Once I had a completed application in the courts have to consider it, which they did. I set out the reasons above plus the corrupt actions of Brendan Whitworth ( Wigan Council’s head legal guy – this is the one that tried to help the former Chief Executive Donna Hall illegally sack Cllr Jones the year before). A high court judge approved the application and then I was to put in security to the courts. The amount was ok.

However, when I looked at why some previous election petition had failed I need one more bit to be 100% sure. I was not cheated, although they think they did. The people of Shevington where.

Next year thinks will be recorded from start to finish and should they cheat again I will have more evidence than this year as it will be recorded. Some may say why am I saying this they will hide it? They can’t say I have not told them I am recoding everything next year.

So how did they cheat? I hear you say. Simple they moved 2 bundles off my numbers and then added them to Labour’s. That is why they refused me a recount! Even the girls that counted were like, “how can that be we have just counted them and you won?” I answered because they are cheating B@stards.

I don’t believe that the Labour candidate was in on it. It was the head of legal services (Brendan Witworth) and head of democratic services ( Christine Charnock Jones). Don’t worry I will win by more than 7 votes next year and it will be by hundreds more so it will be much harder for them to cheat.

It is interesting I mention Brendan Whitworth because why was he touching my ballot result? I have put a formal complaint into the Council and put them on notice. Because of his actions he is involved in the corruption against me I wrote about on Greater Manchester dirty coppers. Those 2 coppers are now being investigated by the IOPC, I believe. I cannot say much more than that for obvious legal reasons but when that investigation has concluded people will be shocked at the level of corruption. Once Greater Manchester Police have concluded that they have said they will then look at the civilians involved – yes you guessed it Brendan Whitworth and Donna Hall and see if they have broke the law, inc misuse of public office. Hopefully, that will be before next years local elections and he wouldn’t be there. When I have informed the Council of his involvement, they say thank you for your comments and refuse an outside independent investigation into his and Donna Hall’s actions. When Cllr Paul Maiden put a motion in to Full Council asking for this. Guess what? Brendan Whitworth used his position of head of legal services to block the motion being put to full council and allowing the Cllrs of all parties to vote on whether they should or should not order this! Brendan anything to hide? Why did you block the motion? Why will you, the new Chief Executive and Leader of the Council not allow an independent investigation into corruption at the Council? Surely if you and others have nothing to hide you would allow this and not block it? It matters not GMP will get to you soon enough old boy.

So where next? Well we will be announcing something very exciting shortly and I wouldn’t mention Brexit and EU elections where yet again the public showed they have not changed their minds from the 2016 referendum result.

Keep it here -keep it real and keep it clean. (O well Wigan Council don’t fit this, dirty gits that they are 😊 )