2010 -

Paul Bayliss became leader of the Labour Group in 2010 and then Leader of the Council two years later.

Manifesto commitments...

- To create and enhance opportunities, in order to inspire a city where people are able to develop new skills and have higher aspirations.

- To protect existing jobs.

www.derby.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/e...ntatives/leadership/

2014 -

Derby City Council has said it needs to make about 350 compulsory redundancies in order to find savings of £81m over the next three years.

More than 1,200 jobs at the authority have been lost since 2010.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-25650741

... and its NOT just Derby

Anyone remember the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire?

Sheffield makes £50m cuts despite having £160m in reserves !

The loonies are closing things in order to blame the government in a blatant use of the electorate in party-political manoeverings

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-20978073

I do indeed love left wing loony Labour councils

Pattaya and I got a baboon ITK called Roger. Heard he was a good Caroline DJ but too young to remember, most Pirate's DJ's were good though.

www.thisiskent.co.uk/Thanet-North-MP-Rog...y.html#axzz2pt9NosFB

norml-uk.org/2013/07/sir-roger-gale-wants-stronger-cannabis/

How many jobs were under the FJF ?

from where can I get a baboon ITK from ?

not keen on the human one but I'd like to keep my Simian ITK in a cage and poke sticks at it.

Tory conferences is where you find the baboons Hedda.

andrew wrote:
Tory conferences is where you find the baboons Hedda.

Did you say baboon or buffoon ?

Not just hear that the loonies are destroying the economy.

Red Ed's friend Fancoise Hollande (now, according to the polls the most unpopular French President ever !) is doing a pretty good destruction job himself (and, naturally, unemployment rockets !)!

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2537536...red-sex-scandal.html

They should do what our government does, create a worthless expensive back to work courses, send the lot on them and let the third parties deal with them.

It's not just Derby - where the local loony Council is sacking 350 so they can pay "a living wage" to the rest of their employees (despite sacking over 1200 since 2010) -

Doncaster !

Constituency of none other than Mr (Red Ed) Silliband - is sacking 1200 workers and shutting ALL Council care homes.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-25757435

Where has the money gone?

Creches for black lesbian dwarfs?
Workers rights' centres?

Won't the UK be marvellous when the loonies are back in charge ? .... NOT !

In The Know wrote:
andrew wrote:
Tory conferences is where you find the baboons Hedda.

Did you say baboon or buffoon ?

Not just hear that the loonies are destroying the economy.

Red Ed's friend Fancoise Hollande (now, according to the polls the most unpopular French President ever !) is doing a pretty good destruction job himself (and, naturally, unemployment rockets !)!

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2537536...red-sex-scandal.html

The EU is run by left wing loonies,the accounts haven't passed audit in 18 years...yet you're a very keen supporter of being run by them via EU membership.

Pattaya wrote:
...yet you're a very keen supporter of being run by them via EU membership.

where have I said that ?

I'm just concerned that if we abandon our largest market, we may find no other market exists.

Sounds like a good thing. Tories are behind Ukip for European election Labour are top. Even though no one really cares about them as what Brussels says goes.