Monday 10 December 2012

Jeanette Sunderland - "liberal" democrat and nannying fussbucket

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I can't bring myself to do anything but place the liberal here in inverted commas. I've lost count of the times when Jeanette - Lib Dem leader in Bradford - has said something along the lines of:

"I'm a liberal democrat not a liberal"

And today (although for some reason I can't find the story on the Telegraph & Argus website), Jeanette demonstrates the truth of this - she ain't a liberal she's a nannying fussbucket:

"I have been at meetings where several officers and the chair call for a break so they can go out for a cigarette. The rest of us are waiting, it is a lost opportunity to get things done."

This fussbucketry continues as Jeanette claims that these breaks cost "up to £500" and that us councillors shouldn't be breaking for a fag because we're now "going to have a say" on public health.

At a time when Bradford faces real challenges such as jobs and regeneration, it is pretty sad that nannying fussbucketry is all that comes to the mind of our "liberal" democrats.

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2 comments:

SadButMadLad said...

Does she never take a coffee/tea break. Or is she such an extreme puritanical nannying fussbucket that she doesn't partake of such intoxicating liquors.

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/12/drinking-tea-was-once-considered-an-irresponsible-reckless-pursuit-for-women/

Leg-iron said...

What she delightfully misses is that while the antismokers are inside twiddling their thumbs and staring at the table, the smokers are outside continuing their discussion.

They won;t win in the end, they never have, and they have never, and will never, work out why.